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Demeter Press took on the challenge of discussing multiples through On Mothering Multiples: Complexities and Possibilities, a book that promised to "(re)explore, (re)present, and make meaning of the process of conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering experiences with multiples". Under the editorship of Kathy Mantas, and through diverse contributions of research, artwork and narrative pieces, this topic is explored with diverse voices that...
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Praying Through Your Pregnancy shows a mother how to provide an early head start for her child through the power of prayer. With fresh spiritual insight, each chapter reveals what is happening with the baby's development that week, starting with the very first moment of conception, when God begins the creation of either a boy or a girl. Readers will learn how the confidence they place in God affects the healthy development of their precious growing...
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I Never Tell Other People's Secrets... Amelia O'Donohue was stunning. We all knew we were in the presence of tremendous beauty, humbled by her eyes and by her expensive designer clothes. We all deferred to her, waiting for her to initiate conversation, and hanging on every word she said. So when Amelia asked for my help, What was I to do? Did I have a choice? It's not like I could tell everyone that she sneaks off in the middle of the night in her...
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Daring women-those who were told not to have their babies due to perceived disabilities in themselves or their unborn children-tell their stories in this controversial book that looks critically at medical eugenics as a contemporary form of social engineering. Believing that all life is valuable and that some are not more worthy of it than others, these women have given birth in the face of disapproval and hostility, defied both the creed of perfection...
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Chapter 1. The birth you want: what motivates the willing woman? Chapter 2. Reality hurts: birth in the labor-bypass era. Chapter 3. It's a fine line: reframing pain in labor Chapter. 4. Approaching labor: what pain type are you? Chapter 5. Crisis of confidence: when self-belief crumbles. Chapter 6. The right support: who will get you through?
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Pregnant women encounter advice from many directions about how to have a healthy pregnancy — not only from health care providers, but from relatives, friends, and the Internet. Some of these pieces of advice (on topics that range from inducing labor to telling the baby's gender to improving breastfeeding) have been handed down from woman to woman for generations, and don't appear in any medical textbooks. Dr. Jonathan Schaffir explores the origins...
87) Pregnancy
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This one-stop practical guide will show you how to prepare week-by-week for a relaxed and confident birth. To make your progress easier, it comes in a handy format with color photos and expert advice throughout.
This book gives a complete overview of baby development through pregnancy and birth. Its combination of conventional mainstream and complementary medical info reflects the way most pregnant women approach their care today. There's also plenty...
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Pregnancy can be a wonderful and almost magical time in a woman's life. It can also be a time of great physical upheaval and emotional challenge. Your hormones are raging out of control, while your body bloats and balloons out as it adjusts to prepare you for the blessed event and your transition into motherhood. Exciting and scary stuff all at the same time! If this is your first pregnancy then you have the extra burden of venturing into uncharted...
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Self-help For The Emotionally Challenged Man & His Pregnant Wife If you are the much put-out pregnant wife reading this book, how do you get this through to the less than emotional aware male (i.e. your husband)? He who knows that 'empathy' is a word he's definitely heard of, but the concept seems to elude him How NOT To Treat Your Pregnant Wife is The Book For You Written to Help Men Not Mess-up One Of The Most Important Periods Of Their Family Life...
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El Corazón De La Doula es la relación entre la persona que trabaja, su familia íntima y la doula que la atiende. A través de su uso claro del lenguaje y metáforas vívidas, la escritura de Gilliland perdura mucho después de que hayas terminado de leer sus palabras. Ella describe el verdadero poder de ser una doula: servir a los clientes de una manera que los anime a convertirse en versiones más empoderadas y auténticas de sí mismos. Aprovechando...
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Natal Signs: Cultural Representations of Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting explores some of the ways in which reproductive experiences are taken up in the rich arena of cultural production. The chapters in this collection pose questions, unsettle assumptions, and generate broad imaginative spaces for thinking about representation of pregnancy, birth, and parenting. They demonstrate the ways in which practices of consuming and using representations carry...
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This is the most comprehensive pregnancy manual on the market. From the latest obstetric procedures to nutrition, exercise and choices in childbirth, reassuring, practical advice on all aspects of your antenatal care will help you every step of the way.
„The Pregnancy and the Baby„ is essential reading for anyone expecting a baby. It takes parents through planning for a baby, pregnancy and birth. It also gives coverage of the first year of a...
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Checklists are efficient, and in today's busy world, parents are short on time and overloaded with information. Yet the process of filtering out the junk wastes precious time, and having too many choices paralyzes us. The Parent's Pocket Checklist book series is written just for modern parents, combining concise, research-based to-do lists with practical tips from hundreds of experienced moms and dads, getting straight to the point of what parents...
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Fertility Facts is the ultimate compendium of pre-pregnancy advice, essential not only for the one in six couples struggling with fertility challenges, but also for anyone starting a family. This chunky volume offers hundreds of ways, sourced from doctors and the latest research by the experts at Conceive Magazine, for women to conceive faster. Each page offers a new and often surprising tip: women should avoid taking ibuprofen, while men looking...
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Are pregnancy exams and hospital birthing classes all that is needed to have a successful birth experience? Do you know what a birth plan is and what it should include? Should you have your baby at the hospital? Should you have your baby at a birthing center? Should you have your baby at home? What are some self-care strategies that can help you with pregnancy? What does the Bible have to say about birth? How can you add God's "super" to your "natural"...
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¿Quién es Lara? Podríamos decir que Lara es cualquier mujer embarazada. Se trata de un personaje creado por las autoras después de docenas de entrevistas con mujeres gestantes durante los cursillos de preparación para el parto, sesiones de psicoterapia o recuerdos de su embarazo. Lara es una mujer joven que espera su primer hijo; está tranquila y feliz de convertirse en mamá, y quiere hacernos partícipes de las vivencias de sus nueve meses...
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This book tells the story of how Janet Meek, a US Diplomat, entered a deep, and ultimately very spiritual, journey when she gave birth to her own sons (two of them at home) and then went on to become a Certified Professional Midwife and helped several hundred women give birth in their own homes and in birth centers in Texas in the 1990s. Along the way she discovered some secrets of the Ancient Feminine Wisdom, the most key one of which is the need...
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Finding out you are pregnant, particularly as a teen, can be a frightening and disorienting experience. This text guides readers through important first steps to taking on a potential journey to parenthood, from telling your parents, to finding a medical practitioner, or deciding to terminate a pregnancy. Readers are encouraged to build a support network and to forge a path forward that is comfortable for them, whatever it may be. This text includes...
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Baby Weight provides a comprehensive wellness strategy for expectant and new mothers to help manage their baby weight. You will learn how to incorporate a healthy diet and regular exercise into your daily routine to make it part of your lifestyle rather than a chore. Learn to build your own nutritious and balanced diet through conscious food choices during and after pregnancy with Baby Weight's seven practical and easy-to-implement nutrition principles....
100) The Long Ride Home
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After the loss of her mother, Harley can barely handle her grief. But the start of summer marks new beginnings, and Harley leaves for a cross-country road trip to scatter her mother's ashes with Dean, her friend (with benefits). The two ride by motorcycle, reconnecting with people who knew her mother along the way. But it's not long before Harley realizes she's pregnant...with Dean's child. And as Harley learns that her mother faced similar choices...
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