About the Editors
Contributors
Preface
About the Companion Website
Part I: Foundational Approaches to Prenatal and Postnatal Care
1 Health Equity
Noelene K. Jeffers and Karen Trister Grace
2 Ethics in Perinatal Care
Mary B. Donnelly
3 Reproductive Tract Structure and Function
LuVerda Sayles Martin
4 Conception, Implantation, and Embryonic and Fetal Development
LuVerda Sayles Martin
5 Physiologic Alterations during Pregnancy
Ella T. Heitzler
6 Physiologic Alterations during the Postnatal Period
Cindy L. Farley and Tanya Tringali
Part II: Preconception, Prenatal Care, and Postnatal Care
7 Preconception and Interconception Care
Cynthia Nypaver
8 Prenatal Care: Goals, Structure, and Components
Emma Clark
9 Nutrition during Pregnancy
Rhea Williams
10 Pregnancy Diagnosis and Gestational Age Assessment
Joyce D. Cappiello and Janet L. Engstrom
11 Risk Assessment during Pregnancy
Robin G. Jordan
12 Prenatal Ultrasound
Jenna Shaw-Battista
13 Genetic Counseling, Screening, and Diagnosis
Aishwarya Arjunan and Susan Hancock
14 Assessment of Fetal Well-Being
Jenifer Fahey
15 Common Discomforts of Pregnancy
Robin G. Jordan and Anne Cockerham
16 Oral Health
Julia Lange Kessler
17 Medication Use during Pregnancy
Katie McDevitt
18 Substance Use during Pregnancy
Signy Toquinto
19 Culture and Community
Cindy L. Farley and Raven Fulton
20 Physical Activity & Exercise in the Perinatal Period
Meghan Garland & Tanya Tringali
21 Sexuality
Jenna Benyounes & Tanya Tringali
22 Occupational and Environmental Health in Pregnancy
Katie Huffling
23 Psychosocial Adaptations in Pregnancy
Cindy L. Farley
24 Health Education during Pregnancy
Kathlyn Albert, Lisa Hanson, and Emily Malloy
25 Preconception, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Care of LGBTQ+ Individuals
Signey Olson and Katie DePalma
26 Violence and Trauma in the Perinatal Period
Karen Trister Grace
27 Planning for Physiologic Birth
Carrie E. Neerland, Melissa D. Avery
28 Triage during Pregnancy
Catherine Ruhl
29 Assessment and Care at the Onset of Labor
Amy Marowitz
30 Components of Postnatal Care
Tia P. Andrighetti and Judy Butler
31 Lactation and Breastfeeding
Marsha Walker
32 Contraception in the Postnatal Period
Katie Daily
Part III: Complex Prenatal and Postnatal Conditions
33 Bleeding during Pregnancy
Sascha James-Conterelli
34 Amniotic Fluid and Fetal Growth Disorders
Victoria H. Burslem and Cindy L. Farley
35 Spontaneous Preterm Birth
Esther Ellsworth Bowers
36 Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Melissa Kitzman
37 Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)
Kimberly K. Trout
38 Multifetal Gestation
Heather M. Bradford
39 Post-Term Pregnancy
Heather M. Bradford
40 Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Ella Heitzler and Jennifer Wolfe
41 Abdominal Pain
Karen Trister Grace
42 Pregnancy after Infertility
Melicia Escobar & Ebony Marcelle
43 Common Complications during the Postnatal Period
Deborah Brandt Karsnitz & Linda McDaniel
44 Common Lactation and Breastfeeding Problems
Marsha Walker
45 Perinatal Loss and Grief
Robin G. Jordan and Holly White
46 Obesity in the Perinatal Period
Cecilia M. Jevitt
47 Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Latrice Martin
48 Hematologic and Thromboembolic Disorders
Katie Daily
49 Respiratory Disorders
Lisa Hachey and Cynthia Nypaver
50 Urinary Tract Disorders
Nancy Pesta Walsh and Rhonda Arthur
51 Gastrointestinal Disorders
Debora M. Dole
52 Endocrine Disorders
Elizabeth Gabzdyl
53 Neurological Disorders
Lise Hauser
54 Dermatologic Disorders
Nell L. Tharpe
55 Infectious Diseases
Lisa Noguchi
56 Sexually Transmitted Infections and Vaginitis
Gina M. Fullbright