Mama's Little Baby: The Black Woman's Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby's First Year - Hardcover

Brown, Dennis; Toussaint, Pamela A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052593989X ISBN 13: 9780525939894

Publisher: Dutton Adult, 1997

Synopsis

A handbook geared toward the special needs of black women addresses such topics as labor and delivery, infant nutrition, caring for a newborn, a baby's development, and other aspects of pregnancy and childbirth. Tour.

About this title

About the Author:

Dennis Brown, M.D. is a Harlem?based pediatrician who is also an attending physician at Columbia?Presbytarian Medical Center and an instructor in clinical pediatrics at Columbia University. He is also a member of the National Medical Association and a board member of the Harlem Service Center of the American Red Cross of Greater New York. He makes his home in New York.
Pamela A.Toussaint is a freelance writer and a former editor at Essence magazine. Her writing has been featured in publications such as Working Woman and Black Enterprise. She lives in New York.

From Library Journal:

Unlike Hilda Hutcherson's Having Your Baby: A Guide for African American Women (LJ 4/15/97), which is written from an obstetrician's point of view, this book is an inspirational resource rich with the magical wisdom of African midwifery. Though Harlem pediatrician Brown and former Essence editor Toussaint have consulted with experts on everything from diet to labor to infant care, their advice is backed by information on the nurturing traditions of African and Caribbean folklore. The result is a more well-rounded treatment of the birthing experience than can be found in Hutcherson or similar works. With hundreds of photographs and illustrations and "Insider Tips" on making lifestyle decisions on money matters, maternity and paternity leave, home safety, and much more, this book not only brings expectant parents through the birthing experience but helps launch them into positive parenting. Highly recommended.?Rebecca Cress-Ingebo, Fordham Health Sciences Lib., Wright State Univ., Dayton, Ohio
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Adult
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 052593989X
• ISBN 13: 9780525939894
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512