Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice, topics and issues Books
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Mamayoga: Cuida cuerpo y mente durante el
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£18.77
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El principio de la vida: La trascendencia de los
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£17.64
Urano World TODO LO QUE NECESITAS SABER SOBRE LA LACTANCIA
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£17.16
Obelisco Descodificacion Biologica: Ginecologia y Embarazo
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£12.84
Obelisco Descodificacion Biologica: Inmunologia,
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£12.97
Obelisco El Libro de la Lactancia Materna
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£19.94
Obelisco El Arte del Parto
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£13.90
Obelisco Thaimai - Maternidad Ayurvedica: Una Guia
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£13.82
Obelisco Doulas: Toda Embarazada Merece una Doula
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£12.99
Ediciones Robinbook Cómo Estimular Al Bebé: Potencia El Crecimiento
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£15.02
Ediciones Robinbook 1001 Ideas Para Cuidar Al Bebé
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£16.48
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Modern Girls Guide To Motherhood Modern Girls
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£22.06
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Get Ready to Get Pregnant
Book SynopsisSuitable for women, this book presents a step-by-step plan that lays the groundwork not just for an easy pregnancy and a healthy baby, but for the child's health throughout his/her entire life. It shows us how we can help prevent life-threatening conditions like pregnancy-related high blood pressure (preeclampsia) and gestational diabetes.Trade Review"This is the book that patients and doctors have been waiting for. Dr. Lu has pulled together a huge amount of critical information to help families prepare for pregnancy." -- Laura E. Riley, MD, Medical Director of Labor and Delivery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Author of You and Your Baby: Pregnancy "Dr. Lu's pregnancy preparedness program is essential for every couple thinking about getting pregnant." -- Alan Fleischman, MD, Senior Vice President and Medical Director of the March of Dimes Foundation "This information is invaluable and a 'must read' for anyone planning to get pregnant in the 21st century." -- Alan H. DeCherney MD, Editor-in-Chief, Fertility and Sterility "Dr. Lu provides a smart, evidence-based approach to help would-be parents understand how the decisions they make before getting pregnant can have a lasting impact on their children's lives." -- Linda Rosenstock, MD, MPH, Dean, UCLA School of Public Health
£13.67
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Celebrate Everything
Book SynopsisMAKE YOUR CELEBRATIONS MEMORABLE!Packed with planning strategy and original ideas, Celebrate Everything!, from recognized celebrations expert Darcy Miller, is the ultimate guide to making special occasions unforgettable.Trade Review"The holy grail of entertaining tips." -- Coveteur.com "Insanely gorgeous...Celebrate Everything is our new favorite guide to making any occasion unforgettable" -- CamilleStyles.com "You'll find inspiration from Darcy in abundance and plenty of how-to's to bring it all to life... the book is absolutely bursting with color, fabulous photography, and my favorite part, images of her own kids... this is definitely a book you'll never want to remove from your coffee table." -- Coolmompicks.com "Ridiculously amazing... It belongs up on the bible-of-entertaining shelf." -- OhHappyDay.com "It's this mix of practical magic, inspired details, and cheatsheets for figuring out what matters most to the guest of honor or the occasion at hand that make Celebrate Everything a great family resource." -- NewYorkFamily.com "As fun to read as it is inspiring." -- TheSalonniere.com "Celebrate Everything is a party-planning bible full of resources, tips, and DIY ideas to throwing beautifully curated get-togethers." -- Mom.me "When Martha Stewart gives a book her stamp of approval, you know it's going to be good... Celebrate Everything is packed with tips, tricks, and inspiration for every kind of gathering you could imagine...down to the last detail." -- Architectural Digest "A must-have for throwing your next party...Celebrate Everything can make any birthday party, shower, or celebration feel custom and special." -- Oh Joy "Get any party started with chic and cheerful inspiration from Darcy Miller's Celebrate Everything!" -- Family Circle
£25.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Knocking Myself Up
