TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murkoff,Heidi Eisenberg
AU  - Mazel,Sharon
TI  - What to expect when you're expecting
SN  - 9780761148579
AV  - RG525.M476.W438 2008 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Workman Pub.
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Childbirth
KW  - Postnatal care
N1  - 4; Foreword to the fourth edition; Charles J. Lockwood --; Introduction : why this book was born again, again --; part 1. First things first --; 1. Before you conceive --; Preconception prep for moms --; Putting it all together --; It takes two, baby --; Pinpointing ovulation --; Conception misconceptions --; Preconception prep for dads --; 2. Are you pregnant? -- What you may be wondering about --; Early pregnancy signs --; Diagnosing pregnancy --; A faint line --; Testing for the irregular --; No longer positive --; If you're not pregnant --; A negative result --; Testing smart --; Making the first appointment --; Your due date --; All about : choosing and working with your practitioner --; Obstetrician? Family practitioner? Midwife? -- Birthing choices --; Types of practice --; Finding a candidate --; Division of labor --; Making your selection --; Pregnant and uncovered --; Making the most of the patient-practitioner partnership --; So you won't forget --; 3. Your pregnancy profile --; Your gynecological history --; This book's for you --; Birth control during pregnancy --; Fibroids --; Endometriosis --; Colposcopy --; HPV (Human papillomavirus) -- Other STDs and pregnancy --; Herpes --; Signs and symptoms of genital herpes --; Your obstetrical history --; In virto fertilization (IVF) -- The second time around --; Your obstetrical history repeating itself --; Back-to-back pregnancies --; Having a big family --; Previous abortions --; Do tell --; Preterm birth --; Incompetent cervix --; Your pregnancy profile and preterm birth --; Rh incompatibility --; Your medical history --; Rubella antibody levels --; Immunizations in pregnancy --; Obesity --; Pregnancy after gastric bypass --; Underweight --; An eating disorder --; Have a baby after 35 --; Is 35 the magic number? -- The father's age --; Uninsured, Mama? -- Genetic counseling --; Pregnancy and the single mother --; All about : prenatal diagnosis --; First trimester --; First-trimester ultrasound --; First-trimester combined screening --; Chorionic villus sampling --; It's a ... surprise! -- First and second trimester --; Integrated screening --; Second trimester --; Quad screening --; Amniocentesis --; A false screen --; How to freak out a pregnant woman --; Second-trimester ultrasound --; If a problem is found; 4. Your pregnancy lifestyle --; What you may be wondering about --; Sports and exercise --; Caffeine --; Caffeine counter --; Drinking --; Smoking -- (Don't) put that in your pipe --; An early baby present --; Breaking the smoking habit --; Secondhand smoke --; Marijuana use --; Cocaine and other drug use --; Cell phones --; Microwaves --; Hot tubs and saunas --; The family cat --; Is hot stuff not so hot? -- Household hazards --; The green solution --; Air pollution --; Domestic violence --; All about : complementary and alternative medicine --; 5. Nine months of eating well --; Have it your way --; Try these instead --; Nine basic principles for nine months of healthy eating --; The six-meal solution --; No more guilt --; The pregnancy daily dozen --; Count 'em once, count 'em twice --; Vegetarian proteins --; Can't find your favorite? -- White whole wheat --; A little fat goes a long way --; The good fat facts --; What's in a pill? -- What you may be wondering about --; Milk-free mom --; Pasteurized, please --; A red-meat-free diet --; A vegetarian diet --; Low-car diets --; Cholesterol concerns --; Junk food junkie --; Shortcuts to healthy eating --; Eating out --; Reading labels --; You can't tell a fruit by its cover --; Sushi safety --; Hot stuff --; Spoiled food --; Sugar substitutes --; Herbal tea --; Chemicals in foods --; Something's cooking --; Pick and choose organic --; Eating safe for two; part 2. Nine months and counting : from conception to delivery --; 6. The first month : approximately 1 to 4 weeks --; Your baby this month --; Making