Filled with answers to more than 1,200 questions pregnant women ask most often. Get clear, straightforward, informative answers to your most private concerns, immediately.

Beautifully illustrated and easy to use. Questions and answers are arranged by subject and grouped logically within each chapter, written in a caring, easy-to-read style. Includes:

-Preparing for pregnancy—your health and medical concerns

-Medications you take and treatments you need
-Nutrition, exercise and weight management
-Fatigue, work and pregnancy More than one baby! Twins and triplets
-Changes in your developing baby
-Emotional and physical changes in you
-Sex during pregnancy—reassurance and advice
-Involving your partner in your pregnancy
-Sexually transmitted diseases
-Substance use and abuse—effects on you and your baby
-Special concerns of a single mother-to-be
-Childbirth classes
-Labor and delivery—what to pack, stages of labor, plus emergency guidelines
-After your baby's birth—making your home safe for baby, postpartum checkups, how to interview a pediatrician
-Nursing, bottle-feeding and caring for your new baby
-Detailed glossary explains the terms medical professionals use