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Pregnancy For Dummies

2. Aufl.

von: Sarah Jarvis, Roger Henderson, Joanne Stone, Keith Eddleman, Mary Duenwald
14,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	23.09.2011
ISBN/EAN:	9781119977315
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	384

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Everything expectant mums need to know, trimester by trimester Both new and seasoned parents alike have questions and concerns over the course of the nine-month adventure. Pregnancy For Dummies offers comfort and reassurance while serving as a guide to what mother and baby experience before, during, and just after birth. Here, you’ll find expert advice on diets and exercise when you’re pregnant; guidance on following your baby’s development, trimester by trimester; tips on how to prepare for the big day; techniques for taking care of yourself before and after delivery; and support for caring for a newborn baby. Pregnancy For Dummies gives parents-to-be authoritative, friendly, up-to-date advice on every aspect of pregnancy and childbirth. This new edition offers all of the latest information expecting parents want to know, including medical and nutritional information and updated resources/changes in NHS practice, so that new mums will feel prepared and reassured ahead of the birth. <ul> <li>A guide to what mother and baby experience before, during, and just after birth</li> <li>Helpful information on preparing for pregnancy</li> <li>Advice on diet and exercise during pregnancy</li> <li>Information on your rights and welfare benefits</li> <li>Guidance on how to care for a newborn baby</li> </ul> If you’re an expectant mum looking for practical, down-to-earth guidance on what to expect before, during, and after pregnancy, Pregnancy For Dummies will keep you prepared and reassured every step along the way.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 What You’re Not to Read 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 How This Book Is Organised 3 Part I: The Game Plan 3 Part II: Pregnancy: A Drama in Three Acts 4 Part III: The Big Event: Labour, Delivery and Recovery 4 Part IV: Special Concerns 4 Part V: The Part of Tens 4 Appendix 5 Icons Used in This Book 5 Where to Go from Here 6 Part I: The Game Plan 7 Chapter 1: From Here to Maternity 9 Getting Ready to Get Pregnant: The Preconception Visit 9 Taking a look at your history 10 Evaluating your current health 11 Answering Commonly Asked Questions 12 Getting to your ideal body weight 12 Reviewing your medications 13 Considering herbal remedies and vitamin supplements 15 Recognising the importance of vaccinations and immunity 16 Quitting contraception 18 Introducing Sperm to Egg: Timing Is Everything 19 Pinpointing ovulation 20 Taking an effective (and fun) approach 21 Chapter 2: I Think I’m Pregnant! 23 Recognising the Signs of Pregnancy 23 Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3 24 Getting an answer at home 24 Going to your GP for answers 25 Antenatal and Labour Care – What’s Available? 25 Where to have your baby 25 Looking at your options: Private or NHS? 27 Who’s Who? The Varying Roles of Health Care Professionals 28 Your GP 28 Your midwife 29 Independent midwives 29 Your obstetrician 29 Maternal-foetal medicine specialists 30 Your paediatrician 30 Your health visitor 30 Chapter 3: Preparing for Life during Pregnancy 31 Working Out Your Due Date 32 Planning Antenatal Visits 33 Preparing for Physical Changes 36 Spotting breast and bladder changes 36 Coping with mood swings 36 Living through leg cramps 37 Noticing vaginal discharge 37 Putting up with backaches 38 Handling stress.38 Understanding the Effects of Medications, Alcohol and Drugs on Your Baby 39 Taking medications 39 Smoking 40 Drinking alcohol 41 Using recreational/illicit drugs.41 Looking at Lifestyle Changes 43 Pampering yourself with beauty treatments 43 Relaxing (or not) in hot tubs, saunas or steam rooms 44 Travelling 45 Getting dental care 46 Having sex 47 Working during Pregnancy: A Different Type of Labour 48 Chapter 4: Checking Out Your Rights and Welfare Benefits 51 Your Rights When You’re Having a Baby 52 Discrimination against pregnant women 52 Ordinary and additional maternity leave 52 Financial Benefits during Pregnancy 53 Statutory Maternity Pay 54 Maternity allowances 54 Sure Start Maternity Grants 55 You and your Mat B1 55 Entitlements as a New Parent 55 Child Benefit 55 Working Tax Credit 56 Child Tax Credit 56 Statutory Paternity Pay 56 Chapter 5: Diet and Exercise for the Expectant Mother 57 Looking at Healthy Weight Gain 57 Determining how