Book SynopsisTrade Review"With humor, candor and the ease of a veteran storyteller, Tea reminds us that there is no making life in pursuit of a prefigured plan. We learn from what we least expect, propelled toward “the outer reaches of love, where it hits the limits of our understanding.” — New York Times Book Review "Whether Tea is writing nonfiction—including her PEN Award-winning 2018 essay collection “Against Memoir”—or cult-favorite fiction, her work is her own, ringing in her unmistakable voice: wry, witty, authentic, down-to-earth but also way-up-in-the-clouds. Above all, it’s the self-deprecating, self-aware and ultimately self-loving honesty that distinguishes Tea’s way of life and her irresistible, evocative and wise way of writing about it." — Meredith Maran, Washington Post "Tea’s account showcases the fluidity of contemporary identity and family bonds, but also of time and narrative. This overlapping of new romance and pregnancy, miscarriage and marriage, of triumph and vulnerability, of birth and death—and, we could add, of private joy amidst political despair—is a different kind of adventure. It’s not so much that one can move instantly from delight to despair, but that we experience both together, all the time." — New Republic “Author, poet, tarot legend, and organizer Michelle Tea has long been known as a fairy godmother of the millennial queer set, and in this blazing new memoir, she approaches the subject of parenthood (and all the poking, prodding, jaw-dropping expense, and nosy questions that it can entail for LGBTQ+ parents) with her signature verve.” — Vogue "Crack this marvel open in which Michelle Tea details “having” a baby in a way that’s part science experiment, part space voyage and maybe largest part prayer. She delivers her tale with enormous vulnerability, fierce honesty, and an unflagging commitment to the gnarly, frothy, performative condition(s) of giving birth and in the end she drops us all into an ecstatic basinet of total love. My God! Michelle is the best. Man can she live and write." — Eileen Myles, poet and author of Chelsea Girls “Encouraging and subtly radical” — Vogue “Winning, companionable, and intimate; [Tea] has a talent for letting you know her…The central question becomes: How do you have a baby and not lose yourself?” — The Nation "Tea’s journey to motherhood involved tarot cards, astrology, and witches; a loving queer community; a caring partner; and medical practitioners sympathetic to a queer woman’s desire for a baby. Though many anecdotes are amusing, she reveals the emotional and physical cost of the “baby-making/baby-failing roller coaster” that completely dominated her life...A refreshingly entertaining, lighthearted memoir about a serious topic." — Kirkus Reviews "Taken as a whole, Tea’s unconventional “birth story” serves as a celebration of the human body, its hidden miracles, and, as she aptly puts it, “not just the dramatic climax of a last push and a first breath, but the story of a choice made, a dare accepted, a journey undertaken.” This heartfelt work embraces every facet of the human experience: heartache, hope, and—with a little luck—joy." — Publishers Weekly “Tea takes readers on a whirlwind ride of a complicated conception and pregnancy. [Her] experience is a uniquely queer and feminist one that is rarely at the forefront of these discussions. For readers learning about the more technical (and sometimes grisly) side effects of fertility treatments and pregnancy for the first time, Tea’s exuberance and zest for the experience will hopefully offer solace.” — Library Journal "'Motherhood is psychedelic,' Michelle Tea writes in Knocking Myself Up, a book that gifts us a blow-by-blow of Tea’s journey in ecstatic, riotous, mind-altering colors. Watch out, though - the gossipy immediacy and hilarity of Tea’s voice may leave you unprepared for the “love as big as planets” that grows along the way, and eventually packs a real wallop. I’m so grateful for this necessary book, which makes me feel emboldened, buoyant, and less alone." — Maggie Nelson, award-winning author of The Argonauts "Michelle Tea has pulled off the impossible—a frank, funny, compelling memoir about birth and parenthood that pulls no punches but still manages to make the whole affair sound like a grand adventure. She brings her trademark compassionate curiosity to the vast universe that is creation." — Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of Libertie and We Love You, Charlie Freeman “Michelle Tea’s Knocking Myself Up takes the most quintessential human process— procreation—and completely reinvents what’s possible. Her trademark honesty and punk rock spirit are on full display here in her most indelible and unexpected book yet. People of all walks of life will find something to take away with them as we—as society—all grapple with what parenthood can and should really be.” — Isaac Fitzgerald, author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts "Every book by Michelle Tea is a revelation. This book is a big fat reminder that the mess of life and the mess of making life are one and the same, with joy and goop and frustration and loss and blood and sudden! giddy! triumph!” — Daniel Handler, author of All The Dirty Parts
£12.99
HarperCollins Held Together
£23.99
Random House UK The Blossom Method
