What to Expect When You're Expecting - Softcover

Eisenberg, Arlene; Murkoff, Heidi Eisenberg; Hathaway, Sandee E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761121323 ISBN 13: 9780761121329

Publisher: Workman Pub Co, 2002

Synopsis

Introducing a completely Revised & Updated Third Edition of America's bestselling pregnancy book, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING. Two years in the making, it's a total revision and update.

Responding to the many queries and letters received from readers, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING, 3rd EDITION address health and medical questions as well as lifestyle concerns.

Incorporating the most recent developments in medicine, the book contains both the most accurate information available, and the most reader-friendly. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING provides expectant parents with a wealth of information on month-by-month development, making love during pregnancy, preparing for labor and delivery, and breastfeeding and bonding afterward.

The 3rd Edition also includes:

- More information on working while pregnant

- More in-depth coverage of complementary and alternative birthing

- An expanded chapter for fathers

- More information on how pregnancy affects your lifestyle

- Greater attention is paid to pre-conception, alternative families, second pregnancies, and HMO'S

- A completely new look at the Best-Odds diet, which is better suited to the needs of busier women with less time.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The best just got better.
Expect the best! A brand-new fourth edition—filled with the most up-to-date, accurate, and relevant information on all things pregnancy. Realistic, supportive, easy to access, and overflowing with practical tips, covering everything you'll need—and want—to know about life's most amazing journey, from preconception planning to birth to those first miraculous weeks with a new baby. It's all here: the lowdown on lifestyle trends and life in the workplace; the latest in prenatal testing and alternative therapies; the best in birthing options.

Comforting answers to hundreds of questions:
· I'm so queasy I can't even eat for one. How can I eat for two?
· Can I get highlights in my hair? How about my monthly wax?
· I'm only in my second month—why am I showing already?
· Can I stick to my normal workout routine while I’m expecting?
· Why is my skin broken out and blotchy? And how can I cover it?
· What's safe when it comes to sex?
· I think I felt the baby kicking—but I’m not sure. How do I tell?
· Will my body ever be the same after I deliver?

About the Author

Heidi Murkoff is the author of the What to Expect® series and author of Eating Well When You're Expecting, The What to Expect Pregnancy Journal & Organizer, What to Expect the First Year, The What to Expect Baby-Sitter's Handbook, and the What to Expect Kids series from HarperCollins. Her interactive website is www.whattoexpect.com, and she lives with her family in Los Angeles, California.^Arlene Eisenberg worked on all three editions of What to Expect When You're Expecting and remained active in the What To Expect Foundation until her death in February 2001. She was also co-author, with Heidi Murkoff, of the "What to Expect" magazine columns.^Sandee Hathaway holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Boston University. An experienced RN with a specialty in obstetrics and neonatal care, Sandee lives in Waban, Massachussets, with her husband and three children.

Edition details

• Publisher: Workman Pub Co
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0761121323
• ISBN 13: 9780761121329
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 597