Our bodies, ourselves : pregnancy and birth / the Boston Women's Health Book Collective. - 1st Touchstone trade pbk. ed. - New York : Touchstone Book/Simon & Schuster, c2008. - 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-337) and index.

Approaching birth with confidence -- Choosing your health care provider and birth setting -- Preparing for childbirth -- Your developing pregnancy and prenatal care -- Taking care of yourself -- Relationships, sex, and emotional support -- Prenatal testing -- Special concerns during pregnancy -- Childbearing loss -- Labor and birth -- Coping with pain -- Special concerns during labor and birth -- Cesarean births -- Your physical recovery and your newborn -- Feeding your baby -- Life as a new mother -- Advocating for better maternity care -- Advocating for mothers and families.

9780743274869 (pbk.) 0743274865 (pbk.)

2007049498


Pregnancy--Popular works.
Childbirth--Popular works.

RG 525 / .O97 2008