The Disabled Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth:
"Whether planning a first pregnancy, pregnant, or hoping to improve on the experience of a previous pregnancy, this book will empower disabled women, their partners and the professionals who support them. It should become standard reading for professionals, [we] certainly recommend it." -- Disability, Pregnancy & Parenthood international"An impressive guidebook for disabled moms... Judith Rogers interviewed 90 mothers with disorders ranging from arthritis to spina bifida. The results of these interviews, accompanied by extensive research, provide the foundation for this comprehensive, empowering, clearly written manual."--Mothering"An introduction to the 90 interviewees gives this work a personal touch and depth that readers will not find in other pregnancy guides. Only someone of Rogers's stature--a respected researcher at Through the Looking Glass, a national resource center for disabled parents--could have written this book. Essential for public, consumer health, women's health, and health sciences collections."--Library Journal Review"Rogers's wonderful new book addresses every question you may have...Though chock-full of practical advice, the real strength of this book is its emotional honesty... Rogers deserves special kudos for her recognition that women are under a lot of pressure to have children, and the challenges faced by disabled women are that much greater - but challenges that will be alleviated with this comprehensive guidebook." - Kirkus Reports"A wonderful, positive book for women with disabilities who are planning a pregnancy or are pregnant. It provides them with practical information and gives them a framework of issues to address with their healthcare team... This book clearly fills a niche as there is little information on this topic."--Doody's Reviews"This is a thorough and comprehensive text on this vital aspect of maternal health...It offers valid information on all of the body systems as well as pertinent issues that would concern a woman, such as...exercise, breast feeding, bladder and bowel management." -- National Spinal Cord Injury Association"...Not your ordinary clinical text or patient guide. Rogers weaves in the stories of 90 women with disabilities. She counteracts the prevalent societal chatter that scolds women with disabilities, insisting that motherhood must not be considered a life option... Disabled women talk about being treated in the medical system as 'a disability,' not as a woman. This book does much to change that tone, elegantly showing us how a textbook description of a medical condition does not give us a sense of the person she is, living with a condition that is unique to her."--Advance for Nurse Practitioners(Advance for Nurse Practitioners2010-05-03)