Book SynopsisAllows you to do just that - through learning your baby's non-verbal communications. This book helps you discover how to: understand your baby's body language and 'tongue talking' signals; recognise when your baby is hungry, irritable or ill; and help your infant feel understood and supported.Trade ReviewThere are few books that can be called truly groundbreaking - this is one of them ... A must read for EVERY new parent. * Dr Rosina McAlpine, Director of Inspired Children and Associate Professor at The University of Sydney *Sabel helps us all to enable our children to develop a deep sense of self and enrich their mental health and well-being. * Heather Bestel, Child Psychotherapist *An interesting, inspiring and enlightening book that every new parent really should read. * Victoria Dawson, author, consultant, trainer and sleep practitioner *
£12.34
The University of Chicago Press The Rhetoric of Pregnancy Emersion Emergent
Book SynopsisIt is a truth widely acknowledged that if you're pregnant and can afford one, you're going to pick up a pregnancy manual. Using a sophisticated rhetorical analysis, this title works to deconstruct pregnancy manuals while also identifying ways to improve communication about pregnancy and health care.Trade Review"The Rhetoric of Pregnancy connects and extends important scholarly conversations while advancing the ethical development of technical documentation and the practices (health care and otherwise) this documentation shapes. Practitioners, advocates, and pregnant women themselves will find this book accessible and instructive." (J. Blake Scott, author of Risky Rhetoric: AIDS and the Cultural Practices of HIV Testing)"
£40.65
Zondervan NIV Hope for the Future New Testament with Psalms
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£8.79
Little, Brown Spark Making Babies A Proven 3Month Program for Maximum
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£23.39
Voracious The Mom Life
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£22.10
Random House USA Inc The Essential Breastfeeding Log
Book SynopsisWhether you’re exclusively breastfeeding, combining breastfeeding with pumping, or supplementing with formula, The Essential Breastfeeding Log is an indispensable tool to help you track your baby’s eating and sleeping habits so that you can see the patterns emerging-and regain some sanity in your life. This book evolves over time, offering four different daily log formats, each modified for your baby’s age and changing needs. The log pages for the early weeks provide space to record feedings and to tally diapers. The pages for the later stages allow more room to track your baby’s nap times and bedtimes, as well as your exercise and “me” time. With this handy format you will also be able to• chart your weight loss and your baby’s weight gain• reserve time together for yourself and your partner • note your thoughts and feelings during those precious first monthsComplete with breastfeeding basic
£11.99
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy The New Science
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£20.80
Harvest Publications Im So Effing Hungry
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£23.19
WW Norton & Co Making Babies Stumbling into Motherhood
Book Synopsis“One of the best books ever on the experience of being a mother.”—Boston Sunday GlobeTrade Review"An oddly sweet-and-sour but loving memoir about becoming a mother." -- Dwight Garner - New York Times"To write well in the mother-child arena, a person must understand that the essential condition of motherhood . . . is absurdity. Samuel Beckett could have come up with a great book on babies. Anne Enright has." -- Judith Newman - New York Times Book Review"Equal parts wryly analytical and wholeheartedly emotional. She is honest, funny and scandalously frank." -- Dallas Morning News - Merritt Tierce"[A] field guide to both the romance and reality of what it means to create and care for other humans, delivered by narration that evinces deep sincerity and the purest happiness." -- The Dallas Morning News"Anne Enright’s style is as sharp and brilliant as Joan Didion’s; the scope of her understanding is as wide as Alice Munro’s; her sympathy for her characters is as tender and subtle as Alice McDermott’s; her vision of Ireland is as brave and original as Edna O’Brien’s." -- Colm Tóibín"At once a memoir, a reference manual and a cautionary tale about the conflicting emotions of parenthood…. For those who’ve grown weary of hyped-up superparents and their relentless positivity, [Enright’s] candor is welcome." -- More"[Enright’s] first work of nonfiction, Making Babies is a collection of short essays, some of them stream of consciousness, that move chronologically through the landmarks of motherhood. She writes with brutal candor and irreverence about the things that the feel-good baby books don’t tell you…." -- Moira Hodgson - Wall Street Journal"Winning and witty." -- Kirkus Reviews"Keenly observed and gorgeously written… one of the best books ever on the experience of being a mother. Because it’s an experience so many of us share, Enright’s fearless and funny inquiry into why motherhood feels the way it does is not only entertaining, it’s deeply consoling." -- Boston Sunday Globe
£12.99
Basic Books The Birth Of A Mother How The Motherhood
Book SynopsisStern contends that the motherhood experience is simultaneously universal and intensely personal, and it affects the emotional, psychological realm of experience as well as the physical being of the mother. He chronicles the subjective aspects of motherhoodthe thoughts, feelings, and fearsto produce a generalized picture of the motherhood experience.
