Pregnancy - The Inside Guide: A Complete Guide to Fertility, Pregnancy and Labour - Couverture souple

Greer, Professor Ian

 
9780007155699: Pregnancy - The Inside Guide: A Complete Guide to Fertility, Pregnancy and Labour

Synopsis

The first truly realistic and practical guide to pregnancy written by a leading Professor of Obstetrics with a lifetime of clinical experience. An insider's guide, this book has all the up-to-the- minute and jargon-free medical information you need to prepare for pregnancy and cope with any problems that may arise. The book is divided into 3 main sections -- Pre-Pregnancy, Pregnancy and Post-Pregnancy -- and content is arranged in a helpful 'Question & Answer' format, so that finding the right information is as easy as a visit to the doctor's surgery. Pre-pregnancy -- looks at the science involved in conception and how best to prepare your body and mind to conceive. Additional chapters examine the influence inherited conditions might have on a pregnancy, fertility treatments available and possible effects from complications in previous pregnancy. Pregnancy -- guides you through the complete 9 months: how to tell if you're pregnant; keeping fit and eating the right diet; physical and emotional symptoms you are likely to experience; all the tests you need to take, antenatal care and the team who will help you through it; preparing for delivery and getting through labour. Post-pregnancy -- caring for a new baby; dealing with a premature baby and other complications; changes to your body after pregnancy.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ian Greer is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Glasgow, after a long career in practice as a House Officer and Registrar at the Royal Maternity Hospital and Royal Infirmary, Glasgow. He is, perhaps, best known for his pregnancy and childcare self-help website, 'mom-e.com'.

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