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Our bodies, ourselves : pregnancy and birth
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Our bodies, ourselves : pregnancy and birth

Author: Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
Publisher: New York : Touchstone Book/Simon & Schuster, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st Touchstone trade pbk. edView all editions and formats
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"Pregnancy and birth are as ordinary and extraordinary as breathing, thinking, or loving. But as soon as you announce you're expecting, you may be bombarded with advice from every angle -- well-meaning friends, relatives, medical professionals, even strangers want to weigh in on what you should or shouldn't do, and it's easy to feel overwhelmed by their conflicting recommendations. Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Popular works
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
ISBN: 9780743274869 0743274865
OCLC Number: 183162455
Description: 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Approaching birth with confidence --
Choosing your health care provider and birth setting --
Preparing for childbirth --
Your developing pregnancy and prenatal care --
Taking care of yourself --
Relationships, sex, and emotional support --
Prenatal testing --
Special concerns during pregnancy --
Childbearing loss --
Labor and birth --
Coping with pain --
Special concerns during labor and birth --
Cesarean births --
Your physical recovery and your newborn --
Feeding your baby --
Life as a new mother --
Advocating for better maternity care --
Advocating for mothers and families.
Responsibility: the Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
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The trusted editors of the 'bible' for women's health present a comprehensive guide to pregnancy and childbirth  Read more...

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"The trusted Boston Women's Health Book Collective has written a comprehensive, accessible, and up-to-date book for expectant mothers. It balances important facts, scientific data, and evidence with

-- Timothy R. B. Johnson, MD, FACOG, Bates Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Professor ofWomen's Studies, University of Michigan Read more...

 
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