When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads: Proven Guidelines for a Healthy Multiple Pregnancy, 3rd Edition
The double whammy of successful infertility treatments and an  increase in  the number of women having children later in life has resulted in a  staggering--but perhaps not surprising--phenomenon: a tremendous  increase  in twin, triple, and quadruple births.When You¹re Expecting Twins,  Triplets, or Quadsis an outstanding, much-needed addition to the  pregnancy genre for women who face the alternating joy, terror, and  ambivalence associated with carrying, delivering, and coping with young  multiples.Subjects like nutrition, mom's changing body and emotions, fetal  development, potential complications, and labor and delivery take on  new  meaning when you add another baby or two to the standard equation. With  the  goal of minimizing risk factors associated with multiple births, Dr.  Barbara Luke and her team of writers cover each subject with a buoyant  determination to tell it all and tell it well--avoiding the typical  "how  to name and dress your twins" issues. Accompanying the detailed medical  perspective of Dr. Luke are personal experiences gathered from the  journals of a few articulate moms, making each subject as real as  it is educational. Simple illustrations, valuable charts (including one  to plot and monitor fetal growth in grams or pounds),  specific menu examples (like howcanyou consume 4,500 calories  if you're  expecting quads???), and lots of reassurance make this book a  winner.--Liane Thomas--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.