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"From the author of Good Morning, Midnight comes a hopeful, sweeping story of survival and resilience spanning one extraordinary woman's lifetime as she navigates the uncertainty, brutality, and arresting beauty of a rapidly changing world. Florida as we know it is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state's infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern...
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Taking you from your first day of pregnancy through your child s first year, Pea in a Pod presents everything from relaxation exercises to practice during pregnancy, birth positions, and breathing techniques. This comprehensive guide offers a month-by-month breakdown of the physical changes to expect during pregnancy and describes the emotional aspects of pregnancy. It also provides a nutrition plan for the pregnant woman; exercise plans for the mother-to-be,...
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You want to make informed decisions about having a safe and satisfying pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period. This guide provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on the many decisions that come up, allowing you to take control within your own priorities and values.
7) The birth partner: a complete guide to childbirth for dads, doulas, and all other labor companions
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The Harvard Common Press
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[2013]
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English
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"Since the original publication of The Birth Partner in 1989, new mothers' mates, friends, and relatives and doulas (professional birth assistants) have relied on Penny Simkin's guidance in caring for the new mother from the last few weeks of pregnancy through the early postpartum period. Fully revised in its third edition, The Birth Partner remains the definitive guide for preparing to help a woman through childbirth and the essential manual to have...
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Norton
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c2010
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English
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Making and having babies--what it takes to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and deliver--has mystified women and men for the whole of human history. Over the last one hundred years, depending on the latest prevailing advice, women have taken morphine, practiced Lamaze, relied on ultrasound images, sampled fertility drugs, and shopped at sperm banks. Here, the insatiably curious Randi Hutter Epstein journeys through history, fads, and fables, and to the...
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Rockridge Press
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[2020]
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English
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With all the attention on moms, dads can feel pretty lost in the whole birth and pregnancy thing. The Guys' Guide to Being a Birth Partner is here to help you out, giving you the info you need to provide superstar support to your partner and new baby. Taking you from the third trimester of pregnancy to going home with your new bundle of joy, this guide prepares you for the thoughts, feelings and choices that are part of helping your baby enter the...
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DK
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2019.
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English
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Follow the amazing journey of the earliest stages of human life, with month-by-month development shown in unprecedented detail. The complex concepts and processes of emerging life are demystified with clear, jargon-free text, while exclusive 3-D images, extraordinary photographs, and detailed illustrations illuminate every aspect of human pregnancy.
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