Product Description

The UK's bestselling parenting guide from expert Dr. Miriam Stoppard. From the latest obstetric procedures to nutrition, exercise and choices in childbirth, reassuring, practical advice on all aspects of your antenatal care will help you every step of the way. Includes information for dads-to-be plus helpful case studies which look at a range of issues from infertility to caring for premature babies. "...essential reading for anyone expecting a baby" Pregnancy Magazine

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1647444 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-05
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 2.91 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 376 pages

From Library Journal
Perhaps the first popular guide to pregnancy and childbirth to qualify as a coffee-table book, this text combines glossy paper and lavish illustrations with lists of practical tips and a comprehensive text. Contents include preparing for pregnancy, conceiving, fitness, managing labor, and sensuality during pregnancy, in addition to standard topics such as nutrition, prenatal care, common complaints, birthing choices, and medical emergencies. How to care for a newborn and adjusting to parenthood is also covered. Stoppard, author of many books, including Sr. Miriam Stoppard's Pregnancy & Birth Book (Ballantine, 1987), emphasizes throughout the impact of pregnancy on the mother and the effects of her behavior on the developing child. Illustrations include attractive line drawings, photographs of culturally diverse parents and infants, and even ultrasound reproductions. Highly recommended.
- Kathryn Hammell Carpenter, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Ingram
The author of The Magic of Sex takes it one step further in a comprehensive guide on everything from home birth to infant care, including nutritional guidance, amniocentesis advice, and nutrition. 50,000 first printing.

About the Author
Dr Miriam Stoppard is Britain's best-selling pregnancy and childcare author with UK sales of over 2.2 million copies alone. She has appeared on television and has published more than fifty books on childcare & development, fitness & diet and women's health, including Conception, Pregnancy and Birth, Baby and Child Health Care, You and Your Toddler, Your New Baby and Complete Baby and Child Care. She is currently a columnist for The Mirror.