Includes bibliographical references (pages 573-604) and index.
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Your unique pregnancy -- The best medical care for expectant mothers of multiples -- Your weight-gain goals -- Need-to-know nutrition -- Smart dietary strategies: supplements and special situations -- Your body: how to look good, feel great, work smart, and play it safe -- Pregnancy complications: how to lower your risk -- The emotional ups and downs of pregnancy... multiplied -- Giving birth to all those babies -- You babies' hospital experience: the nursery and the NICU -- Feeding the masses--including the breast-feeding mom -- A better body after babies -- The crazy first months at home -- Becoming one big happy family -- Appendix A: Best recipes for moms-to-be of multiples -- Appendix B: Birthweight references for twins -- Appendix C: Birthweight references for triplets -- Appendix D: Resources for parents of multiples -- Appendix E: Doctor to doctor: a research update.
Baker & Taylor A revised and updated edition of the practical guide to multiple births describes what to expect during a multiple-child pregnancy, and covers such topics as doctor selection, nutrition, exercise, fetal development, and signs of preterm labor or other complications, with fifty new nutritious recipes to help mothers optimize the birth weight of their infants. Original.
Baker & Taylor Describes what to expect during a multiple-child pregnancy, and covers doctor selection, nutrition, exercise, fetal development, and signs of preterm labor or other complications.
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This fourth edition of the book that introduced readers to the revolutionary, nutritionally based prenatal program for the growing number of women pregnant with multiples is now revised and expanded for an era when multiple births are on the rise and includes updated diet and exercise recommendations for the postpartum mother as well as twenty-five new recipes.
You're expecting more than one baby? Congratulations!
Effective, encouraging, and up-to-date, When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads is essential for you and your babies.
Like all mothers-to-be, you're experiencing the full spectrum of human emotions: joy, fear, confusion, and excitementâmaybe all at once. As a woman pregnant with more than one baby, you're feeling all these things . . . only more so!
In When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads, Dr. Barbara Luke, an acknowledged expert on the prenatal care of multiples, outlines a practical, nutrition-based program to keep you and your babies healthy, and she offers a comprehensive tour of what you can expect during your unique pregnancy and childbirth experience. Women who follow this program have significantly fewer complications during pregnancyâand their babies are born weighing 20 to 35 percent more than the average twin, triplet, or quad. Included is crucial information on:
· Finding a qualified maternal/fetal medicine specialist
· Dietary guidelines for maximizing birthweight
· Safe limits on exercise, physical activity, and work
· Taking a leave from your job and negotiating the best deal
· Reducing your risk for pregnancy complications
· Recognizing the signs of preterm labor and what to do about them
· What to expect during and after delivery
· Feeding and caring for your newborns . . . and yourself
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