much is enough 58 Avoiding weight obsession 59 Understanding your baby’s weight gain 60 Taking Stock of What You’re Taking In 61 Using a healthy eating pyramid 61 Supplementing your diet 63 Determining Which Foods Are Safe 65 Debunking popular food myths 65 Identifying potentially harmful foods 65 Considering Special Dietary Needs 68 Eating right, vegetarian-style 68 Combating constipation 68 Dealing with diabetes 69 Working Out for Two 69 Adapting to your body’s changes 70 Exercising without overdoing it 71 Comparing forms of exercise 72 Part II: Pregnancy: A Drama in Three Acts 75 Chapter 6: The First Trimester 77 A New Life Takes Shape 77 Adapting to Pregnancy: Body Changes in the First Trimester 80 Breast changes 81 Fatigue 81 Any-time-of-day sickness 82 Bloating 83 Frequent urination 84 Headaches.84 Constipation 85 Cramps 85 Booking Baby In: Your First Antenatal Appointments 86 Understanding the consultation 86 Considering the physical examination 90 Looking at standard tests 90 Your booking appointment – now it’s your turn! 93 Recognising Causes for Concern 94 Bleeding.94 Miscarriage 95 Ectopic pregnancy 97 Chapter 7: The Second Trimester 99 Discovering How Your Baby Is Developing 99 Understanding Your Changing Body 101 Forgetfulness and clumsiness 102 Wind 102 Hair and nail growth 102 Heartburn 103 Lower abdominal/groin pain 103 Nasal congestion 105 Nosebleeds and bleeding gums 105 Skin changes 105 Checking In: Antenatal Visits 107 Recognising Causes for Concern 107 Bleeding 107 Foetal abnormality 108 Incompetent cervix 108 Identifying other potential problems 109 Chapter 8: The Third Trimester 111 Your Baby Gets Ready for Birth 111 Movin’ and shakin’: Foetal movements 113 Flexing the breathing muscles 113 Hiccupping in utero 114 Keeping Up with Your Changing Body 114 Accidents and falls 114 Braxton-Hicks contractions 114 Carpal tunnel syndrome 116 Fatigue 116 Piles 117 Insomnia 118 Feeling the baby engage 118 Pregnancy rashes and itches 119 Preparing for breast-feeding 120 Sciatica 121 Shortness of breath 121 Stretch marks 121 Swelling 122 Urinary stress incontinence 122 Varicose veins 123 Thinking about Labour 123 Writing a birth plan 124 Timing labour 124 Using perineal massage 125 Hitting the Home Stretch: Antenatal Visits in the Third Trimester 125 Preparation for Parenthood Classes 126 Recognising Causes for Concern 126 Bleeding.127 Breech presentation 127 Decreased amniotic fluid volume 128 Decreased foetal movement 128 Foetal growth problems 128 Leaking amniotic fluid 129 Pre-eclampsia 130 Preterm labour 130 When the baby is late 130 Getting Ready to Head to the Hospital 131 Packing your suitcase131 Choosing – and using – a car seat 132 Chapter 9: Understanding Antenatal Testing 135 Non-Invasive (Screening) Tests 136 Screening for alpha-foetoprotein 136 Screening for Down’s syndrome 137 Screening with ultrasound scans 138 Understanding screening accuracy 139 Invasive Tests for Foetal Abnormalities 140 Amniocentesis 141 Chorionic villus sampling 144 Other Antenatal Tests and Procedures 145 Foetal echocardiogram 145 Doppler studies 145 Cardiotocography 145 Doppler velocimetry 146 Foetal blood sampling 146 Part III: The Big Event: Labour, Delivery and Recovery 147 Chapter 10: I Think I’m in Labour! 149 Knowing When Labour Is Real – and When It Isn’t 149 Noticing changes before labour begins 150 Telling false labour from true labour 151 Deciding when to call the labour ward or your practitioner 152 Checking for labour with an internal examination 153 Getting Admitted to the Hospital 154 Monitoring Your Baby 155 Foetal heart monitoring 155 Other tests of foetal health 156 Nudging Things Along: Labour Induction 156 Inducing labour 158 Augmenting labour 158 Getting the Big Picture: Stages and Characteristics of Labour 159 The fi rst stage 159 The second stage 162 The third stage 162 Handling Labour Pain 163 Breathing exercises 163 TENS 164 Gas and air 164 Pethidine and meptid 164 Epidural 164 General anaesthetic 166 Considering Alternative Birthing Methods 166 Delivering without drugs – natural childbirth 166 Giving birth at home 167 Immersing yourself in a water birth 167 Chapter 11: Special Delivery: Bringing Your Baby into the World 169 Having a Vaginal Delivery 169 Pushing the baby out 171 Getting an episiotomy 173 Handling prolonged second-stage labour 175 The big moment: Delivering your baby 175 Delivering the placenta 176 Repairing your perineum 176 Assisting Nature: Operative Vaginal Delivery 177 Having a Caesarean Delivery 178 Understanding anaesthetics 179 Looking at reasons for caesarean delivery 180 Recovering from a caesarean delivery 181 