Some may think that calling child birth “uncomfortable” is an understatement. We have plenty of Hollywood movies and well-meaning friends willing to tell us just how difficult a job labor can be (“Well, when I had Oliver, let me tell…
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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