Pregnancy and ChildbirthRevised and expanded edition of a comprehensive guide for parents-to-be to pregancy and childbirth, extensively illustrated with diagrams and photographs. Includes references, a guide to further reading, useful addresses in Australia and New Zealand, a glossary, and an index. The author is an internationally bestselling authority in the field. First published in 1982, and in this revised edition in 1989 by Dorling Kindersley (UK). Released simultaneously in hardcover. |
Contents
Introduction | 6 |
PREGNANCY THE EARLY WEEKS | 25 |
THE EXPERIENCE OF BIRTH | 221 |
Copyright | |
1 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abdomen able amniocentesis amniotic fluid anaesthetic antenatal arms baby is born baby's head backache become birth canal blood pressure bloodstream body breast breathing breech buttocks Caesarean section cells cervix child childbirth chromosome comfortable contractions cope cord delivery develop dilatation doctor drip drugs effect emotional epidural episiotomy exercises experience fallopian tube feed feel fetal distress fetus forceps give birth hands happening home birth hormones hospital induction infection inside intravenous drip labour late pregnancy legs lying massage membranes midwife milk miscarriage monitor mother movements muscles newborn nipple normal obstetrician Obstetrics oxygen oxytocin pain partner pelvis perineum pethidine placenta position pre-eclampsia pregnancy pressing probably protein push relax release Rhesus risk second stage shoulders skin sometimes sperm spine stage of labour suck things tissues tummy twins ultrasound urine usually uterine uterus vagina vitamin weeks of pregnancy woman women