Expecting a Baby? (One Born Every Minute): Everything You Need to Know About Pregnancy, Birth and Your Baby's First Six Weeks - Hardcover

Dr. Penelope Law

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9781849493154: Expecting a Baby? (One Born Every Minute): Everything You Need to Know About Pregnancy, Birth and Your Baby's First Six Weeks

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ISBN 10: 1849493154 ISBN 13: 9781849493154

Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd, 2013

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This ground-breaking book is bursting with up-to-date medical information that will guide prospective parents through pregnancy, childbirth and the first 6 weeks of their baby's life. Every aspect of pregnancy and birth is covered in depth: conception; antenatal care; the three trimesters and what to expect in each one; diet and exercise; preparing for the birth; birth and pain relief; following the birth and the first six weeks. This book is unique in its clarity of information, the structure of the content and the latest research given. Dr Penelope Law writes about high-profile issues such as home births, obesity and diabetes, 35+ mothers and pre- and post-natal depression. Her tone is approachable and honest. She tells parents what they are entitled to ask for during their antenatal care, labour and birth, and repeatedly encourages women to take control and choose the care they are offered. The last section of the book is an A-Z of Complications, making this the ultimate guide to pregnancy.One Born Every Minute is a Bafta award-winning Channel 4 reality TV series documenting the day-by-day experiences of pregnant mothers and their families in the labour ward of a major teaching hospital. The 4th series of the show is currently on air, regularly attracting viewing figures of almost 3 million. The 5th series is already commissioned for broadcast on C4 in January 2014. The UK series is shown on two channels in Australia and franchise series have been sold to France, the US and Germany so far.

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'Written by an expert consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology, this is a groundbreaking book bursting with up-to-date medical information, designed to guide prospective parents through pregnancy, childbirth and the first six weeks of their baby's life. Every aspect of pregnancy and birth is covered in depth, and Dr Penelope Law also tackles high profile issues such as home births, obesity and diabetes, 35+ mothers and pre and post natal depression.' --Daily Mail, 14th November 2013

About the Author:

Dr Penelope Law, BA Hons, MRCOG, is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Hillingdon Hospital, London, honorary senior lecturer at Imperial College, London, and consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Portland Hospital. She has wide experience of people's experience of pregnancy and birth in the public and private sector. Penelope has developed novel treatments for uterine fibroids. This research was first featured on Good Morning America in 2001, and the treatment is now available in 90 centres worldwide. She makes regular appearances on radio and TV, including a recent One Born Every Minute special programme on obesity in pregnancy.

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