Pregnancy is an exciting but scary time, & this book provides essential information to help you make informed decisions. Covering every stage of pregnancy, from when to share the good news to when to paint the nursery, the book aims to reassure prospective parents. ...

Containing the pregnancy information, this book introduces ideas & research
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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 & tips throughout each stage. With storage wallets & spaces for photographs, capture the magical moments & record the milestones as you prepare for your new arrival. ...

Whether you are already pregnant or planning a baby, you'll have many questions. Written by an obstetrician & a midwife, Pregnancy Questions & Answers provides reassurance every step of the way, with practical answers on every aspect of pregnancy, from conception through labour to the first six weeks of your baby's life. ...

Pregnancy is a time of enormous excitement, tremendous anticipation ? & 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 & experts at Baby Centre.co.uk to produce the definitive question-&-answer-format pregnancy book. Accessible, informal & fun to read ? unlike so many books on the subject, which are distant & pedantic ? Pregnancy Questions & Answers offers sound & down-to-earth practical advice, supportive words from other mums, tips for dads, & nuggets of universal wisdom to help your pregnancy go smoothly, both physically & emotionally. ...

Offers fathers-to-be the ugly truth behind the frustrations & difficulties of pregnancy. This edition

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Re-issued in a handy new format, the best-selling Pregnancy Week-by-Week is your ideal companion through the 40+ weeks of pregnancy. Each week you will find information on how you might be feeling or what you should be doing & a review of baby's progress
- accompanied by specially created illustrations. You will also find a handy diary feature that enables you to keep track of doctor & clinic appointments, test dates, fitness & birth classes as well as baby's movements & other items of note
- including vital contact details. Its handy size enables it to be easily portable as well as to stand up on your bedside table or desktop. in addition, there is much vital information on antenatal care, fitness, diet, coping with common complaints & labour & delivery as well as an introduction to your newborn. All the information is presented in a succinct yet reassuring way & there are many useful illustrations, photographs & checklists. Eye-level guide that shows at a glance baby's progress in utero, Diary feature enables you to keep track of vital appointments & tests, Essential information on antenatal care including all tests & procedures, Checklists that make packing for hospital & preparing for baby easy, Hints & tips for coping with minor complaints, Up-to-date information on healthy eating, safe exercising & avoidable hazards.

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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 & baby week by week in pregnancy. Hints, tips & advice are presented in the form of lists & bite-size pieces of text, making the information very accessible & easy to absorb. The book opens with a section on Making a Good Start, covering diet, exercise, drugs, stress & pregnancy tests. Further chapters deal with the First Trimester, Second Trimester, Third Trimester, & Labour & Birth. For each week, Dr Cooper explains how the baby is developing, what changes are affecting the mother, & how to ensure a healthy, happy outcome. ...

Many of the familiar aspects of modern life are no more than a century or two old, yet our deep social structures & skills were in large measure developed by small bands of our prehistoric ancestors many millennia ago. This title discusses who we are by ...

Prejudice: Teaching Controversial Issues. Prejudice is one of a series of books & accompanying CD-ROMs which offer primary school teachers much-needed support for teaching controversial issues. Published in association with the Citizenship Foundation, the Headlines titles provide background knowledge & practical teaching resources to introduce & appropriately manage discussions of sensitive, controversial & topical issues with complete confidence. Children of all ages are now regularly exposed to media coverage of controversial topics. When a news story hits the headlines, schools will naturally want to respond to the questions, fears & concerns of their pupils with sensitivity, accuracy & balance. The Headlines titles have been produced specifically to help teachers face this challenge. Features include: topic background knowledge & presentation of opposing arguments & viewpoints; advice on how to avoid bias; lively lesson plans; reproducible pupil resources including activity sheets, information sheets, case studies & news reports. ...