Your Pregnancy: Week-By-Week - Softcover

Curtis, Glade

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555610684 ISBN 13: 9781555610685

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1994

Synopsis

This bestselling guide to pregnancy has been improved for a new generation of babies and mothers. Includes a new section, "Before you become pregnant, " to help readers increase the odds of having a healthy baby. It is a unique book divided into each week of pregnancy with important information about the developing baby and the changing mother-to-be. 40 illus.

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Review:

Pregnancy should be a time of wonder and hope, but these days, it's associated more often with paranoia. Dr. Glade Curtis is keenly aware of the anxieties heaped upon expectant women: he has written several pregnancy-related books. So while he covers pretty much any topic that an expectant mom might be concerned about, he does not overload the reader with extraneous information or horror stories that can be found in that other best-selling pregnancy guide. In this completely revised and updated edition, Curtis describes the physical developments from weeks 1 through 40--or 41 or 42!--such as the size and weight of the baby, emotional changes in the mother, typical medical tests offered, and nutritional requirements. (The iron found in prenatal vitamins may exacerbate morning sickness, he writes, because iron supplementation is usually not needed until the final trimester.) It is too bad that Dr. Curtis does not recommend more alternative-medicine approaches for treating common pregnancy discomforts. In the chapter covering Week 8, he rightly describes sciatic-nerve pain as excruciating, but does not advise yoga or chiropractic treatments for its relief. However, he *is* hip to the use of doulas, or labor coaches, he encourages breastfeeding, and includes numerous tips for making your partner feel included in what should be a thrilling experience for you both. --Erica Jorgensen

About the Author:

Glade B. Curtis, M.D., M.P.H., is board-certified by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the father of five. He lives in Utah. Judith Schuler, M.S., has worked and cowritten books with Dr. Curtis for more than twenty years. Ms. Schuler divides her time between homes in Wyoming and Arizona.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1555610684
• ISBN 13: 9781555610685
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416