FROM THE BACK COVER: "While it may seem to average readers that everything under the sun has been written on the subject of pregnancy, my experience as an obstetrician in private practice for ten years reveals important gaps in their knowledge--it still surprises me to hear what some childbirth educators are teaching to their classes.
In this book, two short volumes, Birth Day! The Last 24 Hours of Pregnancy, and Pregnancy Myths, have been combined to provide a different and important perspective on pregnancy. Birth Day! addresses the natural anxiety of every pregnant woman: What will my labor be like? Or, how will it differ from the first?
Topics such as Lamaze breathing, pain medication, episiotomy, and Cesarean section are examined in detail. The time course of labor and the hospital routine are also explained so that every woman facing labor will have some idea of what to expect. Birth Day! answers all the questions expectant mothers most frequently ask--and those which they are sometimes too embarrassed, too stressed, or too intimidated to ask.
Pregnancy Myths exposes many commonly-held beliefs about the birth experience as false. Do you believe:
- Pregnancy over the age of 35 is high risk?
- Fruit juice is good for you?
- It is okay for pregnant women to have an occasional drink of alcohol?
- Cramping in the first trimester is a sign of miscarriage?
- The fetal heart rate gives a clue about gender?
- Pregnant women should not sleep on their backs?
Pregnancy Myths seeks to entertain while correcting these and many other widely believed misconceptions and to bring the insights of the latest scientific thought and old-fashioned common sense to expectant parents.
Softcover, 128 pages, 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
1569246955
Cover Price: $14.95
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