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Authors: Heidi Murkoff,Sharon Mazel

Tags: #Health & Fitness, #Postnatal care, #General, #Family & Relationships, #Pregnancy & Childbirth, #Pregnancy, #Childbirth, #Prenatal care

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Sugar in the Urine

Get Your Flu Shots

Anemia

Symptoms of Anemia

Fetal Movement

Body Image

A Pregnant Pose

Maternity Clothes

Looking Slim When You’re Bulking Up

Pre-Baby Jitters

Unwanted Advice

Unwanted Belly Touching

Forgetfulness

ALL ABOUT
Exercise During Pregnancy

The Benefits of Exercise

Working in Workouts

Can You Kegel?

Exercise Smarts

Exercising the Right Way When You’re Expecting

Thirty Minutes Plus?

Shoulder and Leg Stretches

Dromedary Droop

Neck Relaxer

Choosing the Right Pregnancy Exercise

Pelvic Tilt

Biceps Curl

Leg Lifts

Tailor Stretch

Hip Flexors

Squats

Waist Twists

Exercise in Bed

If You Don’t Exercise

Chest Stretches

Chapter 10: The Fifth Month
Approximately 18 to 22 Weeks

Your Baby This Month

What You May Be Feeling

A Look Inside

What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkup

What You May Be Wondering About

Heating Up

Dizziness

When Too Much Is Too Much

Backache

Abdominal Aches

The New Skin You’re In

Foot Growth

Fast-Growing Hair and Nails

Vision

Fetal Movement Patterns

Second-Trimester Ultrasound

A Picture That Lasts a Lifetime

Baby’s First Mall Portrait

Placenta Position

Sleeping Position

Carrying Baby, Fifth Month

Class Womb?

Carrying Older Children

Approaching Parenthood

Wearing a Seat Belt

Travel

Jettisoning Jet Lag

Pregnant at a High Altitude

Pregnant Women Are Delicious

ALL ABOUT
Sex and the Pregnant Woman

Sex Through the Trimesters

What’s Turning You On (or Off)?

The Ins and Outs of Sex During Pregnancy

Sexercise

When Sex May Be Limited

Getting Comfortable

Enjoying It More, Even If You’re Doing It Less

Chapter 11: The Sixth Month
Approximately 23 to 27 Weeks

Your Baby This Month

What You May Be Feeling

A Look Inside

What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkup

What You May Be Wondering About

Trouble Sleeping

Save Time (in a Capsule)

Protruding Navel

Baby Kicking

Itchy Belly

Clumsiness

Numbness in the Hands

Leg Cramps

Stretching Away Leg Cramps

When Something Just Doesn’t Feel Right

Hemorrhoids

Breast Lump

Childbirth Pain

Bleeding in Mid- or Late Pregnancy

Diagnosing Preeclampsia

Labor Inhibitions

Calling the Labor Shots

Hospital Tours

ALL ABOUT
Childbirth Education

Benefits of Taking a Childbirth Class

Choosing a Childbirth Class

Back to School

For Information on Pregnancy/Childbirth Classes

Childbirth Education Options

Classes for Second Timers

Chapter 12: The Seventh Month
Approximately 28 to 31 Weeks

Your Baby This Month

Baby Brain Food

What You May Be Feeling

A Look Inside

What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkup

What You May Be Wondering About

Fatigue Revisited

Swelling

Take Them Off, While You Can

Strange Skin Bumps

Lower Back and Leg Pain (Sciatica)

Restless Leg Syndrome

Count Your Kicks

Fetal Hiccups

Accidental Falls

Orgasm and Baby’s Kicking

Dreams and Fantasies

Preparing Fido and Whiskers

Handling It All

A Birth Plan

Some Cookies with That Birth Plan?

Your Main Squeeze

Don’t Hold It In

Lifesaving Screenings for Newborns

Glucose Screening Test

Doulas: Best Medicine for Labor?

A Low-Birthweight Baby

Signs of Preterm Labor

ALL ABOUT
Easing Labor Pain

Managing Your Pain with Medications

Pushing Without the Pain

Managing Your Pain with CAM

Just Breathe

Making the Decision

Chapter 13: The Eighth Month
Approximately 32 to 35 Weeks

Your Baby This Month

What You May Be Feeling

A Look Inside

What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkup

What You May Be Wondering About

Braxton Hicks Contractions

Not-So-Funny Rib Tickling

Shortness of Breath

Choosing a Pediatrician

Lack of Bladder Control

How You’re Carrying

Carrying Baby, Eighth Month

Your Size and Your Delivery

Your Weight Gain and the Baby’s Size

Baby’s Position

Breech Baby

Turn, Baby, Turn

Face Forward

How Does Your Baby Lie?

Other Unusual Presentations

Cesarean Delivery

Be in the Know

Elective Cesareans

Scheduled Classes for Scheduled C’s

Repeat Cesareans

Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)

Group B Strep

Eat Up

Taking Baths Now

Driving Now

Traveling Now

Making Love Now

Your Twosome

Considering Cord Blood Banking

ALL ABOUT
Breastfeeding

Why Breast Is Best

Prepping for Breastfeeding

The Breast: Sexual or Practical?

Why Some Opt for the Bottle

Making the Choice to Breastfeed

Nursing After Breast Surgery

Got Pierced?

Mixing Breast and Bottle

When You Can’t or Shouldn’t Breastfeed

When Father Knows Breast

Chapter 14: The Ninth Month
Approximately 36 to 40 Weeks

Your Baby This Month

What You May Be Feeling

A Look Inside

What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkup

What You May Be Wondering About

Urinary Frequency—Again

Leaky Breasts

Spotting Now

Water Breaking in Public

Baby’s Crying Already?

Baby Dropping

Changes in Baby’s Movements

Going Down?

Nesting Instinct

Getting Ready

How Is Baby Doing?

When You Will Deliver

Do-It-Yourself Labor Induction?

The Overdue Baby

Massage It, Mama

Inviting Others to the Birth

Foods to Bring It On?

Sounds Like a Plan

Another Long Labor?

Mothering

What to Take to the Hospital or Birthing Center

Fill ’Er Up

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