When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads: Proven Guidelines for a Healthy Multiple Pregnancy - Softcover

Luke, Barbara; Eberlein, Tamara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060542683 ISBN 13: 9780060542689

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2004

Synopsis

A revised and updated edition of the practical guide to multiple births describes what to expect during a multiple-child pregnancy, and covers such topics as doctor selection, nutrition, exercise, fetal development, and signs of preterm labor or other complications, with fifty new nutritious recipes to help mothers optimize the birth weight of their infants. Original.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A Clinically Proven Program for Women Pregnant with Multiples

Completely Updated, with 50 Recipes for Optimal Birth Weight

You're expecting more than one baby? Congratulations! In When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads, Dr. Barbara Luke's practical, nutrition-based program has been proven to lower complications, resulting in much healthier babies. This revision offers more nutritional information, 50 recipes to maximize birth weight, and new guidelines on nutritional needs and vegetarian options. It also includes updated information that reflects the most current obstetric and pediatric practices, such as expanded safety information on exercise and reducing your risk for complications.

About the Author:

Barbara Luke, Sc.D., M.P.H., R.N., R.D., is a professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Michigan State University. She has published numerous research studies on multiple pregnancy through the University Consortium on Multiple Births, with colleagues from universities around the country. She is also the author of Every Pregnant Woman's Guide to Preventing Premature Birth and coauthor, with Tamara Eberlein, of Program Your Baby's Health.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060542683
• ISBN 13: 9780060542689
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 419