the pregnancy connection --; Pregnancy timetable --; What you may be feeling --; Symptoms? Starting soon --; A look inside --; What you can expect at your first prenatal visit --; The wholly healthy pregnancy --; What you may be wondering about --; Breaking the news --; For the other pregnant half --; Vitamin supplements --; Fatigue --; Morning sickness --; Your nose knows --; Excess saliva --; Metallic taste --; Frequent urination --; Breast changes --; Lower abdominal pressure --; Spotting --; When to call your practitioner --; No worries --; HCG levels --; Stress --; Relaxation made easy --; Expect the best --; All about : your pampered pregnancy --; Your hair --; Your face --; Your teeth --; Your body --; A day at the spa --; Your hands and feet --; Making up for pregnancy --; 7. The second month : approximately 5 to 8 weeks --; Your baby this month --; What you may be feeling --; A look inside --; What you can expect at this month's checkup --; What you may be wondering about --; Heartburn and indigestion --; Bringing up reflux --; Heartburn today, hair tomorrow? -- Food aversions and cravings --; Visible veins --; Spider veins --; Varicose veins --; An achy, swollen pelvis --; Breakouts --; Dry skin --; Eczema --; Belly piercings --; Come and go belly --; Losing your shape --; Measuring small --; Measuring big --; Difficulty urinating --; Mood swings --; Depression --; Panic attacks --; All about : weight gain during pregnancy --; How much should you gain? -- At what rate should you gain? -- Why more (or less) weight gain isn't more --; Breakdown of our weight gain --; Weight gain red flags; 8. The third month : approximately 9 to 13 weeks --; Your baby this month --; What you may be feeling --; A look inside --; What you can expect at this month's checkup --; What you may be wondering about --; Constipation --; Another reason for being tired, moody, and constipated --; Lack of constipation --; Diarrhea --; Gas --; Headaches --; What's a corpus luteum cyst? -- Stretch marks --; Body art for two? -- First-trimester weight gain --; Boys will be boys --; Showing early --; Carrying multiples? -- Baby's heartbeat --; At-home dopplers --; The heart of the matter --; Sexual desire --; Cramp after orgasm --; All about : pregnant on the job --; When to tell the boss --; The pregnant worker's rights --; Making the announcement --; The juggling act --; Staying comfortable on the job --; Carpal tunnel syndrome --; Staying safe on the job --; Quiet, please --; Getting all the facts --; Staying on the job --; Changing jobs --; Unfair treatment at work --; 9. The fourth month : approximately 14 to 17 weeks --; Your baby this month --; More baby --; What you may be feeling --; A look inside --; What you can expect at this month's checkup --; What you may be wondering about --; Dental problems --; A gum alert --; Pearly white wisdom --; Breathlessness --; Expecting x-rays? -- Nasal stuffiness and nosebleeds --; Snoring --; Snooze or lose? -- Allergies --; No peanuts for your little peanut? -- Vaginal discharge --; Elevated blood pressure --; Sugar in the urine --; Get your flu shots --; Anemia --; Symptoms of anemia --; Fetal movement --; Body image --; A pregnant pose --; Maternity clothes --; Looking slim when you're bulking up --; Pre-baby jitters --; Unwanted advice --; Unwanted belly touching --; Forgetfulness --; All about : exercise during pregnancy --; The benefits of exercise --; Working in workouts --; Can you Kegel? -- Exercise smarts --; Exercising the right way when you're expecting --; Thirty minutes plus? -- Shoulder and leg stretches --; Dromedary droop --; Neck relaxer --; Choosing the right pregnancy exercise --; Pelvic tilt --; Biceps curl --; Leg lifts --; Tailor stretch --; Hip flexors --; Squats --; Waist twists --; Exercise in bed --; If you don't exercise --; Chest stretches; 10. The fifth month : approximately 18 to 22 weeks --; Your baby this month --; What you may be feeling --; A look inside --; What you can expect at this month's checkup --; What you may be wondering about --; Heating up --; Dizziness --; When too much is too much --; Backache --; Abdominal aches --; The new skin you're in --; Foot growth --; Fast-growing hair and nails --; Vision --; Fetal movement patterns --; Second-trimester ultrasound --; A picture that lasts a lifetime --; Baby's first mall portrait --; Placenta position --; Sleeping position --; Carrying baby, fifth month --; Class womb? -- Carrying older children --; Approaching parenthood --; Wearing a seat belt --; Travel --; Jettisoning jet lag --; Pregnant at a high altitude --; Pregnant women are delicious --; All about : sex and the pregnant woman --; Sex through the trimesters --; What's turning you on (or off)? -- The ins and outs of sex during pregnancy --; Sexercise --; When sex may be limited --; Getting comfortable --; Enjoying it more, even if you're doing it less --; 11. The sixth month : approximately 23 to 27 weeks --; Your baby this month --; What you may be feeling --; A look inside --; What you can expect at this month's checkup --; What you may be wondering about --; Trouble sleeping --; Save time (in a capsule) -- Protruding navel --; Baby kicking --; Itchy belly --; Clumsiness --; Numbness in the hands --; Leg cramps --; Stretching away leg cramps --; When something just doesn't feel right --; Hemorrhoids --; Breast lump --; Childbirth pain --; Bleeding in mid- or late pregnancy --; Diagnosing preeclampsia --; Labor inhibitions --; Calling the labor shots --; Hospital tours --; All about : childbirth education --; Benefits of taking a childbirth class --; Choosing a childbirth class --; Back to school --; For information on pregnancy/childbirth classes --; Childbirth education options --; Classes for second timers; 12. The seventh month : approximately 28 to 31 weeks --; Your baby this month --; Baby brain food --; What you may be feeling --; A look inside --; What you can expect at this month's checkup --; What you may be wondering about --; Fatigue revisited --; Swelling --; Take them off, while you can --; Strange skin bumps --; Lower back and leg (sciatica) -- Restless leg syndrome --; Count your kicks --; Fetal hiccups --; Accidental falls --; Orgasm and baby's kicking --; Dreams and fantasies --; Preparing Fido and Whiskers --; Handling it all --; A birth plan --; Some cookies with that birth plan? -- Your main squeeze --; Don't hold it in --; Lifesaving screenings for newborns --; Glucose screening test --; Doulas : best medicine for labor? -- A low-birthweight baby --; Signs of preterm labor --; All about : easing labor pain --; Managing your pain with medications --; Pushing without the pain --; Managing your pain with CaliforniaM --; Just breathe --; Making the decision --; 13. The eighth month : approximately 32 to 35 weeks --; Your baby this month --; What you may be feeling --; A look inside --; What you can expect at this month's checkup --; What you may be wondering about --; Braxton Hicks contractions --; Not-so-funny rib tickling --; Shortness of breath --; Choosing a pediatrician --; Lack of bladder control --; How you're carrying --; Carrying baby, eighth month --; Your size and your delivery --; Your weight gain and the baby's size --; Baby's position --; Breech baby --; Turn, baby, turn --; Face forward --; How does your baby lie? -- Other unusual presentations --; Cesarean delivery --; Be in the know --; Elective Cesareans --; Scheduled classes for scheduled C's --; Repeat Cesareans --; Vaginal birth after Cesarean (VBAC) -- Group B strep --; Eat up --; Taking baths now --; Traveling now --; Making love now --; Your twosome --; Considering cord blood banking --; All about : breastfeeding --; Why breast is best --; Prepping for breastfeeding --; The breast : sexual or practical? -- Why some opt for the bottle --; Making the choice to breastfeed --; Nursing after breast surgery --; Got pierced? -- Mixing breast and bottle --; When you can't or shouldn't breastfeed --; When father knows breast; 14. The ninth month : approximately 36 to 40 weeks --; Your baby this month --; What you may be feeling --; A look inside --; What you can expect at this month's checkup --; What you may be wondering about --; Urinary frequency--again --; Leaky breasts --; Spotting now --; Water breaking in public --; Baby's crying already? -- Baby dropping --; Changes in baby's movements --; Going down? -- Nesting instinct --; Getting ready --; How is