The complete book of pregnancy and childbirth / Sheila Kitzinger ; photography by Camilla Jessel.
Publication details: New York : Knopf, 1984, c1980.Edition: 1st American editionDescription: 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0394513495 :
- WQ150 K62c 1980
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Open Access | Health Sciences Library | WQ150 K62c 1980 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | MBAL22011146 | |
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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