Heidi Murkoff
简介
Your pregnancy explained, your pregnancy questions answered, your pregnant body demystified, head (what to do about those headaches) to feet (why they’re so swollen), back (how to stop it from aching) to front (why you can’t tell a baby by mom’s bump).
Expect the best yet! This cover-to-cover (including the covers) brand new fifth edition is filled with must-have information, practical advice, realistic insight, easy-to-use tips, and lots of reassurance. You’ll find the very latest on prenatal screenings, which medications are safe, and the most current birthing options—from water birth to gentle c-sections. Your pregnancy lifestyle gets equal attention, too: eating (including food trends) to coffee drinking, working out (and work) to sex, travel to beauty, skin care, and more. Have pregnancy symptoms? You will—and you’ll find solutions for them all. Expecting multiples? There’s a chapter for you. Expecting to become a dad? This book has you covered, too.
contents
Foreword to the Fifth Edition, by Charles J. Lockwood, MD
Introduction to the Fifth Edition
PART 1: FIRST THINGS FIRST
Chapter 1: Are You Pregnant?
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Choosing and Working with Your Practitioner
Chapter 2: Your Pregnancy Profile
Your Gynecological History
Your Obstetrical History
Your Medical History
ALL ABOUT: Prenatal Diagnosis
Chapter 3: Your Pregnancy Lifestyle
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Chapter 4: Nine Months of Eating Well
Nine Basic Principles for Nine Months of Healthy Eating
The Pregnancy Daily Dozen
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Eating Safely for Two
PART 2: NINE MONTHS & COUNTING FROM CONCEPTION TO DELIVERY
Chapter 5: The First Month Approximately 1 to 4 Weeks
Your Baby This Month
Your Body This Month
What You Can Expect at Your First Prenatal Visit
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Your Pampered Pregnancy
Chapter 6: The Second Month Approximately 5 to 8 Weeks
Your Baby This Month
Your Body This Month
What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkup
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Weight Gain During Pregnancy
Chapter 7: The Third Month Approximately 9 to 13 Weeks
Your Baby This Month
Your Body This Month
What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkup
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Pregnant on the Job
Chapter 8: The Fourth Month Approximately 14 to 17 Weeks
Your Baby This Month
Your Body This Month
What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkup
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Working Out When You’re Expecting
Chapter 9: The Fifth Month Approximately 18 to 22 Weeks
Your Baby This Month
Your Body This Month
What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkup
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Sex and the Pregnant Couple
Chapter 10: The Sixth Month Approximately 23 to 27 Weeks
Your Baby This Month
Your Body This Month
What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkup
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Childbirth Education
Chapter 11: The Seventh Month Approximately 28 to 31 Weeks
Your Baby This Month
Your Body This Month
What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkup
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Easing Labor Pain
Chapter 12: The Eighth Month Approximately 32 to 35 Weeks
Your Baby This Month
Your Body This Month
What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkup
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Breastfeeding
Chapter 13: The Ninth Month Approximately 36 to 40 Weeks
Your Baby This Month
Your Body This Month
What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkup
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Prelabor, False Labor, Real Labor
Chapter 14: Labor and Delivery
What You May Be Wondering About
Stage One: Labor
Stage Two: Pushing and Delivery
Stage Three: Delivery of the Placenta
Cesarean Delivery
Chapter 15: Expecting Multiples
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Multiple Childbirth
PART 3: AFTER THE BABY IS BORN
Chapter 16: Postpartum: The First Week
What You May Be Feeling
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Beginning Breastfeeding
Chapter 17: Postpartum: The First 6 Weeks
What You May Be Feeling
What You Can Expect at Your Postpartum Checkup
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Getting Back into Shape
PART 4: STAYING HEALTHY WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING
Chapter 18: If You Get Sick
What You May Be Wondering About
ALL ABOUT: Medications During Pregnancy
PART 5: THE COMPLICATED PREGNANCY
Chapter 19: Managing Complications
Pregnancy Complications
Uncommon Pregnancy Complications
Childbirth Postpartum Complications
ALL ABOUT: If You’re Put on Bed Rest
Chapter 20: Pregnancy Loss
Types of Pregnancy Loss
ALL ABOUT: Coping with Pregnancy Loss
INDEX
