Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth

Name: Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth
Price: 3.34 USD
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ISBN: 9780375710476

ISBN-10: 0375710477

ISBN-13: 9780375710476

Edition: 4th 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Sheila Kitzinger

List price: $21.95

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This new edition of The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth has been extensively revised to reflect scientific advances and cultural trends. Here, candidly and reasonably presented, is all the information expectant parents need to make their own decisions about everything--from which tests to allow to how to handle pain to where to give birth. 300 photos, drawings & diagrams.

Book details

List price: $21.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.892

Sheila Kitzinger is the world's foremost birth educator and activist, and is known and respected worldwide as a social anthropologist of birth and a leading authority on women's experiences of pregnancy and motherhood. Her previous books include The Experience of Childbirth and the classic bestseller Pregnancy and Childbirth. She is the author of over 23 books and has been published in 20 languages.



Introduction


Pregnancy week by week


Pregnancy: The Early Weeks


Finding out you are pregnant


Planning and preparation


Pregnancy: Physical and Emotional Changes


Life in the uterus


Forty weeks of life


Expecting twins


Your baby's well-being


Your physical well-being


Emotional challenges in pregnancy


Becoming a father


You and your partner


Pregnant again


Pregnancy: Thinking Ahead to Birth


In tune with your body for labor


Windows into the uterus


The last few weeks


The Experience of Birth


What happens in labor


Different kinds of labor


Giving support in labor


Dealing with pain


Toward the medical control of birth


Gentle birth


You and Your Newborn


The first hours of life


The baby who needs special care


Losing a baby


The first ten days


The challenge of new parenthood


Photographic Sequences


A hospital birth


A home birth


A water birth


Useful reading


Useful addresses


Glossary


Research references


Acknowledgments


Index