Birthsong Midwifery Workbook: Basic Level Study Guide with Coloring Pages

The Birthsong Midwifery Workbook, 7th Edition, is a comprehensive basic-level midwifery study guide designed for beginning and intermediate learners. With over 100 additional pages, this expanded edition offers clear, evidence-based explanations of pregnancy, labor, birth, postpartum, and newborn care. Written by experienced midwifery educators, this workbook is one of the most trusted resources for midwife training, CPM exam preparation, and midwifery school coursework. Each chapter features learning objectives, essential concepts, clinical tips, and a wide range of exercises including matching, labeling, case studies, and anatomy coloring pages. These tools help students understand key skills, strengthen critical thinking, and prepare for hands-on clinical practice. The workbook emphasizes culturally grounded midwifery care, communication skills, and community-based perinatal support. Students will gain foundational knowledge in anatomy and physiology, fetal development, prenatal care, labor support, postpartum assessment, newborn evaluation, and emergency response in homebirth and birth center settings. Used for more than forty years by midwifery programs, apprenticeships, community birth workers, and doulas seeking deeper clinical understanding, the Birthsong Midwifery Workbook remains one of the most accessible and trusted educational resources available. Perfect for: • Student midwives • CPM and NARM exam preparation • Midwifery programs and preceptors • Birth center and homebirth training • Self-paced midwifery study • Aspiring midwives and community birth workers This expanded 7th edition continues the tradition of practical, community-rooted midwifery education—ideal for every birth worker beginning or strengthening their path to becoming a midwife.