Your Pregnancy Week-by-week

Author:: Dame Karlene Davis; Practical Parenting
Format:: Softcover

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Helps you follow your unborn baby's growth and development in detail, and wxplains how to prepare for labour, birth and baby's first few days. Gives expert advice on antenatal care, diet and exercise. Contains life-size artworks of the foetus, plus photographs of inside the womb. Suitable for any pregnant women, especially first-timers.

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Foreword and Introduction; PART 1: HEALTH AND WELLBEING 6; Becoming Pregnant: Preconceptual care - Trying to conceive - Trying for a girl or boy - Fertilization - Genes - How twins are formed - Causes of infertility - Assisted reproduction techniques; Diet and Exercise: Nutritional needs and what to avoid - Cravings - Special diets -.

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Publisher:: HAMLYN
ISBN:: 9780600610342
Publication date:: September 2005
Additional format:: With flaps
Length:: 260mm
Width:: 194mm
Edition:: New title
Pages:: 288
Illustrations:: illustrations, 350photos
Readership:: General

Foreword and Introduction
PART 1: HEALTH AND WELLBEING 6
Becoming Pregnant: Preconceptual care - Trying to conceive - Trying for a girl or boy - Fertilization - Genes - How twins are formed - Causes of infertility - Assisted reproduction techniques
Diet and Exercise: Nutritional needs and what to avoid - Cravings - Special diets - Exercise
Emotional Wellbeing: Rest and relaxation - Common fears - Stress-busting techniques - Massage - Complementary therapies and self-help treatments - Relationship with partner and feelings about fatherhood - Sex - Single parent - Friends and family
Health: Health advice and avoiding risks - Working pregnancy - Travel - Special conditions - Rhesus factor - Baby's life support system - Common complaints - Medical emergencies
Antenatal Care: - Pregnancy tests - Routine checks and hospital notes - Birth plans - Ultrasound scans - Special tests - Care of twins during pregnancy - Checking position of baby - Getting ready for birth
PART 2: YOUR PREGNANCY GUIDE WEEK BY WEEK 116
1st Trimester
Baby's development week by week
Mother's wellbeing at weeks 1-8, 9-12
In the womb, including life-size illustrations at weeks 8 and 12
2nd Trimester
Baby's development week by week
Mother's wellbeing at weeks 13-16, 17-20, 21-24, 25-28
In the womb, including life-size illustrations at weeks 16, 20, 24, 28
3rd Trimester
Baby's development week by week
Mother's wellbeing at weeks 29-32, 33-36, 37-40
In the womb, including life-size illustrations at weeks 32, 36, 40
PART 3: BIRTH AND YOUR FIRST FEW DAYS TOGETHER 216
Labour and Birth: Overdue - Stages of labour and birth - Positions for labour and birth - How birth partners can help - Hospital birth - Water birth - Home birth - Sudden and fast birth - Prolonged labour - Back ache labour - Drugs to induce and speed labour - Pain relief including natural alternatives - Forceps and ventouse delivery - Episiotomy and tears - Caesarean - Breech - Twins - Premature baby
First Few Days: Baby's appearance - Feeding your baby - Leaving hospital - Your physical and emotional wellbeing - Pelvic floor exercises
Index 284.

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