Pregnancy Sucks: What to Do When Your Miracle Makes You Miserable
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Pregnancy Sucks, by Joanne Kimes and Sanford A. Tisherman, M.D., gives you real solutions to all the annoying and somewhat awkward situations that can unexpectedly arise during your pregnancy. Full of insight, hilarity, and practical solutions on every page, Pregnancy Sucksshows how, through it all, you can survive-with your health, dignity, and sanity intact! Joanne Kimes has written for a number of children's and comedy television shows. A resident of Studio City, CA, she has one daughter. Sanford A. Tisherman, M.D., has been a practicing OB/GYN since 1966. He is the Senior Attending Physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and serves as Associate Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCLA. He lives in Los Angeles. Library Journal As the title indicates, Kimes wanted a child, but she did not enjoy pregnancy. Using the month-by-month format common to pregnancy books, she emphasizes the discomforts associated with impending motherhood rather than fetal development and newborn care. Morning sickness, gas, mood swings, and back pain are among the "joys" awaiting pregnant women. The author offers a few hints for dealing with these along with advice about choosing a physician: find one with good magazines in the waiting room and a liberal attitude about using medications. She does provide a resource list that is current. Women will learn more and get better advice from two classics: Heidi Murkoff and others' What To Expect When You're Expecting or Dr. Miriam Stoppard's Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth. This is an optional purchase unless your collection needs a book about whining.-Barbara M. Bibel, Oakland P.L. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
AcknowledgmentsxiiiIntroduction: A Book Is BornxvChapter 1The First Month1Choosing an O.B.2The No-No List5Sore Boobs8Morning, Noon, and Night Sickness10Gas!16Resentment Toward Your Hubby17Tests, Tests, and More Tests19Dreams and Other Nightmares21To Tell or Not to Tell22Pregnancy Math25How to Eat for Two27Chapter 2The Second Month29Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman with Child30Your Superhero Nose32Pregnancy Junkie33Spotting35I Need to Lie Down37Oh My Achin' Head37"Urine" for Fun39Miscarriage40Sex During the First Trimester43Chapter 3The Third Month45I Can't Breathe!46Is My Baby Okay in There?48Here I Grow Again49A New Wardrobe51The Name Game53Your Newfound Celebrity56Drooling57My Bloody Nose58Beware of Your Nipples60Chapter 4The Fourth Month63Hyperemesis64Sex During the Second Trimester66The Ultrasound68I'm Scared!71Vaginal Discharge73Toilet Troubles75Bloody Gums77Genetic Testing78Boy or Girl?80Chapter 5The Fifth Month83Pains Under Your Uterus84Your Cheesy Belly86You're So Vein88Who Asked You?90Third Nipples and Other Gross Things92That's a Hormone of a Different Color94Backaches96Sciatica97Chapter 6The Sixth Month101Dark Back Hair and Other Icky Things102Leg Cramps104Belly Touching105An Itchy Stomach106Incompetent Cervix107What, Me Exercise?108Oops, There She Goes!110Pains in the Tucchus114Chapter 7The Seventh Month117Swelling Ain't Swell118Temporary Insanity120Sex During the Third Trimester121Toxemia: The Pressure Is On123Third-Trimester Bleeding125Braxton Hicks128I Can't Sleep129Gestational Diabetes131Bed Rest133Chapter 8The Eighth Month137Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot138Yeast Infections140Stretched to Extremes141Heartburn143"Urine" For Even More Fun145Incontinence: A Condition That's Sure to Piss You Off146Numb and Number149Stop That Kicking!150How the Hell Is This Thing Coming Out?152Don't Breech to Me155Chapter 9The Ninth Month157Baby Shower 101158Nesting Instinct164Lamaze Class166Nursing Bras169Decorating the Baby's Room171Taking a Tour of the Hospital173Am I in Labor?175False Labor177How to Start Labor178Chapter 10Let the Bloody Show Begin183Inducing185"Lookie Loos"188How to Breathe Through a Contraction190Gimme Drugs193How to Push with a Passion196Episiotomy: Let 'er Rip199The "C" Word200Bonding202What to Do When Nature Calls203Lochia: Who Knew?207Got Milk?208Chapter 11Home, Bittersweet Home211Baby Blues213How to Deal with Visitors215Better Sleep for You and Your Baby218Baby Hygiene219Sex after the Last Trimester221Sleep Deprivation224Muscle Soreness227Reconcilable Differences229How to Deal with a Crying Baby231The Basics233About the Third Month235AppendixResources List237Index249
