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.