Oxorn-Foote Human Labor and Birth, 7th Edition

Updated and revised, Oxorn Foote Human Labor and Birth provides comprehensive, authoritative coverage of obstetric care. This popular guide offers proven best practices and step-by-step guidance to obstetric procedures, techniques, and patient management. 

Oxorn Foote Human Labor and Birth reviews anatomy and patient examination; details variations of fetal presentation and birthing technique; explains how to manage complications and delivery scenarios, including hemorrhage, fetal concerns, preterm and prolonged labor, and dystocia; and covers preliminary neonatal care. This unparalleled resource is organized into six sections: 


• Clinical Anatomy, including the pelvis, bones, joints, perineum, and fetus
• First Stage of Labor, including examination, mechanisms of labor, fetal health surveillance, and abnormal cephalic presentations  
• Second Stage of Labor, including operative vaginal delivery and shoulder dystocia
• Third Stage of Labor, including delivery of the placenta, retained placenta, postpartum hemorrhage, episiotomy, and uterine rupture
• Complicated Labor, including cesarean section, obesity in pregnancy, breech presentation, transverse lie, and compound presentation
• Other Issues, including preterm labor, antepartum hemorrhage, maternal complications, intrapartum infections, post-term pregnancy, and obstetric anesthesia and analgesia

Nearly every two-page spread features original four-color images clearly illustrating the techniques described, and key points are bulleted throughout to help you find critical information quickly and easily.  

No other book presents so much vital information in such a clearly illustrated manner. Oxorn Foote Human Labor and Birth is an essential resource for anyone performing or assisting in childbirth.

Part I. Clinical Anatomy

1.     Pelvis: Bones, Joints, and Ligaments

2.     The Pelvic Floor

3.     Perineum

4.     Uterus and Vagina

5.     Obstetric Pelvis

6.     The Passenger: Fetus

7.     Fetopelvic Relationships

8.     Engagement, Synclitism, Asynclitism

Part II. First Stage of Labor

9.     Examination of the Patient

10.  Normal Mechanisms of Labor

11.  Clinical Course of Normal Labor

12.  Fetal Health Surveillance in Labor

13.  Induction of Labor

14.  Labor Dystocia

15.  Abnormal Cephalic Presentations

Part III. Second Stage of Labor

16.  The Second Stage of Labor

17.  Operative Vaginal Delivery

18.  Shoulder Dystocia

Part IV. Third Stage of Labor

19.  Delivery of the Placenta, Retained Placenta, and Placenta Accreta

20.  Postpartum Hemorrhage

21.  Episiotomy, Lacerations, Uterine Rupture, and Inversion

Part V. Complicated Labor

22.  Cesarean Section

23.  Trial of Labor After Previous Cesarean Section

24.  Obesity in Pregnancy

25.  Breech Presentation

26.  Transverse Lie

27.  Compound Presentation

28.  The Umbilical Cord

29.  Multiple Pregnancy

Part VI. Other Issues

30.  Preterm Labor

31.  Antepartum Hemorrhage

32.  Maternal Complications in Labor

33.  Labor in the Presence of Fetal Complications

34.  Intrapartum Infections

35.  Postterm Pregnancy

36.  Obstetric Anesthesia and Analgesia

37.  Intrapartum Imaging

38.  The Puerperium

39.  The Newborn Infant