This loving journal invites you to record all your treasured pregnancy moments. This charming book will guide you through each trimester, providing you with useful hints and tips throughout each stage. With storage wallets and spaces for photographs, capture the magical moments and record the milestones as you prepare for your new arrival.
IVF: An Emotional Companion is an invaluable, personal support, based on women's first hand experiences, for anyone struggling to conceive. Sharing the real life stories of 20 women who have worked their way through fertility and conception problems, this book is a lifeline for women and couples everywhere wanting to have a baby: an honest, inspirational and comforting read promising to help get you through the roller coaster that is fertility treatment. According to official figures, one in six couples have problems conceiving and more women than ever before are now considering in vitro fertilisation. It's not just physically taxing and expensive, but the emotional strain can at times be unbearable. Having to make lots of emotionally-charged decisions at every turn is tough: Should I push my GP to refer me for investigations? Are we ready for IVF? Should we try natural methods first? What shall we do now the treatment has failed? To help you work through these decisions, IVF: An Emotional Companion explains how others in similar situations have tackled these challenges and come through.
The national C-section rate is at an all-time high of 31%. Are all of these C-sections necessary? Are some of them done simply for the convenience of doctors? Inductions seem to have become the norm. Are they always necessary? In the end, expectant mothers are often left feeling powerless, as their instincts are replaced by drugs and medically unnecessary procedures. What you are about to discover is that you have a choice, and you have the power to plan the kind of birth that's right for you-whether it be at a birth centre, hospital, or at home; and with a doula, midwife, and/or OB/GYN. In YOUR BEST BIRTH, Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein inspire women to take back the birth experience, with essential advice on: - Positive and negative effects of epidurals, Pitocin, and other drugs and interventions - Induction vs. allowing your labor to progress naturally - The truth behind America's C-section rate Packed with crucial advice from childbirth professionals, and delivered in a down-to-earth, engaging voice, YOUR BEST BIRTH is sure to renew confidence and put the control back where it belongs: with parents-to-be!
This title offers a wealth of information for pregnant women covering each of the 40 weeks of gestation. Dr Carol Cooper describes what happens to mother and baby week by week in pregnancy. Hints, tips and advice are presented in the form of lists and bite-size pieces of text, making the information very accessible and easy to absorb. The book opens with a section on Making a Good Start, covering diet, exercise, drugs, stress and pregnancy tests. Further chapters deal with the First Trimester, Second Trimester, Third Trimester, and Labour & Birth. For each week, Dr Cooper explains how the baby is developing, what changes are affecting the mother, and how to ensure a healthy, happy outcome.
Pregnancy is a time of enormous excitement, tremendous anticipation ? and countless questions. To make sure expecting parents get all the information they need as well as the answers to the questions they most frequently want to ask, Rodale has joined forces with the editors and experts at BabyCentre.co.uk to produce the definitive question-and-answer-format pregnancy book. Accessible, informal and fun to read ? unlike so many books on the subject, which are distant and pedantic ? Pregnancy Questions & Answers offers sound and down-to-earth practical advice, supportive words from other mums, tips for dads, and nuggets of universal wisdom to help your pregnancy go smoothly, both physically and emotionally.
From the moment after conception to feeding your newborn baby, Professor Lesley Regan - world-renowned obstetrician - draws on her professional expertise and personal experience to explain exactly what is happening week-by-week, to you and your baby during pregnancy. Find explanations, advice and reassurance to ensure you have the best possible understanding of this extraordinary and wonderful time. Stunning state-of-the-art imagery and specialist up-to-the-minute research and information describes your baby's remarkable progress in the womb.
Keep happy and healthy before, during and after your pregnancy. With advice from top fitness professional Jane Wake, http://janewake.co.uk/ this guide is designed to get you listening to your body, and arm you with the tools you need to ensure you and your baby stay as happy and as healthy as possible. The simple programme is designed for every fitness level; there are workout diaries for every trimester, beauty and wellbeing tips and nutritional advice. The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy Fitness has been called An essential guide for all pregnant women by Lorraine Kelly.
This is an indispensable compendium of hints, tips and checklists for parents of babies and toddlers. Dr Carol Cooper, an acclaimed authority on parenting, has compiled an information-packed little book that makes an ideal gift for all new parents. The first four chapters cover 0-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 years. Each chapter starts with lists of physical, mental and emotional milestones appropriate to the particular age group, and then goes on to cover everything from clothes for the new baby and breastfeeding hints to tips on potty training and learning to read. The book concludes with an invaluable chapter on Health Matters and a list of useful addresses.
This is a treasure trove of wisdom, humour and good advice for enjoying parenthood and family life. Every parent wants their children to grow up happy and healthy and with the right values, but sometimes it's hard to know how to reach that goal. There are so many things to worry about. How do you get it right? Take heart. There are many successful parents on the planet. This little book brings together their words of wisdom in one place, so we can all benefit from some good advice on building confidence in our kids, creating happy families...and staying sane!
The UK's bestselling parenting guide from expert Dr. Miriam Stoppard. From the latest obstetric procedures to nutrition, exercise and choices in childbirth, reassuring, practical advice on all aspects of your antenatal care will help you every step of the way. Includes information for dads-to-be plus helpful case studies which look at a range of issues from infertility to caring for premature babies. "...essential reading for anyone expecting a baby" Pregnancy Magazine.
This work offers a comprehensive programme for women who want to conceive when they are ready to have a baby. Women have been led to believe that they can have it all - a career, a good personal life, a baby when the time is right...However, having a baby when you are ready to start a family may not be as easy as you think. The good news is that there is a host of natural strategies every would-be mum can use today to optimise and preserve her fertility. "Stay Fertile Longer" offers: a comprehensive and holistic programme including a fertility-promoting diet and supplement plan, fitness regime and emotional health strategies; draws together the expertise of top fertility practitioners from all medical approaches; and explains all the treatment options available - both alternative and conventional.
This beautiful journal will become the story of your pregnancy, to be filled with facts and memories, hopes and dreams and when completed will become a lasting treasury of this most special time. Coupled with this, the journal is the story of your child's precious first year, told through pictures and words, for you both to reflect upon in years to come. You can create the story of your pregnancy - from the first time you feel your baby move to the first time you hold your newborn child through to the first smile and many more milestone moments, to make the perfect memento of the magical first year that you spend with your child.
Of all the decisions a new parent makes, choosing that special name is the most significant and the most rewarding. A new reference book for prospective parents, this clear, helpful and easy-to-use A-Z guide gives you thousands of brilliant suggestions for picking the perfect name for your new arrival. It also includes appendices of the top ten names through the centuries and the most popular celebrity names.