Tagged ‘The Birth Partner’

  • Penny Simkin

    Penny Simkin, P.T., is a physical therapist and a nationally renowned educator, counselor, author, lecturer, and authority on childbirth. She is co-author of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn and serves on the editorial staff of the journal Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care. Simkin is co-founder of Pacific Association for Labor Support and of DONA International (formerly Doulas of North America), and a doula trainer. She resides in Seattle, Washington.

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  • Penny Simkin to speak at La Leche League of WA breastfeeding conference

    Penny Simkin, author of the newly updated and revised classic The Birth Partner, will speak at the 2008 Breastfeeding and Parenting Conference, hosted by La Leche League of Washington. The conference takes place October 17, 18 and 19 in Redmond, Washington. Simkin will deliver a talk about “Breastfeeding and the Sexual Abuse Survivor” on Saturday, October 18th. For more information, or to register, please visit http://www.lllwaconf.org

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  • The Birth Partner, Third Edition (Press Release)

    For almost two decades, The Birth Partner has been the definitive guide for husbands, partners, relatives, friends, and professional doulas (labor assistants) who wish to help a woman have a healthy and emotionally fulfilling childbirth experience. Nationally renowned childbirth educator Penny Simkin now brings us a newly expanded and up-to-date third edition, with all the information caregivers need.

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