Great Expectations: Your All-in-One Resource for Pregnancy and Childbirth
Highly praised by expectant parents and childbirth educators alike, this comprehensive pregnancy reference (704 pages) is specifically designed for today’s hurried moms (and dads) for getting them through pregnancy and early baby care. Numerous navigation aides in the volume help parents to rapidly access critical information.\ The beautifully-illustrated, Your Pregnancy Week-by-Week section details every body change for both Mom and Baby for nine months with hundreds of timely coping tips....
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“Congratulations, you’re pregnant!” Whether you’ve just heard these words, or saw the telltale blue lines on the pregnancy test, you’ve now just entered a world filled with ever-changing medical studies; conflicting nutritional advice; a myriad of birth options; and lists of products you’ve been told you must buy. With your active, hectic lifestyle, it’s important to get the information you need without having to wade through mounds of extraneous information. How can you be sure you’re doing all you can to have a happy and healthy baby? Great Expectations: Your All-in-One Resource for Pregnancy and Childbirth is the most comprehensive and authoritative pregnancy and childbirth book available today, and the ultimate pregnancy guide for today’s intelligent, discerning parent. Neither an update, nor a revision, Great Expectations contains: the most current, evidence-based information medical information available today critical week-by-week timetable of mother and fetus development up-to-the minute guidelines for nutrition and exercise comprehensive baby gear information by the nation’s top expert the most detailed pregnancy dictionary ever produced in a pregnancy book Designed with the accessibility and thoroughness of a field guide, Great Expectations organizes and delivers all the basic medical and lifestyle information pregnant women will need for these exciting months ahead.Sandy Jones is the author of six international best-selling parenting books including, Crying Baby, Sleepless Nights, Good Things for Babies, Learning for Little Kids: A Parent’s Sourcebook for the Years 3-8, and The Consumer Report’s Guide to Baby Products. She has written over 150 articles on pregnancy and parenting for such publications as Parents, American Baby and Fit Pregnancy and has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America and CNN. Her daughter, Marcie Jones, is a writer and editor and a professor of writing at The University of Baltimore and the mother of a three-year-old daughter.
Introduction: A Word from the AuthorsxiiiForeword: A Note from Dr. Peter BernsteinxviiiForeword: Pregnancy for the 21st-Century WomanxxChapter 1Your Pregnancy Week-by-WeekAre You Pregnant?5What If I Think I'm Pregnant, But the Test Is Negative?The Test Is Positive, Now What?Hearing the NewsWhom Should You Tell?Your First Visit to Your Doctor or Midwife9How Your Due Date is CalculatedMaking Your Own Pregnancy CalendarThe First Trimester14Weeks 1 through 13The Second Trimester52Weeks 14 through 24The Third Trimester77Weeks 25 through 40Chapter 2Managing Your PregnancyManaging Your Body112Head (Hair, Migraines, Dizziness, Eyes, Fatigue)Skin (Acne, Color Changes, Spider Veins, Itchiness, Stretch Marks)Neck: The Role of Your ThyroidCirculatory System: Blood VesselsBreasts: Function and ChangesMusclesArms (Pain and Swelling, Changes to Fingers, Hands and Nails)Back and Back PainDigestive Tract (Nausea and Vomiting, Heartburn, Constipation, Hemorrhoids, Diarrhea, Gas and Bloating)Reproductive Organs (Placenta, Uterus, Sex and Pregnancy)Urinary TractLegs (Muscle Cramps, Swelling, Varicose Veins)Feet (Swelling and Pressure)Managing Your Nutrition145Vitamins and Minerals 101 (What's in a Prenatal, Recommended Daily Allowances of Vitamins and Minerals, Organic Food, Vegetarianism, Veganism)Managing