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Your over-35 Week-By-Week Pregnancy Guide All the Answers to All Your Questions about Pregnancy, Birth, and Your Developing Baby

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ISBN-10: 0761526986

ISBN-13: 9780761526988

Edition: 5th 2000

Authors: Kelly M. Shanahan

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Know What to Expect Week-by-Week Preparing for the arrival of a new baby is both a joy and a challenge. This is true at any age, but as an expectant mother over the age of 35 you want real answers for your unique needs and concerns. With wisdom and compassion, Dr. Kelly Shanahan shares her own experiences as an obstetrician and over-35 mom. Her detailed and reassuring approach will help you understand the significant changes in your body and life as well as your baby's development. Inside, you will find: ·Explanations and answers for your special health concerns ·Advice about making career, relationship, and lifestyle adjustments ·Practical tips for safe weight gain, exercise, and travel …    
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Book details

List price: $18.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication date: 1/4/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Pregnancy Planning
The Menstrual Cycle
Ovulation and Fertilization
Implantation
Where's My Period?
Why Am I So Tired??
First Doctor's Visit
Morning (and Noon and Night) Sickness
Dashed Hopes
Teratogens, or What to Avoid When You're Expecting
Chorionic Villus Sampling
Eating for Two
No, You're Not Losing Your Mind, You're Just Pregnant
Interpretation of Prenatal Blood Tests
Telling the World
More Blood Tests: The "Triple Screen"
Amniocentesis
Financial Considerations
Baby Pictures
There's a Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On!
Baby Is Exercising—And So Should You
Why Do I Have to Get On That Darn Scale!
Baby, Oh Baby, the Places You'll Go
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Born Too Soon
Bleeding
Working Nine to Five
It's a Boy and a Girl and . . .
Too Sweet
Divide and Conquer
Preterm Labor
It's a Family Affair
Learning About Labor
Blueprint for Birth
High Blood Pressure and Pre-Eclampsia
Here's Looking at You, Kid
To Breast or Not to Breast, That Is the Question
The Home Stretch
Pain Control
Cesarean Section and VBAC
Labor Day Postparcum: Where's the Instruction Manual?
Epilogue
Glossary
Index