| Description |
vi, 286 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
A Johns Hopkins Press health book |
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A Johns Hopkins Press health book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-277) and index. |
| Contents |
Considering Pregnancy -- Thinking about pregnancy -- Your partner's involvement -- Getting Pregnant -- Natural conception -- Assistance with conception -- Assisted reproductive technology Chapter -- Medical conditions that may affect pregnancy -- Pregnancy following cancer and pre-cancer -- Other Roads to Motherhood -- Being pregnant -- Will my baby be normal? Screening and testing for Down syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities -- Will my baby be normal? Ultrasound and other tests. The prenatal panel of tests -- Miscarriage -- Termination of pregnancy -- The course of pregnancy-lifestyle during pregnancy -- The course of pregnancy-minor maladies of pregnancy -- The course of pregnancy-pregnancy month-by-month -- Tests of fetal well-being -- Problems arising during pregnancy -- Twin pregnancy -- Birth -- The process of birth -- The experience of birth -- Pain relief in labor -- Problems that may arise during labor -- Operative vaginal delivery -- Cesarean section -- Other roads to motherhood -- After the Birth -- Going home with your baby -- Breastfeeding -- Being the older parent. |
| Subject |
Pregnancy in middle age.
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Childbirth in middle age.
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Middle-aged mothers.
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| Added Author |
De Costa, Caroline, 1947-
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| ISBN |
0801883202 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780801883200 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0801883210 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780801883217 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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