Pregnancy, childbirth, and the newborn The complete guide
Book - 2024
"Provides the ... guidance you need to make informed decisions about having a safe and satisfying pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period--decisions that reflect your preferences, priorities, and values. This sixth edition includes CDC guidelines regarding COVID-19, updated dietary guides and breastfeeding and surrogacy information, birth plans including doulas and caesarians when necessary, tips on how to reduce stress, and so much more"--
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- Subjects
- Published
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[New York, New York] :
Hachette Go
2024.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
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- Edition
- Sixth edition
- Item Description
- "Revised & updated"--Cover.
- Physical Description
- xv, 542 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 510-524) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780306833854
- Introduction
- Pregnancy
- 1. Choices: Caregiver and Birthplace
- 2. What Pregnancy Is Like
- 3. Having a Healthy Pregnancy
- 4. Feeling Good and Staying Fit
- 5. Eating Well
- 6. When Pregnancy Becomes Complicated
- Childbirth
- 7. Choices: Birth Plans, Options for Coping with Pain
- 8. What Childbirth Is Really Like
- 9. Comfort Techniques for Labor Pain
- 10. Medications for Relieving Labor Pain
- 11. When Childbirth Becomes Complicated
- 12. All About Cesarean Birth
- 13. Postpartum: Recovering from the Birth
- The Newborn
- 14. Choices: Planning for Life with a New Baby
- 15. What Life Is Like with a New Baby
- 16. Your New Baby
- 17. Caring for Your Baby
- 18. Feeding Your Baby
- 19. When Life with a New Baby is Complicated
- 20. When You're Pregnant Again
- Summary of Normal Labor
- Road Map of Labor
- Glossary
- Notes
- Index