CHAPTER 4 Complementary Therapies for Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy Nausea and vomiting is one of the most troublesome symptoms experienced by women during pregnancy. In some women it commences…
CHAPTER 8 Complementary Therapies for Labour Labour is a time when women benefit enormously from human touch, emotional support and other strategies that can help to relax them. A sense…
CHAPTER 9 Complementary Therapies for the Postnatal Period Although many women appear to use complementary therapies less in the early days of the puerperium than during pregnancy and birth, there…
CHAPTER 3 Professional Issues This chapter explores some of the professional issues affecting midwives and doulas in relation to the use of complementary therapies in pregnancy and childbirth. Maternity professionals…
CHAPTER 2 Commonly Used Complementary Therapies for Pregnancy and Birth This chapter provides an overview of the complementary therapies most commonly used in the UK today, including a general description,…