£20.99
Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Your Life on Earth
Book SynopsisCapture every memory and moment from pregnancy through your baby’s early years in this quintessential keepsake album for new parents, featuring art from Oliver Jeffers’s Here We Are: A Guide to Living on Planet Earth.Illustrated throughout with colorful, humorous, and poignant art from Here We Are, Your Life on Earth is a joyful baby album that preserves the little and monumental milestones of early childhood. The thoughtful and engaging guided prompts capture Jeffers's whimsical and quirky tone such as the caption for the first baby picture: “Here you are—we are glad you found us” and for baby's first outing: “Here you are exploring Planet Earth.” There's a spot for planting hand and foot prints (“Make your mark”) and envelopes for saving cards, a lock of hair, and other mementos. The pages titled “Our Memories” provide space for parents to reflect on their experiences and record thei
£16.19
Bluffton Books Hello in TherePoetry to Read to the Unborn Baby
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£9.24
Hachette Books Belly Laughs 10th anniversary edition The Naked
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£14.39
Simon & Schuster Ltd Your Vegetarian Pregnancy A MonthbyMonth Guide to
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£17.12
Candlewick Press,U.S. Guess How Much I Love You Baby Book
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£17.09
Random House USA Inc The Baby Name Wizard
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£13.29
University of Toronto Press Pregnancy and Birth in Early Modern France
Book SynopsisTrade Review"These texts were written in the vernacular for a readership of physicians and surgeons but also of midwives and lay women. So they present important evidence that, contrary to stereotypes, women were the recipients of medical texts written specifically for them. More generally, these texts demonstrate a strong interest in women’s health, indicating that early modern physicians and surgeons had a new interest in the specificity of female anatomy and women's diseases. The texts selected and translated in this volume allow the reader to access an important group of primary sources on issues related to women’s health, including childbirth and caesarean section, sterility, miscarriage, breastfeeding, etc. The selection of texts is well organized and coherent, the translation is accurate and fluent, and the texts are adequately annotated, so the book will be easily used by scholars and students, including undergraduates. It provides evidence of a new concern and attention for women’s health needs, which, most interestingly, often went hand-in-hand with the rejection of misogynist stereotypes and the challenging of conventional views of female subordination and inferiority." * Gianna Pomata, Johns Hopkins University *Table of ContentsTable of Illustrations ixAcknowledgments xiConventions xiiiGeneral Introduction xviFrançois RoussetIntroduction 3New Treatise on Hysterotomotoky, or Childbirth by Cesarean (1581) 16Jean LiebaultIntroduction 65Three Books dealing with the Infirmities and Illnesses of Women (1582) 75Jacques GuillemeauIntroduction 141On the Safe Delivery of Women (1609) 154Jacques DuvalIntroduction 223On Hermaphrodites, Deliveries of Women (1612) 237Louis de SerresIntroduction 295Treatise on Sterility among Women (1625) 303Glossaries 349Bibliography 373Index 386
£46.02
Harper Horizon The Zen Mama Guide to Finding Your Rhythm in
Book SynopsisThe founders of the popular blog Your Zen Mama share their experiences and tips on becoming a mother--while trying to stay zen!--in this practical and beautiful book.
