I'm Pregnant!: A week-by-week guide from conception to birth

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Discover the ultimate companion throughout your pregnancy, with week by week support, explanations, and guides to help you understand what’s happening to you and your baby Pregnancy is a remarkable time in anyone’s life, but we understand that it can be daunting too. World-renowned obstetrician Professor Lesley Regan is here to explain exactly what is happening to you and your developing baby, week by week. Inside the pages of this in-depth baby parenting book, you’ll discover: • Updated pregnancy advice and newborn baby care information to help you make the right decisions for you and your baby. • Every aspect of pregnancy, birth and the first six weeks of life with a newborn is described and illustrated, week by week. • Stunning illustrations show the baby forming from the moment of conception, and key developments for every trimester. • In-depth special features on subjects from prenatal and postnatal care options to pregnancy-related ailments, buying maternity wear and returning to work. I’m Pregnant Week by Week will be your pregnancy bible ― a book you open every day! Packed with up-to-date research, advice from medical experts, and detailed scans and images, this week-by-week pregnancy book is perfect for first-time moms. It guides you through the physical and emotional changes you will experience to make you feel supported during this extraordinary and wonderful time. This fully updated guide to pregnancy is arranged chronologically, which means all the information for mother and baby is presented at the most appropriate time. Find out how to keep healthy during your pregnancy and support your growing baby. Discover what to expect when you’re expecting ― from different types of childbirth and early signs of labor to meeting your baby for the first time. The expert advice and reassurance continue after birth as you adjust to the first six weeks of life with a newborn. Completely up-to-date in style and content, it’s the perfect gift for a new generation of parents-to-be. Count down your pregnancy with us! Review: Very Helpful Perspective for An Expectant Father - I bought several books to read as an expectant father - to brace myself for the journey ahead, as well as to help empathize with what my wife was dealing with. This was the one I really latched onto. It’s an honest attempt at comprehensively covering about every aspect of the journey in a digestible and positive way. I appreciated the way the book was organized, the attractive media, and the form/weight of the paperback (which I lugged around everywhere). I’m not directly physically experiencing the pregnancy, but the info from the book served as great fodder for discussion with my wife (who is) and I can honestly say there wasn’t one thing experienced in our journey that wasn’t at least touched on in the book. The only thing I noted as an American reader is that there is a minor bend towards midwives and natural birthing that just isn’t as common in the USA. So it explores these practices in a bit more detail than I needed. And really this was the only way I figured out (halfway through my reading) that the author is UK-based. I could really tell she cares about the successful pregnancy of her readers. I definitely recommend the book. Review: So much better than What to Expect - Surprisingly, I chucked my pregnancy bible, "what to expect when you are expecting" after receiving this book. I loved the pictures and the information was in depth, yet not presented in a scary overwhelming way. I feel that you must be aware of all of the pregnancy complications that you might face, but do not need to feel that you are reading a manual on only complications! I felt that What to Expect opened you to all those complications and left you hanging, asking for more-and this book picks up where that one left off. Also, the author is an ob/gyn AND mother of twins. Note: I am also an RN who delivered 10 wks early related to preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome. My son was a NICU grad after 4.5 months. So, looking back at the book after our ordeal, I still hold to this.