Pregnancy and parenting after thirty-five : mid life, new life / Michele C. Moore, Caroline M. de Costa.

"Pregnancy and Parenting after Thirty-Five covers a broad range of issues for mothers in mid life, from the possibility of Cesarean section to the awkwardness of being the oldest mom at PTA meetings to the joy of holding your infant in your arms." "Incorporating the stories of real wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Moore, Michele
Other Authors:	De Costa, Caroline, 1947-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Series:	Johns Hopkins Press health book.
Subjects:	Pregnancy in middle age. Childbirth in middle age. Middle-aged mothers. HEALTH & FITNESS > Pregnancy & Childbirth. Childbirth in middle age Middle-aged mothers Pregnancy in middle age
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Considering Pregnancy
Thinking about pregnancy
Your partner's involvement
Getting Pregnant
Natural conception
Assistance with conception
Assisted reproductive technology Chapter
Medical conditions that may affect pregnancy
Pregnancy following cancer and pre-cancer
Other Roads to Motherhood
Being pregnant
Will my baby be normal? Screening and testing for Down syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities
Will my baby be normal? Ultrasound and other tests. The prenatal panel of tests
Miscarriage
Termination of pregnancy
The course of pregnancy-lifestyle during pregnancy
The course of pregnancy-minor maladies of pregnancy
The course of pregnancy-pregnancy month-by-month
Tests of fetal well-being
Problems arising during pregnancy
Twin pregnancy
Birth
The process of birth
The experience of birth
Pain relief in labor
Problems that may arise during labor
Operative vaginal delivery
Cesarean section
Other roads to motherhood
After the Birth
Going home with your baby
Breastfeeding
Being the older parent.

Pregnancy and parenting after thirty-five : mid life, new life / Michele C. Moore, Caroline M. de Costa.

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