£31.49
Johns Hopkins University Press Pregnancy and Parenting after ThirtyFive
Book SynopsisOne of the few books devoted to prospective mothers over thirty-five, this one includes information on surrogacy, adoption, and the first few months of being a new mother.Trade ReviewA guide to the unique social, medical, and personal challenges of pregnancy and childbirth in later life. Library Journal 2006Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Planning a Pregnancy1. Thinking about Pregnancy2. Making Choices about Work3. Fathers, Partners, and Surrogate FathersPart II: Getting Pregnant4. Natural Conception5. Assistance with Conception6. Assisted Reproductive Technology7. Medical Conditions That May Affect Pregnancy8. Pregnancy following Cancer and Precancer9. Other Roads to MotherhoodPart III: Being Pregnant10. Screening for Chromosomal Abnormalities11. Prenatal Tests12. Miscarriage13. Termination of Pregnancy14. Lifestyle during Pregnancy15. Minor Maladies of Pregnancy16. Pregnancy Month by Month17. Assessment of Fetal Well-being18. Problems That May Arise during Pregnancy19. Twin PregnancyPart IV: Birth20. The Process of Birth21. The Experience of Birth22. Pain Relief in Labor23. Problems That May Arise during Labor24. Operative Vaginal Delivery25. Cesarean SectionPart V: After the Birth26. Going Home with Your Baby27. Breastfeeding28. Being an Older ParentAppendicesA. Drugs and Other Substances That Are Harmful to the FetusB. Drugs and Chemicals Not Shown to Be Harmful to the Pregnant Woman or FetusC. Body Mass Index TableD. Caffeine Content of Common SourcesE. Iron-rich FoodsF. Calcium-rich FoodsG. The Loss of a BabyH. Summary of Medical TestsGlossaryResourcesIndex
£25.64
Johns Hopkins University Press Deliver Me from Pain
Book SynopsisAs American women make decisions about anesthesia today, Deliver Me from Pain offers them insight into how women made this choice in the past and why each generation of mothers has made dramatically different decisions.Trade ReviewIt is sometimes difficult to reconcile the attitudes of contemporary thought with the historical event that is under consideration. As I closed the book, I was still uncertain about whether more anesthesia is better. But I am relieved that we live in an era in which it is no longer accepted that there is a physiological advantage to pain during labor. -- Samuel Lurie, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine 2009 I would recommend this book to health professionals who are committed to understanding and acknowledging that every woman experiences childbirth in an individual and unique manner. -- Carol Piercey Health and History 2009 It is perhaps Wolf's utter engagement with the material that is responsible for producing such a dynamic history. -- Cara Kinzelman Journal of the History of Biology 2009 Wolf opens her readers' eyes to the vast history that has layered the medical community's ignorance onto a persistent belief that childbirth is the worst pain a human will ever experience, then topped it off with a population's growing need to 'schedule' birth into our increasingly busy lives, and come up with a society... [that] should not-really, cannot-labor without numbing their bodies to the sensations of birth. Midwifery Today 2010 Much needed addition to the blossoming scholarly work on childbirth history. -- Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D. Women's Review of Books 2010 Wolf has written a fascinating overview of childbirth from the 1840s to the present day. In doing so she has used women's voices to advantage, letting them tell their own experiences. -- Wendy Mitchinson Medical History 2010 Wolf's unique focus on pain management brings a fresh perspective to the literature about childbirth and new understandings of this life-changing event in women's lives and histories. -- Rebecca M. Kluchin Bulletin of the History of Medicine 2010 Wolf has delivered a beautiful product that is... joyful to encounter. -- Philip K. Wilson American Historical Review 2010 Deliver Me from Pain is an important addition to the literature, especially in the history of gender and pharmaceuticals... An absorbing and informative tale. -- Shannon K. Withycombe Pharmacy in History 2010Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: "Terrible Torture" or "The Nicest Sensation I've Ever Had"?: Conflicting Perceptions of Labor in U.S. History1. Ether and Chloroform: The Question of Necessity, 1840s through 1890s2. Twilight Sleep: The Question of Professional Respect, 1890s through 1930s3. Developing the Obstetric Anesthesia Arsenal: The Question of Safety, 1900 through 1960s4. Giving Birth to the Baby Boomers: The Question of Convenience, 1940s through 1960s5. Natural Childbirth and Birth Reform: The Question of Authority, 1950s through 1980s6. Epidural Anesthesia and Cesarean Section: The Question of Choice, 1970s to the PresentGlossary of Medical TerminologyNotesIndex
£47.50
Random House USA Inc The Bump Book of Lists for Pregnancy and Baby
Book SynopsisFrom the #1 website and lifestyle destination for pregnant women and new moms, The Bump, this portable paperback offers every list, every question to ask, and tip that moms-to-be need to plan and prepare for baby’s arrival. The Bump is the most trusted site for moms-to-be and new mothers, and now, Carley Roney and the editors of The Bump present the essential collection of checklists, timelines, and other organizational tools for the nine months before, and the weeks right after, baby''s birth. The Bump Book of Baby Lists covers the practical and fun details of every month of pregnancy, including the questions to ask your doctor, what you need for the nursery, how to set up a birth plan, and more. With lines for jotting notes on the go, this portable paperback travels everywhere with the parents-to-be, making the what-to-do, how, and when of pregnancy planning much less stressful.