baby doing? -- When you will deliver --; Do-it-yourself labor induction? -- The overdue baby --; Massage it, Mama --; Inviting others to the birth --; Foods to bring it on? -- Sounds like a plan --; Another long labor? -- Mothering --; What to take to the hospital or birthing center --; Fill 'er up --; All about : prelabor, false labor, real labor --; Prelabor symptoms --; False labor symptoms --; Real labor symptoms --; When to call the practitioner --; Ready or not --; 15. Labor and delivery --; What you may be wondering about --; Mucous plug --; Bloody show --; Your water breaking --; Darkened amniotic fluid --; Low amniotic fluid during labor --; Irregular contractions --; Calling your practitioner during labor --; Not getting to the hospital in time --; Emergency delivery if you're alone --; Having a short labor --; Back labor --; Labor induction --; Eating and drinking during labor --; Emergency delivery : tips for the coach --; Routine IV --; Fetal monitoring --; Artificial rupture of membranes --; An episiotomy --; Forceps --; Vacuum extraction --; Vacuum extractor --; Labor positions --; Being stretched by childbirth --; Apgar score --; The sight of blood --; All about : childbirth --; Stages and phases of childbirth --; Stage one : labor --; Phase 1 : early labor --; For the record --; Call your practitioner if ... -- Phase 2 : active labor --; On to the hospital or birthing center --; Are things slowing down? -- Don't hyperventilate --; Phase 3 : transitional labor --; Stage two : pushing and delivery --; A baby is born --; A first look at baby --; Stage three : delivery of the placenta --; Cesarean delivery; part 3. Twins, triplets and more : when you're expecting multiples --; 16. Expecting more than one --; What you may be wondering about --; Seeing double--everywhere? -- Detecting a multiple pregnancy --; Fraternal or identical? -- Choosing a practitioner --; Pregnancy symptoms --; Eating well with multiples --; Weight gain --; What to gain when you're gaining for two or more --; Multiple time line --; Exercise --; Mixed feelings --; Insensitive comments --; Multiple connections --; Safety in numbers --; Multiple benefits --; Bed rest --; Vanishing twin syndrome --; All about : multiple childbirth --; Laboring with twins or more --; Twin timing --; Position, position, position --; Delivering twins --; Recovering from a multiple delivery --; Breastfeeding for two is good for Mom, two --; Delivering triplets; part 4. After the baby is born --; 17. Postpartum : the first week --; What you may be feeling --; What you may be wondering about --; Bleeding --; Afterpains --; Perineal pain --; When to call your practitioner postpartum --; Delivery bruises --; Difficulty urinating --; That first bowel movement --; Excessive sweating --; Fever --; Engorged breasts --; Engorgement if you're not breastfeeding --; Where's the breast milk? -- Should I stay of should I go now? -- Bonding --; Rooming-in --; Recovery from a Cesarean delivery --; Coming home with baby --; All about : getting started breastfeeding --; Nursing and the NICU baby --; Breastfeeding basics --; Keeping track --; Engorgement : when the milk comes in --; Next stop : easy street --; The breastfeeding diet --; Leaking milk --; Medication and lactation --; Sore nipples --; When breastfeeding gets bumpy --; Breastfeeding after a Cesarean delivery --; Breastfeeding multiples --; Bottle baby --; Tandem nursing --; Give it time --; 18. Postpartum : the first 6 weeks --; What you may be feeling --; What you can expect at your postpartum checkup --; What you may be wondering about --; Exhaustion --; Hair loss --; Postpartum urinary incontinence --; Fecal incontinence --; Help for leaks that won't let up --; Postpartum backache --; Baby blues --; Postpartum depression --; Getting help for postpartum depression --; Thyroiditis got you down? -- Losing weight postpartum --; Long-term C-section recovery --; Resuming sex --; Craving more? -- Becoming pregnant again --; All about : getting back into shape --; Basic position --; Pelvic tilt --; Leg slides --; Head/shoulder lift --; Workout rules for the first six weeks --; Phase 1 : twenty-four hours after delivery --; Phase 2 : three days after delivery --; Close the gap --; Phase 3 : after your postpartum checkup --; Milk it; part 5. For dads --; 19. Fathers are expectant, too --; What you may be wondering about --; Get ready, get set ... then go --; Dealing with her symptoms --; A partner in parenting by any name --; Sympathy symptoms --; Feeling left out --; Resources for dads --; Sex --; Expectant sex explained --; Pregnancy dreams --; It's your hormones (really) -- Surviving her mood swings --; Your pregnancy mood swings --; Labor and delivery worries --; Anxiety over life changes --; Being there --; Fathering fears --; Breastfeeding --; Your baby blues --; Bonding --; Keep an eye on her mood --; Feeling unsexy after delivery --; Postpartum sex?; part 6. Staying healthy when you're expecting --; 20. If you get sick --; What you may be wondering about --; The common cold --; Is if the flu or a cold? -- Sinusitis --; Flu season --; Flu shot for two --; Fever --; Strep throat --; Urinary tract infection --; Yeast infection --; Bacterial vaginosis --; Stomach bugs --; Listeriosis --; Toxoplasmosis --; Cytomegalovirus --; Fifth disease --; Measles --; Mumps --; Staying well --; Rubella --; Chicken pox (Varicella) -- Lyme disease --; Hepatitis A --; Hepatitis B --; Hepatitis C --; Bell's palsy --; All about : medications during pregnancy --; Common medications --; Keeping current --; If you need medication during pregnancy --; Herbal cures --; 21. If you have a chronic condition --; What you may be wondering about --; Asthma --; Cancer in pregnancy --; Cystic fibrosis --; Depression --; Diabetes --; Epilepsy --; Helping others with epilepsy --; Fibromyalgia --; Making the most of your meds --; Chronic fatigue syndrome --; Hypertension --; Irritable bowel syndrome --; Lupus --; Multiple sclerosis --; Phenylketonuria --; Physical disability --; Rheumatoid arthritis --; Scoliosis --; Sickle cell anemia --; Thyroid disease --; All about : getting the support you need; part 7. The complicated pregnancy --; 22. Managing a complicated pregnancy --; Pregnancy complications --; Early miscarriage --; Types of miscarriage --; You'll want to know ... -- If you've had a miscarriage --; Management of a miscarriage --; Late miscarriage --; Repeat miscarriages --; Ectopic pregnancy --; You'll want to know ... -- Subchorionic bleed --; You'll want to know ... -- Hyperemesis gravidarum --; You'll want to know ... -- Gestational diabetes --; You'll want to know ... -- Preeclampsia --; The reasons behind preeclampsia --; You'll want to know ... -- HELLP syndrome --; Intrauterine growth restriction --; You'll want to know ... -- Placenta previa --; You'll want to know ... -- Placental abruption --; Chorioamnionitis --; You'll want to know ... -- Oligohydramnios --; Hydromnios --; Preterm premature rupture of the membranes (Puerto RicoOM) -- You'll want to know ... -- Preterm or premature labor --; You'll want to know ... -- Predicting preterm labor --; Symphysis pubis dysfunction (SPD) -- Cord knots and tangles --; Two-vessel cord --; Uncommon pregnancy complications --; Molar pregnancy --; You'll want to know ... -- Choriocarcinoma --; You'll want to know ... -- Eclampsia --; You'll want to know ... -- Cholestasis --; Deep venous thrombosis --; Placenta accreta --; Vasa previa --; Childbirth and postpartum complications --; Fetal distress --; Cord prolapse --; Shoulder dystocia --; Serious perineal tears --; Uterine rupture --; Uterine inversion --; Postpartum hemorrhage --; Postpartum infection --; All about : if you're put on bed rest --; Types of bed rest --; Moms helping moms --; 23. Coping with pregnancy loss --; Miscarriage --; A personal process --; Coping with repeat miscarriages --; Loss in the uterus --; Loss during or after birth --; Postpartum depression and pregnancy loss --; Lactation suppression when a baby dies --; Loss of one twin --; Why? -- Pregnancy reduction --; Stages of grief --; Trying again --; Index; 2
N2  - Cuts through the confusion surrounding pregnancy and birth by debunking dozens of myths that mislead parents, offering explanations of medical terms, and covering a variety of issues including prenatal care, birth defects, and amniocentesis
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