Introduction : Delivering miracles -- Our experiences -- Why we became doctors -- Three peas in a pod -- Why women trust us -- Countering meddling and fear mongering -- 1. Preparing for pregnancy -- Before your get pregnant -- Preconception testing for genetic diseases -- Getting pregnant takes time -- Getting pregnant the second time -- Choosing your doctor -- Choosing a midwife -- 2. Diet, exercise, and your pregnancy -- Weight gain -- Undereating -- Your diet -- Foods to avoid -- Other pregnancy don'ts -- Exercise -- More ways to take care of your body (and baby) -- What's okay, and not okay, for your baby -- 3. The first trimester : 0 to 14 weeks -- Congratulations, you're pregnant! -- First trimester development of your baby -- First trimester symptoms -- First trimester tests -- First trimester screening for genetic diseases -- 4. The second trimester : 15 to 28 weeks -- Welcome to the second trimester! -- Second trimester development of your baby -- Feeling the baby kick -- Second trimester symptoms -- Adjusting your activities -- Second trimester tests -- Potential complications in the second trimester -- The second trimester comes to an end -- 5. The third trimester : 29 to 42 weeks -- The final haul -- Third trimester development of your baby -- Third trimester symptoms -- Potential complications in the third trimester -- Activities in the third trimester -- Your baby's changing positions -- Planning for the delivery -- Growing belly, growing concerns -- The birth plan -- What to bring to the hospital -- Delivery timetable -- 6. The birth day -- Labor -- At the hospital -- The stages of labor -- Inducing labor -- Pain management -- Your delivery position -- Forceps and vacuum extractions -- Cesarean delivery -- The VBAAC controversy -- The baby arrives -- After your deliver -- Before you bring your baby home -- Bringing baby home.
7. The fourth trimester -- Welcome to the fourth trimester! -- Your first days home -- A baby's life : sleeping, eating, peeing, and pooping -- Feeding time -- When your baby cries -- Pacifiers -- Baby's sleep cycle -- Your sleep cycle -- A night nurse -- Emotional changes -- Getting back to "you" again -- Reentering the world -- The fourth trimester is not forever -- 8. Complications in early pregnancy -- Fertile or infertile? -- Fertility treatments -- Surrogates -- The odds of multiples -- When a pregnancy doesn't take -- Miscarriage -- Managing an abnormal pregnancy -- Recurrent miscarriage -- Ectopic pregnancies -- 9. High-risk pregnancies -- Monitoring high-risk pregnancies -- Preeclampsia -- Diabetes -- Cervical insufficiency -- Placenta previa -- Placenta abruption -- Placenta accreta, placenta increta, and placenta percreta -- Premature rupture of membranes -- Umbilical cord prolapse -- Preterm birth -- Preterm babies -- Multiples -- Postpartum hemorrhage -- Stillbirths -- Intrauterine growth restriction -- Macrosomia -- Post-term delivery -- 10. Things you never expect when you're expecting : coping with curveballs -- Pregnancy : the forty-week emotional roller coaster -- Too much information -- Unsolicited advice -- Bonding your unborn child -- Relationship issues -- Single motherhood -- Kids and their new siblings -- Parents, in-laws, and other interested parties -- Having a sick baby or special needs child -- Work-related issues -- Our final words to you -- 11. Frequently asked questions and frequently repeated myths -- Getting pregnant -- Pregnancy symptoms -- Foods and medications -- Activities -- Labor and delivery -- Frequently repeated myths.
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