£12.34
Henry Holt & Company Inc Good Sleeper The The Essential Guide to Sleep for
Book SynopsisReassuring and easy to understand, this book addresses head-on the fears and misinformation about the long-term effects of crying and takes a bold stand on controversial issues such as co-sleeping and attachment parenting.
£16.12
Beacon Press Her Body Our Laws On the Frontlines of the
Book SynopsisWith stories from the front lines, a legal scholar journeys through distinct legal climates to understand precisely why and how the war over abortion is being fought.Drawing on her years of research in El Salvador—one of the few countries to ban abortion without exception—legal scholar Michelle Oberman explores what happens when abortion is a crime. Oberman reveals the practical challenges raised by a thriving black market in abortion drugs, as well as the legal challenges to law enforcement. She describes a system in which doctors and lawyers collaborate in order to identify and prosecute those suspected of abortion-related crimes, and the troubling results of such collaboration: mistaken diagnoses, selective enforcement, and wrongful convictions.Equipped with this understanding, Oberman turns her attention to the United States, where the battle over abortion is fought almost exclusively in legislatures and courtrooms. Beginning in Oklahoma, one of t
£22.10
St Martin's Press You Are Loved Welcome Wishes for New Babies
Book SynopsisA beautiful book for writing messages to a new baby from bestselling author Nancy Tillman.
£13.99
Thomas Nelson Publishers Watching in Wonder
Book SynopsisThe first year of life for your new baby is an exciting time full of milestones, and you don''t want to forget a single moment. This weekly devotional journal will inspire you to record stories and prayers for your newborn as you create a memory book that you (and they) will treasure for years to come. And you''ll feel God''s presence and comfort with devotions and Scripture selected especially for new moms. In these pages, you will encounter a God who lovingly cares for you and your little one. Marvel anew at His goodness and the miracle of life that is growing day by day before your eyes. This devotional includes: A weekly inspirational devotional theme on one of God''s unchanging characteristics Monthly Memories and Milestones sections to help you document your baby’s growth Devotions that lead you closer to God Thoughtful journaling prompts with space to record stories and prayers  
£18.77
Thomas Nelson Publishers Waiting in Wonder
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£14.99
Sourcebooks, Inc Dads Expecting Too
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£15.07
Johns Hopkins University Press Imperfect Pregnancies
Book SynopsisThis book will interest students, scholars, health professionals, administrators, and activists interested in issues surrounding new medical technologies, screening, risk management, pregnancy, disability, and the history and social politics of women's bodies.Trade ReviewIf you are a supporter or a critic of prenatal testing, or, like many people, decidedly ambiguous, there is much that you will learn [from Imperfect Pregnancies] and much that will make you pause and re-examine your own views and knowledge base.—DNA ExchangeAbove all, it is a rational, erudite, thoughtful – and thought-provoking – account of a major change in the experience of pregnancy which has come about largely unnoticed.—British Society for the History of MedicineThe author expertly navigates the reader through history and follows the rise of biomedical technologies that have made prenatal diagnosis possible... This book will benefit students, academics, health professionals and activists interested in issues surrounding new medical technologies, screening, risk management, pregnancy, disability, and the history and social politics of women's bodies.—Elaine Williams, Innovation Lead & Freedom To Speak Up Guardian, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Nursing TimesThis highly readable book is important for historians of twentieth century medicine, sociologists of reproduction and bioethicists reflecting on "the beginning of life"... In a field of study beset by vehement rhetoric and bigotry, Löwy's reserved and metered style is a blessing, perhaps a precondition for fruitful reflection... Ilana Löwy sets the stage for the bioethical discourse on prenatal diagnosis and choice as a tug of war with three poles—the autonomy of the person as a woman and a mother, the good of the child, and fundamental social values such as respect for human life, reliable medical science and services, justice and solidarity.