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The complete book of pregnancy and childbirth / Sheila Kitzinger ; photography by Camilla Jessel.

By: Publication details: New York : Knopf, 1984, c1980.Edition: 1st American editionDescription: 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0394513495 :
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WQ150 K62c 1980
Contents:
Content 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
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Open Access Book Open Access Health Sciences Library WQ150 K62c 1980 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available MBAL22011146
Book Open Access Book Open Access Health Sciences Library WQ150 K62c 1980 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available MBAL22011192

Includes Bibliography: p. 336 and Index

Content
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

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