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The Mother of All Pregnancy Books: The Ultimate Guide to Conception, Birth, and Everything In Between (U.S. Edition)
Ann Douglas

The Mother of All Pregnancy Books: The Ultimate Guide to Conception, Birth, and Everything In Between (U.S. Edition)

Wiley (Jan 01, 2002)
9780764565168
| Paperback
556 pages | 140 x 211 mm | English
Dewey 618.24
LC Classification RG525 .D667 2002
LC Control No. 2001098035

Subject

  • Childbirth
  • Childbirth/ Popular Works
  • Health & Fitness / Pregnancy & Childbirth
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy/ Popular Works

Plot

The ultimate guide to conception, birth, and everything in between.Unlike all those otherbossy, tell-you-what-to-do titles, this funny, entertaining guide presents expectant parents with all the facts on such perennial hot topics as pain relief during labor, episiotomy, and circumcision, and empowers them to make informed personal choices. It's packed with tools you won't find anywhere else, including:* Charts highlighting the risks of using various over-the-counter drug productsduring pregnancy* Lists of the ten best -- and worst --baby products* A set of emergency childbirth procedures* Forthright discussions of difficult topics like infertility, high-risk pregnancy, and pregnancy and infant loss that other books are loathe to tackle