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Home > Simkin School > Labor Support Course for Birth Doulas Texts

Required Texts

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Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn (2001) by Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley, and Ann Keppler (must be read prior to class)

The Birth Partner: Everything You Need to Know to Help a Woman Through Childbirth (2008) by Penny Simkin

The Doula Book: How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth (2002) by Marshall Klaus, Phyllis Klaus, and John Kennell

The following required text is NO LONGER included in the course tuition:

Beyond the Birth: What No One Ever Talks About (1999) by Dawn Gruen & Rex Gentry

 

 

 
         

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