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Announcing a brand new, cover-to-cover revision of America's pregnancy bible. What to Expect When You're Expecting Now comes the Fourth Edition, a new book for a new generation of expectant moms—featuring a new look, a fresh perspective, and a friendlier-than-ever voice. It's filled with the most up-to-date information reflecting not only what's new in pregnancy, but what's relevant to pregnant women. Heidi Murkoff has rewritten every section...
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Natural Hospital Birth, Updated Edition shows how to apply the guidelines and tactics of natural birth in a hospital setting, where 99% of births take place. Many mothers-to-be find themselves torn between the desire for a natural childbirth with minimal medical intervention and the peace of mind offered by instant access to life-saving technology that only a hospital can provide. In Natural Hospital Birth, doula Cynthia Gabriel asserts that there...
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"One in three births is traumatic. It doesn't have to be that way. Like many first-time parents, Rebecca walked into labor and delivery as a healthy pregnant person and walked out as a statistic--as someone who had a traumatic birth. Rebecca planned to give birth at the hospital affiliated with her university, where she was an award-winning nurse researcher finishing her doctoral degree. But hospital practices and policies that were more than twenty...
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Skinny Bitch They also won't mince words on these topics: the best foods for a healthy baby and mommy the dangers of common lotions, creams, and beauty products that women slather on their bodies (many contain carcinogens) why every mother should "suck it up" and breastfeed the lowdown on what really happens "post-push" (after birth) how the companies we trust don't care about children (choosing baby food and other products carefully) With...
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The new comprehensive guide to healthy conception, pregnancy, and postpartum that every woman over thirty must read
More and more women are choosing to have children later in life, but since fertility declines starting at age thirty, many moms-to-be face conception and pregnancy with fear, uncertainty, and anxiety. Women thirty and older who wish to conceive naturally are often told it is a "bit too late" for easy conception, or they are...
More and more women are choosing to have children later in life, but since fertility declines starting at age thirty, many moms-to-be face conception and pregnancy with fear, uncertainty, and anxiety. Women thirty and older who wish to conceive naturally are often told it is a "bit too late" for easy conception, or they are...
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There are approximately 3,712 ways for a guy to look stupid during pregnancy-this book's here to help you avoid all (most) of them. And here's your first hint: Focus on what you can be doing for her rather than what's happening to her. She's pregnant. She knows that. You know that. And her one hundred and fifty-two baby books tell her exactly what she can expect. Your job is to learn what you can do between the stick turning blue and the drive to...
7) The Dad's Playbook to Labor and Birth: A Practical and Strategic Guide to Preparing for the Big Day
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The Dad's Playbook to Labor and Birth is a basic guide for the man who wants to help his partner in labor but who doesn't want to study obstetrics or question a doctor's advice, and who may even feel uncomfortable about witnessing a normal birth. The book is written in a simple, straightforward manner and assumes that the reader is male and that the birth is taking place in a hospital--and that the mom will probably want an epidural. Its tone is lighthearted...
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Be Prepared To Enjoy Motherhood!
This is the most comprehensive pregnancy manual on the market. Becoming a new mom can be scary. I mean, who is really, truly prepared when they become a parent for the first time? With this new book, you can be! Learn how you will need to change your priorities to become a mother and be the best one you can be, A new baby is a huge responsibility but you can and should enjoy the life you're bringing into the world!...
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Congratulations on taking the first step towards a healthier and more fulfilling journey into parenthood! "Vegetarian Nutrition for Pre-Pregnancy Health and Fertility" is a comprehensive guide designed to empower individuals with the knowledge and tools needed to embrace a nourishing vegetarian diet for optimal health and enhanced fertility in the crucial six months before conception.
In this fast-paced world, making conscious dietary choices
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This one-stop practical guide will show you how to prepare week-by-week for a relaxed and confident birth. To make your progress easier, it comes in a handy format with color photos and expert advice throughout.
This book gives a complete overview of baby development through pregnancy and birth. Its combination of conventional mainstream and complementary medical info reflects the way most pregnant women approach their care today. There's also plenty...
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Demeter Press took on the challenge of discussing multiples through On Mothering Multiples: Complexities and Possibilities, a book that promised to "(re)explore, (re)present, and make meaning of the process of conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering experiences with multiples". Under the editorship of Kathy Mantas, and through diverse contributions of research, artwork and narrative pieces, this topic is explored with diverse voices that...
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Chapter 1. The birth you want: what motivates the willing woman? Chapter 2. Reality hurts: birth in the labor-bypass era. Chapter 3. It's a fine line: reframing pain in labor Chapter. 4. Approaching labor: what pain type are you? Chapter 5. Crisis of confidence: when self-belief crumbles. Chapter 6. The right support: who will get you through?
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9...8...7...6...5...4...3….2…1... Delivery!
One of life's brightest moments is fast approaching-you are about to become a mother! You'll enter the magical world of rubber duckies, booties, and lullabies, and your heart will never be the same.
But before all the fun of caring for your child begins, you need answers to all the lingering questions you have about pregnancy and childbirth.
In Countdown to Baby, Dr. Susan Warhus answers your questions...
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The classic bestselling guide to pregnancy and childbirth, thoroughly revised and updated
Highly regarded and relied upon for more than twenty years, this authoritative guide is the ultimate resource if you are or hope to become pregnant. Now in a new edition that covers the latest medical advances, Understanding Pregnancy and Childbirth answers all your questions, addressing both the medical and emotional issues in a clear, reassuring way.
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Pregnant women encounter advice from many directions about how to have a healthy pregnancy — not only from health care providers, but from relatives, friends, and the Internet. Some of these pieces of advice (on topics that range from inducing labor to telling the baby's gender to improving breastfeeding) have been handed down from woman to woman for generations, and don't appear in any medical textbooks. Dr. Jonathan Schaffir explores the origins...
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It is important for a woman to maintain a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy to support the health of both herself and her growing baby. This includes eating a balanced diet, getting regular exercise, getting enough rest and sleep, avoiding harmful substances such as alcohol and tobacco, and visiting a healthcare provider regularly for prenatal care. Pregnancy is a critical time for both the mother and the growing fetus, and proper nutrition plays...
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Praying Through Your Pregnancy shows a mother how to provide an early head start for her child through the power of prayer. With fresh spiritual insight, each chapter reveals what is happening with the baby's development that week, starting with the very first moment of conception, when God begins the creation of either a boy or a girl. Readers will learn how the confidence they place in God affects the healthy development of their precious growing...
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The collection gives voice to those often overlooked in birthing books, including stories from indigenous families, and families from diverse socio-economic classes, religions, and urban and rural lifestyles. Also unique are the additional stories from witnesses to birth: partners describe their awe, children write sweetly of siblings' arrivals and midwives and doulas recount their experiences aiding women in their journeys. Included as landmarks...
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Natal Signs: Cultural Representations of Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting explores some of the ways in which reproductive experiences are taken up in the rich arena of cultural production. The chapters in this collection pose questions, unsettle assumptions, and generate broad imaginative spaces for thinking about representation of pregnancy, birth, and parenting. They demonstrate the ways in which practices of consuming and using representations carry...
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Self-help For The Emotionally Challenged Man & His Pregnant Wife If you are the much put-out pregnant wife reading this book, how do you get this through to the less than emotional aware male (i.e. your husband)? He who knows that 'empathy' is a word he's definitely heard of, but the concept seems to elude him How NOT To Treat Your Pregnant Wife is The Book For You Written to Help Men Not Mess-up One Of The Most Important Periods Of Their Family Life...
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