Your pregnancy week by week : what to expect from conception to birth / Lesley Regan.
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London :
Dorling Kindersley,
[2005]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Your Journey Through Pregnancy :
- 1. The very beginning
- Conceiving a baby
- Staying safe in pregnancy
- Diet and exercise
- Work and maternity rights
- 2. The first trimester
- Weeks 0-6
- Antenatal care and birth choices
- Weeks 6-10
- Weeks 10-13
- Antenatal tests
- 3. The second trimester
- Weeks 13-17
- Weeks 17-21
- Weeks 21-26
- 4. The third trimester
- Weeks 26-30
- Shopping for your baby
- Weeks 30-35
- Specialist antenatal monitoring
- Part II. Labour and Birth :
- 5. The stages of labour
- The first stage
- Pain relief in labour
- The second & third stages
- 6. When help is needed
- Premature labour
- Multiple births
- Assisted deliveries
- Caesarean birth
- Part III. Life After Birth :
- 7. Your newborn baby
- The hours after birth
- 8. The first six weeks
- Your physical recovery
- Your emotional recovery
- First days and weeks at home
- Feeding your baby
- Family adjustments
- The six-week postnatal check
- Part IV. Concerns and Complications :
- Existing medical conditions
- Infections and illnesses
- Fetal abnormalities
- Problems in pregnancy and labour
- Concerns after birth.