Congratulations! You Did It! 182 Shaking after delivery 182 Understanding postpartum bleeding 182 Hearing your baby’s first cry 183 Cutting the cord 183 Checking your baby’s condition 183 Chapter 12: Hello, World! Your Newborn 185 Looking at Your Bundle of Joy – Goo, Blotches and All 185 Vernix caseosa 186 Caput and moulding 186 Black-and-blue marks 187 Blotches, patches and more 187 Baby hair 188 Extremities 188 Eyes and ears189 Genitalia and breasts 189 Umbilical cord 190 Newborn size 190 Baby begins to breathe 190 Knowing What to Expect in the Hospital 191 Preparing baby for life outside the womb 191 Understanding baby’s developing digestive system 192 Considering circumcision 192 Spending time in the neonatal intensive care unit 193 Checking In: Baby’s First Doctor’s Visit 194 Considering heart rate and circulatory changes 194 Looking at weight changes 195 Bringing Baby Home 195 Settling Baby in at Home 196 Bathing 196 Burping 197 Sleeping and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) 198 Crying 199 C is for colic 200 Newborn jaundice 200 Dummies (For Dummies) 201 Preventing newborn injuries 201 Shopping for the baby 201 Registering Your Baby’s Birth 202 Recognising Causes for Concern 203 Chapter 13: Taking Care of Yourself after Delivery 205 Recuperating from Delivery 206 Looking and feeling like a new mum206 Understanding postnatal bleeding 206 Dealing with perineal pain 207 Surviving swelling 209 Coping with your bladder 209 Battling the haemorrhoid blues 210 Understanding postnatal bowel function 210 Continuing to recover at home 211 Recovering from a Caesarean Delivery 211 Going to the recovery room 211 Taking it one step at a time 212 Understanding post-caesarean pain 213 Dealing with post-op pain 214 Getting ready to go home 214 Continuing to recover at home 214 The Party’s Not Over: More Postnatal Changes 216 Sweating like a new mum 216 Dealing with breast engorgement 217 Understanding hair loss 217 Chasing away the baby blues 217 Recognising postnatal depression 219 Returning to ‘Normal’ Life 220 Getting fi t all over again 220 Losing the weight 221 Pondering your postnatal diet 222 Doing pelvic floor exercises 223 Having sex again 223 Choosing contraception 224 Chapter 14 : Feeding Your Baby 225 Deciding between Breast and Bottle 225 Considering the advantages of breast-feeding 226 Checking out the benefits of bottle-feeding 227 Latching onto Breast-feeding 228 Looking at the mechanics of lactation 229 Checking out breast-feeding positions 230 Getting baby to latch on 230 Orchestrating feedings 232 Maintaining your diet 234 Looking at options for contraception 235 Determining which medications are safe 235 Handling common problems 235 Bottle-feeding for Beginners 239 Stopping milk production 239 Choosing the best bottles and nipples 239 Feeding your baby from a bottle 240 Dealing with Baby’s Developing Digestive System 242 Part IV: Special Concerns 245 Chapter 15: Pregnancies with Special Considerations 247 Figuring Out How Age Matters 247 Over-35 (or older) mums 247 Not-so-young dads 248 Very young mums 250 Having Twins or More 250 Looking at types of multiples 251 Determining whether multiples are identical or fraternal 251 Down’s syndrome screening in pregnancies with twins or more 252 Genetic testing in pregnancies with twins or more 252 Keeping track of which baby is which 253 Living day-to-day during a multiple pregnancy 254 Going through labour and delivery with twins 255 Covering special issues for mums with multiples 256 Getting Pregnant Again 259 Realising how each pregnancy is different 260 Giving birth after a prior caesarean delivery 261 Preparing Your Child (or Children) for a New Arrival 262 Explaining pregnancy 263 Making baby-sitting arrangements for your delivery 264 Coming home 264 Chapter 16: When Things Get Complicated 267 Dealing with Preterm Labour 267 Checking for signs of preterm labour269 Stopping preterm labour 269 Preventing preterm labour 269 Delivering the baby early 270 Handling Pre-eclampsia 270 Understanding Placental Conditions 271 Placenta praevia 272 Placental abruption 273 Recognising Problems with the Amniotic Fluid and Sac 274 Too much amniotic fluid 274 Too little amniotic fluid 275 Rupture of the amniotic sac 275 Describing Problems with Foetal Growth 276 Smaller-than-average babies 277 Larger-than-average babies 278 Looking at Blood Incompatibilities 279 Dealing with Breech Presentation 280 Pondering Post-Date Pregnancy 281 Chapter 17: Pregnancy in Sickness and in Health 283 Getting an Infection during Pregnancy 283 Bladder and kidney infections 283 Chickenpox 285 The common cold 286 German measles (rubella) 