Your Pregnancy Week-by-week
Published on 15. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-600-61034-2 (ISBN)
Description
Discovering that you are pregnant can be both exciting and daunting and there will be hundreds of questions you want answered. Produced in conjunction with Practical Parenting magazine, this authoritative and accessible book tells you all you need to know in an easy-to-understand and reassuring way. It includes:
-A detailed week-by-week guide to your baby's physical, mental and sensory development from the moment of conception through to birth.
-Life-size artworks, photographs from the womb and the latest in ultrasound 3D scans to show you how your baby is changing and growing.
-Advice on health, emotional wellbeing, antenatal care, diet and exercise to keep you and your baby in tip top condition.
-Expert information plus Practical Parenting readers' anecdotes give the most up-to-date and authoritative account of what women really experience and want to know.
-Explanations and advice on labour and birth to ensure you are well prepared for the big day.
-A detailed week-by-week guide to your baby's physical, mental and sensory development from the moment of conception through to birth.
-Life-size artworks, photographs from the womb and the latest in ultrasound 3D scans to show you how your baby is changing and growing.
-Advice on health, emotional wellbeing, antenatal care, diet and exercise to keep you and your baby in tip top condition.
-Expert information plus Practical Parenting readers' anecdotes give the most up-to-date and authoritative account of what women really experience and want to know.
-Explanations and advice on labour and birth to ensure you are well prepared for the big day.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Dimensions
Height: 261 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
964 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-600-61034-2 (9780600610342)
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Persons
Dame Karlene Davis is one of the most eminent midwifery professionals at London South Bank University. As general secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, she was also Britain's first black female trade union leader. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has remained a steadfast advocate for the rights of women to good quality maternity care, and an outspoken champion for midwives.
Karlene has also worked to improve midwifery services internationally. In 1997, she was appointed director of the World Health Organisation's Collaborating Centre for Midwifery, with a remit to advance midwifery practice and education worldwide and improve services for women. She also represented Europe in the International Confederation of Midwives for 11 years, serving as its president from 2005 to 2008. In 2001, she was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in recognition of her services to midwifery and the NHS.
Karlene has also worked to improve midwifery services internationally. In 1997, she was appointed director of the World Health Organisation's Collaborating Centre for Midwifery, with a remit to advance midwifery practice and education worldwide and improve services for women. She also represented Europe in the International Confederation of Midwives for 11 years, serving as its president from 2005 to 2008. In 2001, she was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in recognition of her services to midwifery and the NHS.
Content
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.