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The complete book of pregnancy & childbirth / Sheila Kitzinger ; photography by Marcia May.

Kitzinger, Sheila. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0375710477
  • ISBN: 9780375710476
  • ISBN: 1400041082
  • ISBN: 9781400041084
  • Physical Description: 448 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: Fourth edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
  • Distributor: Distributed by Random House.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Pregnancy week by week -- Pregnancy : the early weeks -- Finding out you are pregnant -- Planning and preparation -- Pregnancy : physical and emotional changes -- Life in the uterus -- Forty weeks of life -- Expecting twins -- Your baby's well-being -- Your physical well-being -- Emotional challenges in pregnancy -- Becoming a father -- You and your partner -- Pregnant again -- Pregnancy : thinking ahead to birth -- In tune with your body for labor -- Windows into the uterus -- The last few weeks -- The experience of birth -- What happens in labor -- Different kinds of labor -- Giving support in labor -- Dealing with pain -- Toward the medical control of birth -- Gentile birth -- You and your newborn -- The first hours of life -- The baby who needs special care -- Losing a baby -- The first ten days -- The challenge of new parenthood -- Photographic sequences -- A hospital birth -- A home birth -- A water birth -- Useful reading -- Useful addresses -- Glossary.
Subject: Pregnancy > Popular works.
Childbirth > Popular works.

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Harnett County Main Library 618.2 Kit (Text) 33630003420903 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 05/19/2025