287 Herpes infections 287 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 287 Tummy bugs (gastroenteritis) 288 Vaginal infections.288 Handling Pre-Pregnancy Conditions 289 Asthma 289 Chronic hypertension 290 Deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolus 290 Diabetes 291 Fibroids 293 Seizure disorders (epilepsy) 293 Thyroid problems 294 Chapter 18: Coping with the Unexpected 297 Surviving Recurrent Miscarriages 297 Coping with Late-Pregnancy Loss 299 Dealing with Foetal Abnormalities 299 Finding Help 300 Beginning to Heal 301 Part V: The Part of Tens 303 Chapter 19: Ten Things Nobody Tells You 305 Pregnancy Lasts Longer than Nine Months 305 Other People Can Drive You Crazy 306 You Feel Exhausted in the First Trimester 306 Round Ligament Pain Really Hurts 306 Your Belly Becomes a Hand Magnet 307 Piles Are a Royal Pain in the . . . 307 Sometimes Women Poo While Pushing 307 The Weight Stays On after the Baby Comes Out 308 Hospital Towels are Relics from Your Mother’s Era 308 Breast Engorgement Really Sucks 308 Chapter 20: Ten (Or So) Old Wives’ Tales 309 The Old Heartburn Myth 309 The Mysterious Umbilical Cord Movement Myth 309 The Curse Myth 310 The Heart Rate Myth 310 The Ugly Stick Myth 310 The Coffee Myth 310 The Myth of International Cuisine 310 The Great Sex Myth 311 The Round Face Myth 311 The Ring Myth 311 The Moon Maid Myth 312 The Belly Shape Myth 312 The Ultrasound Tells All Myth 312 Chapter 21: Ten Landmarks in Foetal Development 313 The Baby Is Conceived 313 The Embryo Implants Itself 313 The Heart Begins Beating 314 The Neural Tube Closes 314 The Face Develops 314 The Embryonic Period Ends 314 The Sexual Organs Appear 314 Quickening Occurs 315 The Lungs Reach Maturity 315 A Baby Is Born 315 Chapter 22: Ten Key Things You Can See on Ultrasound 317 Measurement of Crown-Rump Length 317 The Face 318 The Spine 319 The Heart 319 The Hands 320 The Foot 321 The Foetal Profile 321 The Stomach 322 It’s a Boy! 322 It’s a Girl! 323 Appendix: The Pregnant Man: Having a Baby from a Dad’s Perspective 325 Reacting to the News 325 Knowing What to Expect from the First Trimester 326 Watching Mum Grow – the Second Trimester 327 Under Starter’s Orders – the Third Trimester 327 Dad in the Delivery Room 328 Home at Last – with Your New Family 330 Index 331

Autorenportrait

Dr Sarah Jarvis has been a GP for 20 years. She is the resident doctor on the BBC's The One Show, and a regular columnist for Good Housekeeping and My Weekly. Dr Roger Henderson has also been a GP for 20 years, and writes for The Sunday Times and the Sunday Mirror. He is also the medical consultant to the health website NetDoctor. Joanne Stone, MD, and Keith Eddleman, MD, are obstetrician-gynaecologists. Mary Duenwald is a veteran journalist.

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Learn to: <ul> <li>Follow your baby's development during pregnancy</li> <li>Take care of yourself before and after delivery</li> <li>Care for your newborn baby</li> </ul> From conception to breast-feeding, your guide to a healthy pregnancy Pregnancy is an exciting, occasionally worrisome time, especially for first-time mums. This updated edition of the bestselling guide offers comfort and reassurance while arming you with practical advice and guidance on every stage of your pregnancy. The authors draw upon their years of experience caring for pregnant women, as well as the latest medical research, to help you to prepare for pregnancy, take care of yourself during and after birth, look after your newborn, and much more. <ul> <li>From here to maternity – find out how to prepare for getting pregnant and learn about the physical changes you'll undergo during your pregnancy</li> <li>A drama in three acts – discover what you can expect as each trimester unfolds and the kinds of care you'll need at each stage</li> <li>A labour of love – get a blow-by-blow account of a typical labour, delivery and recovery, as well as the possible variations</li> <li>The fun begins – get up to speed on a wide range of post-birth considerations, including breast versus bottle feeding, returning to work, buying a car seat, sleep issues and baby health issues</li> </ul> Open the book and find: <ul> <li>Guidance on preparing for pregnancy</li> <li>The mystery of antenatal testing unravelled</li> <li>Tips on taking care of your body before and after giving birth</li> <li>How to follow your baby's development, trimester by trimester</li> <li>Ways to survive labour pains</li> <li>Pointers on preparing home, family and siblings for the new baby</li> <li>Information about your state benefits, during and after pregnancy</li> </ul>