Your ability to conceive a healthy child & have a vaginal delivery your risk of suffering certain pregnancy-related conditions the ease with which you are able to maintain your physical wellbeing & that of your unborn baby while caring for an older child & your being able to manage a two-child family are only some of the challenges you will meet in a second pregnancy. Many second-time mothers are in their late thirties & forties & this has particular relevance when it comes to conceiving & prenatal care. They also have to weigh carefully the additional risks of trying for a vaginal birth after a previous caesarean delivery as against those of a repeat caesarean. Pregnancy manuals in the main are directed at first-time mothers & coverage of further pregnancies can be cursory. This book therefore fills a gap in the marketplace. No two pregnancies & births are ever exactly the same
- even for the same woman
- & this book will explain why.