Book description
The reassuring guide to a happy, healthy pregnancy
This new edition offers soon-to-be moms and dads detailed, friendly information on preparing and planning for pregnancy. You'll find guidance on the basics, as well as special considerations like age, multiple births, complications, illness, labor and delivery, postpartum care, and everything in between.
Now in a portable, handy trim size that makes it easy to keep with you on the go, Pregnancy For Dummies, 4th Edition is your go-to guide on everything you'll encounter during the first, second, and third trimesters—and beyond. Packed with new information and the latest developments in medical technology, it puts your mind at ease by offering straightforward answers to all the questions you may have about pregnancy, including health risks during pregnancy, fertility problems and solutions, "on demand" cesarean sections, weight gain during pregnancy, the correlation between mercury and autism, ways to stay emotionally and physically healthy during pregnancy, and much more.
Includes a complete guide to pregnancy, through all three trimesters and beyond, including a week-by-week account of what to expect during pregnancy
Covers the latest information related to healthcare and pregnancy, including the latest on vaccinations, fertility problems, and prenatal diagnoses
Offers advice on picking a doctor, planning prenatal visits, and designing a birthing plan
Explains the stages of labor and how to care for yourself and your newborn after childbirth
If you're an expectant parent, Pregnancy For Dummies, 4th Edition covers everything mom and baby experience before, during, and after childbirth.
Table of contents
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- Introduction
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Part I: Getting Started with Pregnancy
- Chapter 1: Seeing Double Lines: I Think I’m Pregnant!
- Chapter 2: Your Pregnancy at a Glance: Overview of Pregnancy Week-by-Week
- Chapter 3: Preparing for Life during Pregnancy
- Chapter 4: Diet and Exercise for the Expectant Mother
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Part II: Pregnancy: Countdown
- Chapter 5: The First Trimester
- Chapter 6: The Second Trimester
- Chapter 7: The Third Trimester
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Part III: The Big Event: Labor, Delivery, and Recovery
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Chapter 8: Honey, I Think I’m in Labor!
- Knowing When Labor Is Real — and When It Isn’t
- Getting Admitted to the Hospital
- Monitoring Your Baby
- Nudging Things Along: Labor Induction
- Getting the Big Picture: Stages and Characteristics of Labor
- Handling Labor Pain
- Considering Alternative Birthing Methods
- Delivering without anesthesia
- Giving birth at home
- Using a doula
- Immersing yourself in a water birth
- Chapter 9: Special Delivery: Bringing Your Baby into the World
- Chapter 10: Hello, World! Meet Your Newborn
- Chapter 11: Taking Care of Yourself after Delivery
- Chapter 12: Feeding Your Baby
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Chapter 8: Honey, I Think I’m in Labor!
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Part IV: Dealing with Special Concerns
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Chapter 13: Pregnancies with Special Considerations
- Figuring Out How Age Matters
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Having Twins or More
- Looking at types of multiples
- Determining whether multiples are identical or fraternal
- Screening for Down syndrome in pregnancies with twins or more
- Conducting genetic testing in pregnancies with twins or more
- Keeping track of which baby is which
- Living day-to-day during a multiple pregnancy
- Going through labor and delivery
- Covering special issues for moms with multiples
- Monitoring for preterm labor in twins
- Getting Pregnant Again
- If You’re a Nontraditional Family
- Preparing Your Child (or Children) for a New Arrival
- Chapter 14: When Things Get Complicated
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Chapter 15: Pregnancy in Sickness and in Health
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Getting an Infection While Pregnant
- Bladder and kidney infections
- Chickenpox
- Colds and flu
- Seasonal allergies and hay fever
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections
- German measles (rubella)
- Hepatitis
- Herpes infections
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Listeria
- Lyme disease
- Parvovirus infection (fifth disease)
- Stomach viruses (gastroenteritis)
- Toxoplasmosis
- Vaginal infections
- Handling Pre-Pregnancy Conditions
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Getting an Infection While Pregnant
- Chapter 16: Coping with the Unexpected
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Chapter 13: Pregnancies with Special Considerations
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Part V: The Part of Tens
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Chapter 17: Ten Things Nobody Tells You
- Pregnancy Lasts Longer than Nine Months
- Other People Can Drive You Crazy
- You Feel Exhausted in the First Trimester
- Round Ligament Pain Really Hurts
- Your Belly Becomes a Hand Magnet
- Hemorrhoids Are a Royal Pain in the Butt
- Sometimes Women Poop While Pushing
- The Weight Stays On after the Baby Comes Out
- Postpartum Bonding Really Does Happen
- Breast Engorgement Really Sucks, and Breast-Feeding Can Be a Production
- Chapter 18: Ten Healthy Snacks for Pregnant Women
- Chapter 19: Ten Key Things You Can See on Ultrasound
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Chapter 17: Ten Things Nobody Tells You
- About the Author
- Cheat Sheet
- More Dummies Products
Product information
- Title: Pregnancy For Dummies, 4th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2014
- Publisher(s): For Dummies
- ISBN: 9781118825723
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