The new pregnancy and childbirth
By: Sheila Kitzinger
Edition: New ed. / black-and-white photography by Marcia May.
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780140263534
Subjects: Pregnancy; Popular works; Childbirth
Notes: Previous ed. published as: Pregnancy and childbirth. London : Michael Joseph, 1989.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Pregnancy week by week; title: Pregnancy : The early weeks (Finding out you are pregnant ; Planning & preparation); title: Pregnancy : Physical and emotional changes (Life in the uterus ; Forty weeks of life ; Expecting twins ; Your baby's wellbeing ; Your physical wellbeing ; Emotional challenges in pregnancy ; Becoming a father ; Your changing relationship ; Pregnant again); title: Pregnancy : Anticipating the birth (In tune with your body for labour ; Windows into the unterus ; The last few weeks); title: The experience of birth (What happens in labour ; Different kinds of labour ; Giving support in labour ; Dealing with pain ; Towards the medical control of birth ; Gentle birth); title: You and your newborn (The first hours of life ; The baby who needs special care ; Losing a baby ; The first ten days ; The challenge of new parenthood).