Pregnancy Day By Day

Contents......Page 9
Introduction......Page 11
A healthy pregnancy......Page 15
Your pregnancy diet......Page 16
Exercising safely......Page 20
Sex and relationships......Page 21
Illnesses and medication......Page 22
Lifestyle hazards......Page 26
Skin, hair, and teeth......Page 28
Traveling in pregnancy......Page 30
Pregnancy day by day......Page 33
Welcome to your first trimester......Page 34
Your 1st week......Page 36
Your 2nd week......Page 44
Conception......Page 52
Your 3rd week......Page 54
Genes and inheritance......Page 56
Your 4th week......Page 64
Your 5th week......Page 72
Your 6th week......Page 80
A changing world......Page 84
Your 7th week......Page 90
Strengthening and toning exercises......Page 92
Miscarriage......Page 96
Your 8th week......Page 100
Prenatal care options......Page 104
Your 9th week......Page 110
Your baby’s life support system......Page 114
Your 10th week......Page 120
Your first prenatal visit......Page 124
Your 11th week......Page 130
Your 12th week......Page 138
First ultrasound scan......Page 140
Screening tests......Page 144
Welcome to your second trimester......Page 150
Your 13th week......Page 152
Diagnostic tests......Page 154
Your 14th week......Page 162
Your 15th week......Page 170
Your 16th week......Page 178
Your 17th week......Page 186
Your 18th week......Page 194
A safe workout......Page 198
Your 19th week......Page 204
Your 20th week......Page 212
Your 20-week scan......Page 216
Your 21st week......Page 222
Your 22nd week......Page 230
Your 23rd week......Page 238
Your 24th week......Page 246
Abdominal exercises......Page 252
Your 25th week......Page 256
Welcome to your third trimester......Page 264
Your 26th week......Page 266
Your 27th week......Page 274
Your 28th week......Page 282
Assessing fetal growth and well-being......Page 286
Your 29th week......Page 292
Your 30th week......Page 300
Planning for your birth......Page 304
Your 31st week......Page 310
Twins......Page 314
Your 32nd week......Page 320
Your 33rd week......Page 328
Your 34th week......Page 336
Your 35th week......Page 344
Your rights and benefits......Page 350
Your 36th week......Page 354
Your 37th week......Page 362
Your 38th week......Page 370
Your 39th week......Page 378
Your 40th week......Page 386
Overdue baby......Page 395
Labor and birth......Page 397
Pain relief options......Page 398
Coping with pain......Page 399
Natural pain relief......Page 400
Drugs for pain relief......Page 404
1st stage of labor......Page 410
Approaching labor......Page 411
How labor progresses......Page 414
Monitoring during labor......Page 420
Positions for first stage of labor......Page 422
2nd and 3rd stages......Page 424
Delivering your baby......Page 425
After your baby is born......Page 430
Special cases......Page 432
Premature birth......Page 433
Induction of labor......Page 434
Breech baby......Page 435
Multiple births......Page 436
Assisted birth......Page 438
Cesarean section......Page 440
Life with your new baby......Page 443
The first 12 hours......Page 444
DAY 1 Getting acquainted......Page 446
DAY 2 Settling in......Page 447
DAY 3 Going home......Page 448
DAY 4 First outing......Page 449
Feeding your baby......Page 450
DAY 5 Baby blues......Page 452
DAY 6 Finding your way......Page 453
Neonatal intensive care babies......Page 454
DAY 7 Tuning in......Page 456
DAY 8 Healthy living......Page 457
DAY 9 Focus on you......Page 458
DAY 10 Getting checked......Page 459
DAY 11 Taking stock......Page 460
DAY 12 Looking back......Page 461
DAY 13 Feeling close......Page 462
DAY 14 New beginnings......Page 463
Your six-week checkup......Page 464
Concerns and complications......Page 467
General symptoms......Page 468
Digestive problems......Page 469
Heart & circulation problems......Page 470
Aches and pains......Page 471
Urinary andvaginal problems......Page 473
Pregnancy complications......Page 474
Labor complications......Page 476
Maternal problems......Page 477
Congenital problems in babies......Page 478
Problems in babies after birth......Page 479
Glossary......Page 480
Resources......Page 482
Index......Page 484
Acknowledgments......Page 497