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The Birth Partner, Sixth Revised Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Partners, Doulas, and Other Labor Companions Paperback – Dec 10 2024

by Penny Simkin (Author), Melissa Cheyney (Author)
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For this fully revised sixth edition of this perennial bestseller, birthing expert and practicing midwife Melissa Cheyney, PhD, joins Penny for a better-than-ever, completely up-to-date new book.

Since the original publication of The Birth Partner, more than a million people—from spouses, partners, relatives, and friends to doulas, nurses, midwives, and childbirth educators—have relied on Penny Simkin’s clear, concise, authoritative, and warm-hearted guidance as they care for the new mother from her last trimester through the early postpartum period.

Including extensive updates on medical knowledge and practices, on changes in hospital and home-birth protocols, and on the role of parents’ cultural backgrounds in shaping an ideal and satisfying birth plan, The Birth Partner remains the definitive guide to helping a woman through labor and birth and is the essential manual to have at hand during the event. Find thorough information on:

  • Preparing for labor and knowing when it has begun
  • Normal labor and how to help the mother every step of the way
  • Epidurals and other medications for labor
  • Pitocin and other means, including natural ones, to induce or speed up labor
  • Non-drug techniques for easing labor pain
  • Cesarean birth and complications that may require it
  • Breastfeeding and newborn care
  • and much more


For the partner who wishes to be truly helpful in the birthing room, this book is indispensable.

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  6. ISBN-10
    0760393230
  7. ISBN-13
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About the Author

Penny Simkin, PT, was a physical therapist, childbirth educator, doula, and birth counselor. She was nationally recognized as a premier authority on childbirth, having helped 9,000 expecting women and birth partners in childbirth and attended hundreds of couples through the birth process. Simkin was a prolific author and served on more than 10 different consultant and editorial boards, including the journal Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, The International Childbirth Education Association, and The Seattle Midwifery School, where she also provided training for doulas and lectures to students. She wrote myriad books, journal, and magazine articles. Simkin was also co-founder of DONA International (formerly Doulas of North America) and The Pacific Association for Labor Support. In addition to providing childbirth education, birth counseling, and labor support, Simkin traveled extensively throughout the country, lecturing and presenting at conferences and workshops. For more information, please visit Simkin’s website at pennysimkin.com.

Melissa Cheyney, PhD, is both a professor of clinical medical anthropology at Oregon State University and a practicing licensed midwife. She is a leading expert on the many ways parents’ cultural backgrounds affect their goals for, and experience of, birth. She has served on the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s “Birth Settings in America Study,” and the “Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) Statistics Project.” She is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Birth: Issues in Perinatal Careand the mother of a daughter born at home.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard Common Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ Dec 10 2024
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 6th
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 440 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760393230
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760393239
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 416 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.99 x 3.56 x 22.61 cm
  • 鶹 Rank: #2,950 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Penny Simkin, PT, is a physical therapist who has specialized in childbirth education and labor support since 1968. She estimates she has prepared over 13,000 women, couples, and siblings for childbirth. She has assisted hundreds of women and couples through childbirth as a doula. She is author or co-author of books for both parents and professionals, including “The Labor Progress Handbook;” “Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide;” “When Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women;” “The Birth Partner: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions,” She has developed teaching materials for birth classes and produced several videos for educators, doulas, and families , the latest of which is for siblings-to-be, “There’s a Baby.” She is co-founder of DONA International (formerly Doulas of North America) and PATTCh (Prevention and Treatment of Traumatic Childbirth). Currently, she serves on the editorial board of the journal, Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, and serves on the senior faculty of the Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations at Bastyr University, which was named in her honor. Today, her practice consists of childbirth education, birth counseling, combined with a busy schedule of conferences and workshops. Find out more about Penny at her website: www.pennysimkin.com.

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  • Sean Bell
    5.0 out of 5 stars great resource.
    Reviewed in Canada on July 20, 2025
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    wonderful resource - I'm a doula and this lives in my birth bag. Great for partners, doulas, or other family/friends who want to support their birthing people.
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  • Ted
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good and gender neutral
    Reviewed in Canada on January 25, 2025
    A most solid book. If you are a snowflake who can't handle terms like "birthing person" and "chest feeding", go find editions 1-3. But if you are looking for a gender neutral guide that is inclusive of all families and arrangements, this book is amazing. It has solid information and will help you, as a birth partner, be there for the birthing person more than any other guide I've read.
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  • Jonahsmom
    5.0 out of 5 stars Every expecting parent needs!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2025
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    Doula student here, another great invaluable resource. It covers how the birthing mama feels, what the the birth partner can do, what a doctor or midwife will do and what a doula will offer. An incredible resource.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2025
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    Great resource to prepare for labor and delivery!
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  • Kelsie Hartley
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book on Supporting Birth...Disappointing Updates
    Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2025
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    This is the standard book of being a support person at a birth. Whether you are the husband, father, mother, sister, friend, or doula...read this book. However the updated version was disappointing in the removal of the words that define pregnancy. The book avoids saying women, mother, and breast. That is disappointing from a book claiming to understand the natural process of childbirth so well. It is also clunky to read honestly. It sounds so forced and strange. So definitely read this book, but fair warning about the language.
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  • Roy Burstein
    5.0 out of 5 stars I learned a lot!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2025
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    Great book. Read it in the weeks leading up to your first birth. Well written and extremely informative. Felt more ready for the big day because of this one. Suprising quick read. Many skimmable sections.
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  • Rene E
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great purchase
    Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2025
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    Would recommend for any soon to be dad. The book was easy to read and the content really helped me when I was in the delivery room helping my wife.
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