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"In this completely revised edition, parents-to-be will find the latest information on preparing for their baby's birth while addressing today's most pressing questions and concerns,...including weekly development charts, up-to-date information about medical tests and procedures, safe exercises for expectant moms, and helpful hints for the father-to-be."--

In How Life Begins, science journalist Chris Vaughan provides you with a fascinating glimpse of fetal development through the advancement of medical technology and interviews with leading researchers. He goes beyond the usual information in books for expectant parents. For those of you who want to know more than how fast the fetus is growing, when it will start to move, and how much more weight Mommy is going to gain, here is a month-by-month guide...

As Barbara embarks on her her journey through pregnancy, she talks to her unborn fetus, explaining how she and his father met, and their shared happiness about the arrival of this child. Follow the couple as they grow and change right along with their baby. With the help of modern scientific imagery, this film takes viewers on the 9-month odyssey from conception to birth with narration to explain every step.

The development of a child from conception to birth, using both microimagery and the story of a young couple preparing for their first child.

Shows the actual conception and development of a baby. Looks inside the male and female reproductive organs to show the formation of sperm and the passage of a fertilized egg through the fallopian tube. Uses a microscope to observe DNA, chromosomes, and other minute body details building up to the moment of birth.