Keith Eddleman - The New Pregnancy Bible: The Experts Guide to Pregnancy and Early Parenthood

THE NEW

pregnancy

BIBLE

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

Joanne Stone, MD

Keith A. Eddleman, MD

This fully revised and redesigned edition first published in Spring 2013 by

Carroll & Brown Limited

20 Lonsdale Road

London, NW6 6RD

First published 2003 by Firefly Books Ltd.

Copyright 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013

Carroll & Brown Limited

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The pregnancy bible: your complete guide to pregnancy and early parenthood / consulting editors, Joanne Stone, MD Keith Eddleman, MD. -- [Fourth edition].

pages cm

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-909066-08-3 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Pregnancy--Popular works. 2. Childbirth--Popular works. 3. Infants--Care--Popular works. I. Stone, Joanne. II. Eddleman, Keith.

RG551.P74 2013

618.2--dc23

2012042824

ISBN 978 1 909066 15 1

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Publishers note: the information contained in this book should be used as a general reference guide and does not constitute, and is not intended to substitute for, an experts medical advice or legal advice. Consult your doctor or healthcare professional prior to following any treatment or exercises contained in this book.

Contents

CONSULTANTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

Chief consultants and contributors

Joanne Stone, MD

Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, is also Director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Perinatal Ultrasound. She also has a clinical and consultative practice and is active in cllinical research and education.

Keith A. Eddleman, MD

Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York is also Director of Obstetrics and Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences. He is an expert and educator in maternal-fetal medicine and clinical genetics, specializing in reproductive genetics, ultrasound, and diagnostic procedures.

Other US Consultants and Contributors

Lenore Abramsky

Genetic Associate, North Thames Perinatal Public Health Unit, Northwick Park Hospital, London.

Patricia M Barnes, PNNP, MS, CNM

Certified Nurse-Midwife at Nativiti Womens Health and Birth Center, Houston, Texas.

Jane Butler, RN, CNM, BS, MPH

Certified Nurse-Midwife at Maggee Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Kathleen Capitulo, DNSc, RN, FACCE

Director of Maternal-Child Health Care Center and Associate Hospital Director, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.

Eve R Colson, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, Director, Well Newborn Nursery, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Connecticut.

Marilyn Graham, PhD, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical OB/Gyn, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Christine Obremski, CNM, MS, RN

Director of Midwifery at The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.

Gayla Vanden Bosche, MA

Writer and Assistant Director, Magee Womens Hospital National Center of Excellence in Womens Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Other Consultants and Contributors

Stuart Campbell, DSc, FRCP, FRCOG

Professor and Associate of Create Health Clinic, Center for Reproduction and Advanced Technology, London.

Anne Deans, DCH, MFFP, MRCGP, FRCOG

Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey.

Wendy Doyle, SRD, PhD

Dietitian, London Metropolitan University, London.

Gavin Evans

Journalist, writing with Duncan Fisher, The National Childbirth Trust, and with the support group Fathers Direct.

Kate Harding, MRCOG

Specialist Obtetrician, Guys and St Thomas Hospital, London.

Peter Hepper, PhD, FBPsS, CPsychol

Professor of Psychology, Head of School of Psychology and Director of Fetal Behavior Research Center, Queens University, Belfast.

David K James, MA, MD, FRCOG, DCH

Professor, Division of Feto-Maternal Medicine, Academic Division of Obstetrics & Gynecology, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham.

Michelle F Mottola, PhD

Associate Professor and Director, R Samuel McLaughlin Foundation Exercise and Pregnancy Lab., School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Penny Preston, MB ChB

General practitioner and writer on pregnancy and child care.

June Thompson, RGN, RM, RHV

UK Health Visitor and freelance health writer.

James J Walker, MD, FRCP, FRCOG

Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, St James University, Beckett St, Leeds.

Richard Woolfson,

PhD, FBPS

Writer, journalist and psychologist who works with children and families.

Introduction

Since it was first published in 2003, The Pregnancy Bible has proved to be invaluable to the expectant mothers and fathers who acquired a copy. Pregnancy is a unique experience and one that you will want to enjoy while doing whats best for your baby. Today a great deal more is known about the risks to a babys normal development, and also what a woman needs to do to successfully meet the challenges of pregnancy, labor, and delivery than was possible in the past. However, all the information that is now available, particularly relating to situations that may be, evenly remotely, out of the ordinary, is rarely known in total to a single doctor, no matter how well trained and experienced he or she is. That is why, to produce a thoroughly researched book, The Pregnancy Bible was created with a team of experts in every related field including genetics, gynecology and obstetrics, midwifery, pregnancy nutrition and exercise, psychology, fetology, and pediatrics. Additionally, teachers in natural childbirth techniques, breastfeeding, and baby care were consulted. Ten years on from its initial publication, weve gone back to the experts and revisited the material to bring out a comprehensively revised edition.

This new edition of The Pregnancy Bible continues to cover every aspect of pregnancy, birth, and new parenthood but has been brought up-to-date with all currrent practices, particularly in regard to Cesarean deliveries, which about one-third of new mothers will experience. Although it cannot replace the care and attention that youll receive from your healthcare providers, who will know you as an individual, it can supplement that advice, explain procedures, give handy hints, and answer any questions you may have.

Past readers have come to appreciate its special features such as the helpful illustrations and color photographs, including those that enable you to see how a baby develops week by week and the gatefold pages, which show at a glance what can be expected in each of the three trimesters. And this new edition is augmented by a comprehensive and useful glossary of pregnancy and neo-natal terminology.