A Book for Midwives
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00 Front Matter - Credits and Thanks, Table of Contents
00 Introduction
01 Words to midwives
02 Treating health problems
03 A woman’s body in pregnancy
04 Helping women stay healthy
05 Preventing infection
06 Common changes in pregnancy
07 Learning a pregnant woman’s health history
08 Prenatal checkups
09 Getting ready for labor and birth
10 Giving good care during labor and birth
11 Opening - stage 1 of labor
12 Pushing - stage 2 of labor
13 the birth of the placenta - stage 3 of labor
14 The first few hours after the birth
15 The first weeks after birth
16 Breastfeeding
17 Family planning
18 Sexually transmitted infections
19 Advanced skills for pregnancy and birth
20 The pelvic exam
21 How to insert an IUD
22 Helping a woman after a pregnancy ends early
23 Manual vacuum aspiration
24 Getting medical help
25 Homemade tools and teaching materials
26 Medicines (green pages)
27 To learn more (resources)
28 Technical and medical words (glossary)
29 Index (yellow pages)
30 Due date calculator and Other books from Hesperian


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