Pregnancy: The Ultimate Week–by–Week Pregnancy Guide - Softcover

Riley MD OB/GYN, Laura

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0696222213 ISBN 13: 9780696222214

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Synopsis

The most up-to-date, comprehensive pregnancy guide on the market, delivering an unforgettable visual journey of developing life.Week-by-week pregnancy format is easy-to-follow, enjoyable to read, and follows the standard development schedule used by the OB/GYN profession.Detailed descriptions and eight pages of amazing full-color in-utero photographs guide expectant parents through a visual journey of the monthly changes of their growing baby.The only pregnancy book on the market authored by a leading OB/GYN who is a doctor, an academic, and a mother.Straightforward, comforting professional advice on the topics that are most important to expectant parents: having a healthy pregnancy, real-life labor, preparing for life as a family (both emotionally and financially), and juggling a career and motherhood.Exclusive interactive due-date wheel makes it easy to determine conception date, week of pregnancy, and delivery date.Special sections on labor and delivery, feeding options, and the first 12 weeks after babys birth. Important checklists, including one for each prenatal check-up help the expectant mother prepare for and make the most out of each session with her doctor.

About this title

About the Author

Laura E. Riley is a leading OB/GYN, M.D. and mother of two, giving her the ability to professionally understand and intimately relate to all elements of the pregnancy experience. Dr. Riley is a graduate of Harvard University and received her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She is the Medical Director of Labor and Delivery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She has committed herself to educating and serving pregnant women for the past 15 years.
In addition to seeing patients, Dr. Riley teaches at Harvard Medical School as an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine. She has been quoted extensively in national publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and the New York Times. Dr. Riley has appeared on NBC’s Today and CBS’s The Early Show and has published articles in many peered–reviewed scientific journals and websites. She has also edited a number of books on pregnancy. She lives in Boston with her husband, Scott, and their two daughters, Natalie and Lauren.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0696222213
• ISBN 13: 9780696222214
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 456