Your Weight and Fitness154Should You Worry about Gaining Too Much Weight?Unpleasant Truths about Pregnancy Weight GainWhat if You're Overweight and Pregnant?ExerciseManaging Your Care162Facilities (Hospitals, Birthing Centers, Giving Birth at Home)Care Providers: Who They Are and What They Can Do For You (OB/GYNs, Family Practitioners, Certified Nurse-Midwives, Certified Professional Midwives, Other Professionals You May Encounter)Childbirth Classes: Major Organizations and PhilosophiesGenetic Defects and Testing (Most Common Defects, Testing: Risks and Benefits)Managing Your Medicine Cabinet195Common Over the Counter DrugsPrescription and Recreational Drugs and Their Uses in PregnancyManaging High-Risk Conditions211What Makes a Pregnancy "High-Risk"?If You're Over 35MultiplesMedical ConditionsDrug UseViral InfectionsIf You're at Risk for Pre-Term LaborA Family History of Genetic DisordersVaginal Birth after CaesarianCoping with Bed RestManaging Other Risks225If You Get SickIf You Have An AccidentHigh Altitudes and Scuba DivingInsects and Insect SpraysCord Blood BankingIf You Became Pregnant While Using Birth ControlPrevious AbortionsA Tipped UterusHot TubsSaunas and Electric BlanketsUterine FibroidsTraveling while PregnantManaging Family and Emotional Issues233The Strange Dreams of PregnancyDepressionThis Again? Pregnant with AnotherYou and Your Child-Free FriendsUnsolicited Advice and Scary Medical StoriesForgiving Your ParentsYour Partner and FatherhoodSingle MotherhoodReligious MattersManaging Your Finances249When to Tell the Boss You're PregnantWhat Laws Apply to YouOther Considerations: Who's Going to Stay HomeFinancial Planning: Wills and Life InsuranceChapter 3Your Guide to Giving BirthHow Birth Starts261Your Baby's "I'm Ready!" SignalSignals That Labor Is on the WayThe Benefits of Getting Started at HomeWhen Your Baby Is OverdueNon-Medical Ways to Encourage Labor to StartGetting Admitted to the HospitalYour Rights as a PatientTips for Managing Your Hospital BirthAll About Labor281Stage 1Stage 2(The Pushing Stage)Stage 3Stage 4Coping with Labor Pain298Factors That Affect Labor PainNon-Drug ApproachesMedications for Pain ReliefDuring and After Birth323Your Baby's HeartbeatFirst BreathsClamping and Cutting the CordYour Recovery after Giving BirthThe Non-Hospital Birth Experience331Preparing for a Home BirthInstructions for Emergency ChildbirthSpecial Situations334Artificial Augmentation and InductionCesarean SectionVaginal Birth after CesareanGiving Birth to Twins and MultiplesRarer Medical Conditions and ComplicationsChapter 4You and Your BabyYour Complete Mother's Manual361Post-birth Body DiscomfortsThose "New Mother" FeelingsNew Dads Have Feelings TooPhysical Recovery from Birth InterventionsYour Six-Week CheckupNew Mother NutritionGetting Your Shape BackRare Postpartum ProblemsPostpartum DepressionPost-Traumatic Stress DisorderPostpartum PsychosisYour Baby Care Guide388Your Real Baby Vs. Your Dream BabyYour Baby's Basic Body LanguageWhy Babies CrySleep Tight, Baby, Please?Your Baby From Head To ToeThe Complete Guide to Feeding Your Baby (Breastfeeding, Bottle-Feeding Basics)PacifiersDiaper Changing 101Positioning Your Baby in the CribUnderstanding ColicBaby Bathing BasicsEye CleaningSkin RashesParent-Baby CommunicationYou and Your Baby's HealthcareWhen a Baby is Too Small or Too LargeYour Guide to Choosing Good Child CareAir Travel With Your BabyWhen a Baby DiesA Final NoteChapter 5Baby Gear GuideOur Baby Shopping Primer458Baby Shower Themes and GamesWhere to Shop for BargainsProduct DangersBaby Gear A to Z473Automatic Baby SwingsBaby BouncersBaby ClothesBathing AidsBirth AnnouncementsBottles and NipplesBreast Pumps and Breastfeeding AidsCar SeatsChanging TablesCribs and Other Sleeping OptionsDiaper BagsDiapersDigital Cameras and CamcordersHigh Chairs & Booster SeatsMonitorsPlay YardsRockers and GlidersSafety GatesSoft CarriersStrollersToysWalkers & Exercisers
