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# Comprehensive coverage of diagnostic tests Detailed guidance on test interpretation & billing Trusted by midwives & maternity pros worldwide Understanding Diagnostic Tests in the Childbearing Year: A Holistic Approach

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## Summary

> 📖 Decode every test, empower every birth — your ultimate maternity diagnostic companion!

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- **What is this?** Understanding Diagnostic Tests in the Childbearing Year: A Holistic Approach
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## Key Features

- • **Endorsed by Experts:** Recommended by midwifery programs and maternity care specialists globally.
- • **Extensive References:** Each section offers curated further reading for deep dives and continued learning.
- • **Empowers Informed Choices:** Helps parents and practitioners confidently navigate testing options.
- • **Practical Billing Insights:** Includes essential info on lab work billing to streamline clinical practice.
- • **All-in-One Diagnostic Guide:** The go-to resource for prenatal, postpartum, and newborn testing decisions.

## Overview

Understanding Diagnostic Tests in the Childbearing Year is a best-selling, authoritative reference book designed for midwives, doulas, childbirth educators, and parents. It offers detailed explanations of prenatal, postpartum, and newborn diagnostic tests, including when to order them, how to interpret results, and billing procedures. Highly rated and widely recommended in maternity care education and practice, this edition equips professionals and families with the knowledge to make informed, confident decisions throughout the childbearing journey.

## Description

The latest edition of this best-selling reference text explains diagnostic tests for the practicing midwife. It is also used by parents to better understand the care they are receiving and to make informed choices about which tests they do and do not want. It is recommended by numerous midwifery programs for student midwives and used by practicing midwives as well as doulas, childbirth educators, doctors and other practitioners with a speciality in maternity care throughout the English-speaking world.

Review: Great book for diagnostic test in the childbearing year. - This book is way bigger than I originally thought. It is detailed, covers how to bill for lab work, when to order and how to understand them. References for further reading on each section. This was not a required reading in my CNM program but I am glad that I purchased it.
Review: Fantastic overview, the most thorough on the market - Fantastic overview, the most thorough on the market, for all tests needed in pre-natal, postpartum and newborn situations. Highly recommended!

## Features

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## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #599,785 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #37 in Women's Health Nursing (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 73 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book for diagnostic test in the childbearing year.
*by C***A on February 1, 2026*

This book is way bigger than I originally thought. It is detailed, covers how to bill for lab work, when to order and how to understand them. References for further reading on each section. This was not a required reading in my CNM program but I am glad that I purchased it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic overview, the most thorough on the market
*by A***R on February 13, 2017*

Fantastic overview, the most thorough on the market, for all tests needed in pre-natal, postpartum and newborn situations. Highly recommended!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Every midwife should have one!
*by Y***N on September 14, 2010*

Fantastic midwifery resource. Highly recommended for all midwifery students and registered midwives. Definately worth purchasing as a clinic text and personal reference. Internationally relevant and current. Quite possibly the most useful midwifery text I have used.

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*Last updated: 2026-09-22*