Pregnancy & Childbirth
131 Articles & Excerpts
Breast Cancer and Pregnancy
by National Cancer Institute
Breast cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the breast. Breast cancer is sometimes detected (found) in women who are pregnant or have just given birth.
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
by CDC
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) results from maternal alcohol use during pregnancy and carries lifelong consequences. Early recognition of FAS can result in better outcomes for persons who receive a diagnosis.
Finding a Complementary or Alternative Medicine Practitioner
 The Whole Pregnancy Handbook
by Joel M. Evans, M.D.
Just as when you're looking for a new doctor or nurse-practitioner, when you set outto find an alternative practitioner you want to find someone who's not only well qualified, but who's also a good match for your personality and needs.
Holistic Medicine
The Whole Pregnancy Handbook
by Joel M. Evans, M.D.
Holistic medicine; alternative, complementary, and integrative medicine these terms are sometimes used interchangeably, but they're not exactly interchangeable.
A Guide to Integrating Conventional and Alternative Pregnancy Medicine
The Whole Pregnancy Handbook
by Joel M. Evans, M.D.
Pregnancy is a magical and mysterious time of life. As it progresses and you move toward parenthood, you're aware of all the profound ways life is about to change it will be filled with joy and responsibility, challenges and love.
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 Pregnancy Do's and Don'ts: The Smart Woman's A-Z Pocket Companion for a Safe and Sound Pregnancy
by Elisabeth Aron, M.D.
Acetaminophen, also known as Anacin-3, Datril, Panadol, Tylenol, and Valorin, is an over-the-counter pain medication and fever reducer. It is an ingredient in numerous cold and flu remedies.
So, What Makes You Think You're Pregnant?
 The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy
by Vicki Iovine
Quite often nature provides us with physical clues that might make us suspect we are pregnant even before modern science confirms it. Usually, when you find out that you are, indeed, pregnant, you say to yourself with a sudden awakening
Pregnancy
 The Gallagher Guide to the Baby Years, 2005 Edition
by Stephanie Gallagher
Oh, the aches and pains of it all! We may love the idea of growing a human being, but pregnancy also means morning sickness, weight gain, stretch marks, leg cramps, and an inability to go more than twenty minutes without peeing
How Many Children Do You Want?
 The Contraception Guidebook: Options, Risks, and Answers for Christian Couples
by William R. Cutrer, M.D., Sandra Glahn, Th.M.
For more than twenty years, when engaged couples have come to me for premarital counsel - either in my capacity as a physician or as a pastor - I have asked them to sit back to back so they can't see each other's response and then have asked them to raise
Things You'll Need
 Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care : 8th Edition
by Benjamin Spock, M.D.
Buying things ahead of time. Some parents don't feel like buying anything until they have their baby. The idea that shopping for things ahead of time might cause the pregnancy to come to a bad end is common in many cultures.
Delivery
Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care : 8th Edition
by Benjamin Spock, M.D.
What kind of delivery do you want? Parenting is about choices, and one of the first you will be asked to make is the kind of childbirth you'd prefer. In the old days, there wasn't a lot of choice.
Before Your Child Is Born
Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care : 8th Edition
by Benjamin Spock, M.D.
Fetal development. When you think of all the incredible changes that go into turning a fertilized egg into a newborn baby, how can you not feel awe? By the time most women realize they're pregnant, about five weeks after their last menstrual period
The Massage Techniques
 Mother Massage
by Elaine Stillerman
Much has been written and scientifically validated about the beneficial effects of massage on almost every major body system. It is also a well-documented fact that massage is a powerful tool in reducing stress and its deleterious effects.
Trying to Get Pregnant
 Breathe: A Guy's Guide to Pregnancy
by Mason Brown
Getting pregnant doesn't just happen. You have to work at it (unless you're dating an unwed teen, in which case pregnancy can occur via contact with a doorknob).
On Deciding to Become a Father
Breathe: A Guy's Guide to Pregnancy
by Mason Brown
Unlike marriage, fatherhood is not something to be entered into lightly or unadvisedly. You must understand the full range of responsibilities and duties it entails. Having a baby is a full-time job.
You Have to Lie Down
 Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
by Peggy Vincent
'Please lie down,' I begged Zelda. 'Please.' Wearing nothing but a shiny coat of sweat, the young black woman stood upright on her hospital bed, stomping from the lumpy pillow to the foot rail and then back again.
Third Trimester
 Love Works Like This: Travels Through a Pregnant Year
by Lauren Slater, Ph.D.
'Is even the most clenched heart capable of it?' Lauren Slater asks about love, in this original and illuminating book about how we discover what love truly is. Slater charts her own personal journey about having a child.
If the Stick Is Blue, You Know What to Do!
 The Conception Chronicles : The Uncensored Truth About Sex, Love & Marriage When You're Trying to Get Pregnant
by Patty Doyle Debano, Courtney Edgerton Menzel, Shelly Dicken Sutphen
When we first started down the baby-making path, we thought we'd be pregnant in no time. We'd just toss out our birth control pills and before we knew it, we'd be rocking our little one to sleep. Little did we know what was in store for us, or the energy
Releasing Fear
 HypnoBirthing®: The Breakthrough Natural Approach to Safer, Easier, More Comfortable Birthing - The Mongan Method
by Marie Mongan, M.Ed., M.Hy.
Childbirth is not something to be feared; it is a natural expression of life. With HypnoBirthing, your pregnancy and childbirth will become the gentle, life-affirming process it was meant to be.
Old Self, New Self
 Dreaming for Two: The Hidden Emotional Life of Expectant Mothers
by Sindy Greenberg, Elyse Kroll, Hillary Grill, M.S.W.
As you begin to embrace motherhood-possibly the biggest change you'll ever experience-you'll find the identity that has taken you a lifetime to form is now entirely up for revision. You may feel pressure to leave parts of your old self, and your old life
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