Short description
This volume presents expectant parents with all the facts - including prenatal care, the use of over-the-counter drugs during pregnancy, physical and emotional changes, exercise, breastfeeding and pain relief during labour.
Long description
The ultimate guide to conception, birth, and everything in between. Unlike all those otherbossy, tell-you-what-to-do titles, this funny, entertaining guide presents expectant parents with all the facts on such perennial hot topics as pain relief during labor, episiotomy, and circumcision, and empowers them to make informed personal choices. It's packed with tools you won't find anywhere else, including: * Charts highlighting the risks of using various over-the-counter drug productsduring pregnancy* Lists of the ten best -- and worst --baby products* A set of emergency childbirth procedures* Forthright discussions of difficult topics like infertility, high-risk pregnancy, and pregnancy and infant loss that other books are loathe to tackle
Review
"A book that lives up to its name... Incredibly comprehensive yet easy to follow." (Chicago Tribune, June 16, 2002) "...my summer reading has been filled up..." (Eastern Eye, August 2003)
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Chapter
- Are You Really Ready to Have a Baby? Chapter
- Your Pre
- Game Plan
- Chapter
- Sperm, Meet Egg
- Chapter
- Missed Conceptions
- Chapter
- Winning at Baby Roulette
- Chapter
- Operation Healthy Baby
- Chapter
- The Worry Zone
- Chapter
- The Complaint Department
- Chapter
- To Test or Not to Test? Chapter
- Lights, Camera, Action! Chapter
- When Pregnancy Isn't Perfect
- Chapter
- Life After Baby
- Appendixes
- Appendix A
- Glossary
- Appendix B
- Birth Plan
- Appendix C
- Emergency Childbirth Procedures
- Appendix D
- Directory of Organizations
- Appendix E
- Web Site Directory
- Appendix F
- Statistics at a Glance
- Appendix G
- Recommended Reading
- Index