The new pregnancy & childbirth : choices & challenges / Sheila Kitzinger ; photography by Marcia May.

  • Kitzinger, Sheila
Date:
2011
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

New pregnancy and childbirth

Description

"The definitive guide to making all the right choices for pregnancy and birth. This bestselling book has been hailed as an all-time classic, helping expentant parents to make informed choices. This latest edition provides intelligent and reassuring advice and authoritative guidance that takes you from the first signs of pregnancy to postnatal exercises. A week-by-week pregnancy diary shows you what to expect and when, and there is essential information on all aspects of pregnancy, including screening tests, the options open to you, and how to give birth actively."--Back cover.

Publication/Creation

London : Dorling Kindersley, 2011.

Physical description

448 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition

Revised fourth edition.

Notes

"The updated classic"--Cover.
Previous edition: 2003.
Copy 1. Donor: Family of Sheila Kitzinger.

Contents

Pregnancy: the early weeks -- Pregnancy: physical and emotional changes -- Pregnancy: thinking ahead to birth -- The experience of birth -- You and your newborn -- Photographic sequences.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Languages

Where to find it

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    M26841

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Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9781405363327
  • 1405363320