Pregnancy & Childbirth

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

An Introduction to Your Dreams
Dreaming for Two: The Hidden Emotional Life of Expectant Mothers
by Sindy Greenberg, Elyse Kroll, Hillary Grill, M.S.W.
The first book to comprehensively explore the emotional life of expectant mothers. The brainchild of three women-a journalist, an editor, and a psychotherapist-Dreaming for Two explores the dreams of expectant mothers and what they reveal about

Chapter One
Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic
by Martha Beck, Ph.D.
This is a tale about mothering a Down syndrome child that opts for sass over sap, and it's a book of heavenly visions and inexplicable phenomena that's as down-to-earth as anyone could ask for. This small masterpiece is Martha Beck's own story-of leaving

The First Month
What to Expect When You're Expecting, Third Edition
by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, Sandee Hathaway
Congratulations-and welcome to your pregnancy! Though you almost certainly don't look pregnant yet, chances are you're already starting to feel it. Whether it's just tender breasts and a little fatigue you're experiencing, or every early pregnancy symptom

Getting Pregnant Naturally
How to Get Pregnant
by Sherman J. Silber, M.D., F.A.C.S.
For any couple having difficulty conceiving, for any reason, How to Get Pregnant lays out in straightforward, simple terms the basic information that will help them understand their situation and achieve their goal-a happy, healthy baby.

Will I Have a C-Section?
What If I Have a C-Section?
by Rita Rubin
A look at some of the common medical reasons for C-Sections. In 2002, 261 out of every 1,000 babies born in the United States were delivered by C-section - the highest rate ever, although not nearly as high as in Brazil and some other Latin American

Pregnancy and Birthing
Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing
by Christiane Northrup, M.D.
As a mother and a women's doctor, I have experienced childbirth from both sides of the bed. Every mother has moments that she cherishes from the birth experience and insights and feelings she'd like to share with other women.