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This comprehensive guide to pregnancy and birth provides a chapter for each month of gestation and another for the postpartum period, covering such topics as fetal development, the effects of pregnancy on the mother's body, and how to prepare for the newborn baby as well as for the delivery.
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Arming expectant parents with all the information they need to know about conception, birth and everything in between, this entertaining guide, based on the best advice from over 100 parents and a panel of experts, has been completely revised and updated to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
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A guide to combining conventional and alternative medicine at every stage of pregnancy that offers advice on complementary treatments and techniques, such as massage, acupressure, herbal medicine, and relaxation exercises, an month-by-month overview of pregnancy, and information on effective pain management, inductions, assisted deliveries, and C-sections.
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"Pregnancy and birth are as ordinary and extraordinary as breathing, thinking, or loving. But as soon as you announce you're expecting, you may be bombarded with advice from every angle--well-meaning friends, relatives, medical professionals, even strangers want to weigh in on what you should or shouldn't do, and it's easy to feel overwhelmed by their conflicting recommendations. Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth will help you sort fact from...
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Have a safe, healthy, "and" comfortable pregnancy. Written by two physical therapists with over twenty years of combined experience helping women ease sore feet, aching backs, incessant peeing, and many other uncomfortable conditions, "Your Best Pregnancy" provides simple solutions and easy exercises to help women feel their best from head to toe. Through detailed photographs, illustrations, and down-to-earth advice that is both medically substantiated...
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Publisher description for Expert advice and comforting wisdom for the expecting plus-size woman / Cornelia van der Ziel and Jacqueline Tourville. Almost half of all pregnant women are overweight in the U.S. today, but there are few places they can turn for reliable information and helpful advice on the special set of challenges they'll face during the nine-month adventure that lies ahead. In Big, Beautiful and Pregnant, Cornelia van der Ziel, a highly...
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An ideal reference for both medical students and prospective parents, The Pregnant Body Book looks at the nature of human pregnancy, including how it's changed through evolution, and explores the anatomy and physiology of both the reproductive systems. Examining the development of the baby in the womb and the parallel changes in the mother's body and structured to follow the process week by week, The Pregnant Body Book follows every anatomical and...
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