Learn the art and science of using massage therapy to support clients during pregnancy, while giving birth and when nurturing their infants. This expanded and updated third edition of Pre- and Perinatal Massage Therapy rests on an abundant theoretical and practical foundation: the latest scientific findings, the relevant anatomy and physiology, and the authors' combined century in professional practice. With these evidence-based guidelines and techniques, you can offer your clients a safe, effective continuum of care from pregnancy through the long postpartum period. The authors present an evolving understanding of childbearing with nearly 70 practical hands-on techniques, professionally illustrated and carefully described, to integrate into your practice. Chapters detail typical changes - across the trimesters of pregnancy, through labor and birth, and during postpartum - and offer ways to safely ease those changes. Additional guidelines address a diversity of clients including those with special needs, high-risk factors and complications. Whether you are a massage therapist or a physical therapist, a doula or a nurse, you will find here powerful ways to nurture each person's childbearing journey. Wherever you work or aspire to work - from a spa, to private practice, to a hospital - this book will advance your skills. It addresses the practicalities of everything from draping to body mechanics to practice management. Insightful examples will prepare you for complex clinical reasoning and collaboration with other healthcare professionals. This new edition of Pre- and Perinatal Massage Therapy will help you to grow a rewarding specialization with this inspiring and deserving population.