{"product_id":"preparing-for-birth","title":"Preparing for Birth","description":"Preparing for Birth is a complete guide to labor, birth, and postpartum designed to help expectant parents feel confident and prepared. This evidence-based workbook provides practical, easy-to-understand information for you and your support person, with visually engaging content and clear explanations. It covers three key areas: labor and birth, comfort measures and interventions, and postpartum and newborn care. Readers will find stage-by-stage guidance, tips for comfort and positioning, explanations of medical interventions, postpartum recovery advice, newborn care fundamentals, and tools for birth planning. Compatible with major childbirth education methods such as Lamaze, ICEA, and CAPPA, this guide is ideal for independent study or as a companion to prenatal classes. Perfect for expectant mothers, birth partners, doulas, and educators, Preparing for Birth also makes a thoughtful gift or part of a prenatal class package. This workbook empowers parents with the knowledge and confidence needed for a supported, informed, and positive birth experience.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1939576539\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1939576539.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Katie Immel|Julie Olson\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Perfect\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43608378638397,"sku":"BVV.1939576539.A","price":39.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1939576539-0.jpg?v=1789163267","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/preparing-for-birth","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}