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Authors: Heidi Murkoff,Sharon Mazel

Tags: #Health & Fitness, #Postnatal care, #General, #Family & Relationships, #Pregnancy & Childbirth, #Pregnancy, #Childbirth, #Prenatal care

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ALL ABOUT
Prelabor, False Labor, Real Labor

Prelabor Symptoms

False Labor Symptoms

Real Labor Symptoms

When to Call the Practitioner

Ready or Not

Chapter 15: Labor and Delivery

What You May Be Wondering About

Mucous Plug

Bloody Show

Your Water Breaking

Darkened Amniotic Fluid

Low Amniotic Fluid During Labor

Irregular Contractions

Calling Your Practitioner During Labor

Not Getting to the Hospital in Time

Emergency Delivery if You’re Alone

Having a Short Labor

Back Labor

Labor Induction

Eating and Drinking During Labor

Emergency Delivery: Tips for the Coach

Routine IV

Fetal Monitoring

Artificial Rupture of Membranes

An Episiotomy

Forceps

Vacuum Extraction

Vacuum Extractor

Labor Positions

Labor Positions

Being Stretched by Childbirth

Apgar Score

The Sight of Blood

ALL ABOUT
Childbirth

Stages and Phases of Childbirth

Stage One: Labor

Phase 1: Early Labor

For the Record

Call Your Practitioner If …

Phase 2: Active Labor

On to the Hospital or Birthing Center

Are Things Slowing Down?

Don’t Hyperventilate

Phase 3: Transitional Labor

Stage Two: Pushing and Delivery

A Baby Is Born

A First Look at Baby

Stage Three: Delivery of the Placenta

Cesarean Delivery

Part 3: Twins, Triplets & More:
When You’re Expecting Multiples

Chapter 16: Expecting More Than One

What You May Be Wondering About

Seeing Double—Everywhere?

Detecting a Multiple Pregnancy

Fraternal or Identical?

Choosing a Practitioner

Pregnancy Symptoms

Eating Well with Multiples

Weight Gain

What to Gain When
You’re Gaining for Two or More

Multiple Time Line

Exercise

Mixed Feelings

Insensitive Comments

Multiple Connections

Safety in Numbers

Multiple Benefits

Bed Rest

Vanishing Twin Syndrome

ALL ABOUT
Multiple Childbirth

Laboring with Twins or More

Twin Timing

Position, Position, Position

Delivering Twins

Recovering from a Multiple Delivery

Breastfeeding for Two Is Good for Mom, Too

Delivering Triplets

Part 4: After the Baby Is Born

Chapter 17: Postpartum: The First Week

What You May Be Feeling

What You May Be Wondering About

Bleeding

Afterpains

Perineal Pain

When to Call Your Practitioner Postpartum

Delivery Bruises

Difficulty Urinating

That First Bowel Movement

Excessive Sweating

Fever

Engorged Breasts

Engorgement if You’re Not Breastfeeding

Where’s the Breast Milk?

Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?

Bonding

Rooming-In

Recovery from a Cesarean Delivery

Coming Home with Baby

ALL ABOUT
GETTING STARTED BREASTFEEDING

Nursing and the NICU Baby

Breastfeeding Basics

Keeping Track

Engorgement: When the Milk Comes In

Next Stop: Easy Street

The Breastfeeding Diet

Leaking Milk

Medication and Lactation

Sore Nipples

When Breastfeeding Gets Bumpy

Breastfeeding After a Cesarean Delivery

Breastfeeding Multiples

Bottle Baby

Tandem Nursing

Give It Time

Chapter 18: Postpartum: The First 6 Weeks

What You May Be Feeling

What You Can Expect at Your Postpartum Checkup

What You May Be Wondering About

Exhaustion

Hair Loss

Postpartum Urinary Incontinence

Fecal Incontinence

Help for Leaks That Won’t Let Up

Postpartum Backache

Baby Blues

Postpartum Depression

Getting Help for Postpartum Depression

Thyroiditis Got You Down?

Losing Weight Postpartum

Long-Term C-Section Recovery

Resuming Sex

Craving More?

Becoming Pregnant Again

ALL ABOUT
Getting Back into Shape

Basic Position

Pelvic Tilt

Leg Slides

Head/Shoulder Lift

Workout Rules for the First Six Weeks

Phase 1: Twenty-Four Hours After Delivery

Phase 2: Three Days After Delivery

Close the Gap

Phase 3: After Your Postpartum Checkup

Milk It

Part 5: For Dads

Chapter 19: Fathers Are Expectant, Too

What You May Be Wondering About

Get Ready, Get Set … Then Go

Dealing with Her Symptoms

A Partner in Parenting by Any Name

Sympathy Symptoms

Feeling Left Out

Resources for Dads

Sex

Expectant Sex Explained

Pregnancy Dreams

It’s Your Hormones (Really)

Surviving Her Mood Swings

Your Pregnancy Mood Swings

Labor and Delivery Worries

Anxiety Over Life Changes

Being There

Fathering Fears

Breastfeeding

Your Baby Blues

Bonding

Keep an Eye on Her Mood

Feeling Unsexy After Delivery

Postpartum Sex?

Part 6: Staying Healthy When You’re Expecting

Chapter 20: If You Get Sick

What You May Be Wondering About

The Common Cold

Is It the Flu or a Cold?

Sinusitis

Flu Season

Flu Shot for Two

Fever

Strep Throat

Urinary Tract Infection

Yeast Infection

Bacterial Vaginosis

Stomach Bugs

Listeriosis

Toxoplasmosis

Cytomegalovirus

Fifth Disease

Measles

Mumps

Staying Well

Rubella

Chicken Pox (Varicella)

Lyme Disease

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Bell’s Palsy

ALL ABOUT
Medications During Pregnancy

Common Medications

Keeping Current

If You Need Medication During Pregnancy

Herbal Cures

Chapter 21: If You Have a Chronic Condition

What You May Be Wondering About

Asthma

Cancer in Pregnancy

Cystic Fibrosis

Depression

Diabetes

Epilepsy

Helping Others with Epilepsy

Fibromyalgia

Making the Most of Your Meds

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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