“It’s like having a personal obstetrician guiding you... Fully revised and enriched, filled with information and useful advice just like what you would hear from your favorite doctor or midwife – an experienced doctor, wise and entertaining, meticulous yet practical, organized, enthusiastic, and understanding.” (Dr Charles J. Lockwood)
Should I drink milk? Is it normal that the baby kicks so much? Can we have sex and until when? The questions are countless from the moment the pregnancy test comes back positive. The answers are right here!
A comprehensive guide that provides information on all topics of interest to expecting parents, such as choosing a doctor, diagnostic methods, exercise, birth options, second pregnancy, twins, sex during pregnancy, and cesarean sections, and offers practical advice to handle common and unusual pregnancy symptoms.
Pregnancy is examined month by month, and couples are guided step by step through childbirth, postpartum care, and breastfeeding. Additionally, a detailed nutrition guide for pregnancy and breastfeeding is included, along with separate sections in each chapter for expecting dads, partners, and single mothers.
This revised edition contains all the medical advances regarding prenatal screening and the safety of medications during pregnancy, answers to issues related to all modern trends: raw food and vegetarian diets, e-cigarettes, organic and genetically modified products, and many other topics that concern modern prospective parents.
Moreover, significant emphasis has been placed on the subjects of in-vitro fertilization, multiple pregnancies, breastfeeding during pregnancy, home and water births, as well as the latest developments in cesarean sections.
The author, a mother herself, maintains a calm and reassuring tone throughout the book, practically aiding expecting parents during this challenging and anxiety-filled period of their lives. The book that pregnant women and doctors around the world trust!
They said about the book
“It’s like having a personal obstetrician guiding you... Fully revised and enriched, filled with information and useful advice just like what you would hear from your favorite doctor or midwife – an experienced doctor, wise and entertaining, meticulous yet practical, organized, enthusiastic, and understanding.” (Dr Charles J. Lockwood)
Contents
Foreword to the fifth edition, by Dr. Charles Lockwood
Introduction to the fifth edition
PART 1: AT THE BEGINNING OF PREGNANCY- Are you pregnant?
- Your pregnancy profile
- Lifestyle during pregnancy
- Proper nutrition during pregnancy
- The First Month - approximately 1st-4th week
- The Second Month - approximately 5th-8th week
- The Third Month - approximately 9th-13th week
- The Fourth Month - approximately 14th-17th week
- The Fifth Month - approximately 18th-22nd week
- The Sixth Month - approximately 23rd-27th week
- The Seventh Month - approximately 28th-31st week
- The Eighth Month - approximately 32nd-35th week
- The Ninth Month - approximately 36th-40th week
- Labor and Delivery
- Expecting twins (or more)
- After birth: The first week
- After birth: The first six weeks
- If you get sick
- Managing complications
- Loss of a pregnancy
- Index
Manufacturer
- Author
- Heidi Murkoff
- Publisher
- Dioptra
- Genre
- Pregnancy & Childbirth
- Language
- Greek
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 776
- Release Date
- 6/1998
- Publication Date
- 1998
- Dimensions
- 17x24 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789603641254
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