Win El Nacimiento: El Papel De Una Doula = Being Born: The Doulas Role Rendered By Jewel Hernandez Presented In Ebook

for sibling doulas to use to show kids what a doulas role is! A doula is a healthcare professional who offers educational, physical, emotional and practical support to a pregnant woman before, during and after the birth of her child.
Whether the birth takes place with a doctor in a hospital or birthing center, or at home with a midwife, a doula is always a valuable asset to any birth team.
Research confirms that the support of a doula throughout pregnancy optimizes a womans chances of having a healthier birth experience as well as a healthier newborn.
Into Waiting Hands is a picture book for expectant parents and their young children, It gives a warm and friendly overview of a doulas role, stressing the advantages of a doulas help, When read to younger siblings, it is a source of comfort to those who wonder about all the people involved when mom is “having a baby.
” This book celebrates birth as a natural and wholefamily experience, Both its text and images present the subject clearly, but in childappropriate language, Its simple presentation of a doulas role make Waiting Hands an invaluable resource for childbirth educators to use with teenage mothers and with families for whom English is a second language.
This book is unique fills an important need, No

simple picturebook on the subject of doulas is currently in print, Many adult books discuss the work of the doula in detail, there is nothing for children or less sophisticated readers, Unlike most books on childbirth for children or adults Waiting Hands acknowledges that birth takes place in a variety of settings with a variety of caregivers not just in hospitals with doctors, which is a peculiarly deep seated tradition of the United States.
The author is currently practicing as a doula, and has been involved in the birthing community for the past twenty years, She has kept me current with trends and changes over the years through the media, conference attendance, personal study, and in conversations with families in her role of doula and/or midwife.
Jewel Hernandez has active participated inbirths as a doula and midwife assignment, Carole Hillsbery has been painting in watercolor for over twentyfive years, Winner of numerous awards, Carole is an art instructor, and a member of the Arizona Watercolor Association, the Transparent Watercolor Society of America, and the Arizona Artists Guild.
Her work can be seen at www, carolehillsbery. com Jewel Hernandez is a certified doula with DONA Doulas of North America, and a midwifery intern Nizhoni Institute of Midwifery, She received her bachelors degree in Studio Art from the College of St, Rose, and was the illustrator for a previous Hohm Press book, Rosie the Shopping Cart Lady, Jewel has been passionate about childbirth since the birth of her first child, twentyfive years ago, To date she has attended overbirths, and she continues to amazed and awed by the process, .