—Y. M. Barilan, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, Medicine, Health Care and PhilosophySince its early stages, prenatal diagnosis has been balancing between the promises of safer pregnancies and healthier babies, and the dangers of its use for eugenic purposes. Ilana Löwy goes beyond this, and eloquently shows the limitations of such a dichotomised analysis . . . Löwy summons a wide range of disciplinary fields to solidly support this historical and comparative analysis of this field of research and medical practice, offering an unbiased yet critical approach.—Mario J.D.S. Santos, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Sociology of Health and IllnessLöwy gives a very useful overview of the growth of prenatal diagnostic technologies and the expansion of prenatal diagnosis from a small group of women with at-risk pregnancies to ever wider circles.—Marion Schmidt, Georg August Universität, H-DisabilityAn accomplished piece of scholarship, Imperfect Pregnancies will be necessary reading for students and historians of medicine and medical technology, particularly those interested in a comparative perspective. Lowy's book places current debates about disabilities, reproductive technologies, and abortion in an essential historical context. It encourages scholars to think more about the complicated implications of supposedly progressive medical and technological advances, provides a synthesis of the main developments in biomedical technology in the twentieth century, and paves the way for future specialized research.—Cara Delay, Ph.D., College of Charleston, Journal of the History of Medicine & Allied SciencesTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Born Imperfect2. Karyotypes3. Human Malformations4. From Prenatal Diagnosis to Prenatal Screening5. Sex Chromosome Aneuploidies6. Prenatal Diagnosis and New Genomic ApproachesConclusionNotes Index
£39.00
Chronicle Books 40ish Weeks
Book SynopsisA charmingly illustrated journal that offers moms-to-be a place to document details during the amazing whirlwind of pregnancy. Capture every moment from the first reactions to being pregnant to meeting baby:40ish Weeks is a unique keepsake journal that invites expectant mothers to capture the fleeting and amusing minutiae along with the unforgettable moments. This pregnancy diary covered a variety of topics from dealing with symptoms and cravings, to baby nicknames, maternity clothes, and so much more. • Features classic and quirky prompts that help you capture the fleeting moments, the unforgettable milestones, and all of the amusing details• Includes plenty of space to record week-by-week notes as well as attach photos so you can easily track changes and progress• Divided into three sections for each trimester, 40ish Weeks includes entertaining illustrations and helpful charts40ish Weeks is a wonderful keepsake journal that will remind you to pause and appreciate all that is happening, while creating a snapshot of your pregnancy that is as unique as you are. It''s an easy and fun way to record memories that will be cherished for many years to come—by mom and baby.Author Kate Pocrass is the author of I Was Here, Side Walks, and the En Route Journals and Notecards published by Chronicle Books. Her artwork has been exhibited at various galleries in the U.S. and internationally. 40ish Weeks is a thoughtful and helpful mom-to-be gift.
£17.09
Little, Brown & Company How To Conceive Naturally And Have a Healthy
Book SynopsisThe new must-have book for all women over the age of 30 who are trying to conceive and are concerned about a healthy pregnancy.Trade ReviewTruly a breath of fresh air that is sorely needed by women today. -- Christiane Northrup, M.D., ob/gyn physician and New York Times bestselling author
£18.69
Little, Brown & Company Mama Tried Dispatches from the Seamy Underbelly
Book SynopsisNew Yorker cartoonist Emily Flake relates the hilarious horrors of pregnancy, birth and parenting in this funny, poignant and beautifully illustrated book.
£22.80
DK Mindful Pregnancy
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£19.00
