Childbirth and Parenting
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The Joy of Pregnancy
The Complete, Candid, and Reassuring Companion for Parents-To-Be
By Tori Kropp
Paperback , $14.95
In a lighthearted and encouraging tone that’s also informative, The Joy of Pregnancy helps mothers- and fathers-to-be concentrate on the miracle of pregnancy and birth. The month-by-month format provides the essential information that expectant parents crave: how the baby is developing, how the mother’s body is changing, how to prepare for birth and baby, and the pros and cons of various pregnancy-related choices and issues. With this book by their side, expectant parents will be prepared to take an active role in ensuring a healthy, happy, and truly joyful pregnancy.
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The Nursing Mother’s Companion Breastfeeding Diary
By Kathleen Huggins, Jan Ellen Brown
paper-over-boards with covered spiral binding , $12.95
With the publication of a revised 25th anniversary edition of The Nursing Mother’s Companion, Kathleen Huggins has teamed up with Jan Ellen Brown to present The Nursing Mother’s Companion Breastfeeding Diary, a log that helps nursing moms keep track of the time and frequency of feedings, naps, and diaper changes. The diary includes extra space for journaling, and it is small enough to fit easily into a diaper bag or pocket, making it perfect for on-the-go moms.
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The Nursing Mother’s Companion, 25th Anniversary Edition
Paperback , $14.95
Now in its sixth edition, this classic handbook is more comprehensive than ever, with “Survival Guides” for problem solving, a new chapter just about breast pumps and pumping, new growth charts specifically for breastfed babies, and an up-to-date appendix on the safety of various drugs during breastfeeding. The Nursing Mother’s Companion will tell you everything you need to know about nursing your baby.
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The Nursing Mother’s Guide to Weaning, Revised Edition
How to Bring Breastfeeding to a Gentle Close, and How to Decide When the Time is Right
By Kathleen Huggins, Linda Ziedrich
Paperback , $11.95
For women who are considering weaning and wondering when or how to go about it, or trying to wean and encountering problems, this fully updated guide explores the hygienic, nutritional, and emotional concerns that make weaning from the breast such an important and often difficult transition. Written by Kathleen Huggins, the best-selling author of The Nursing Mother’s Companion, and respected editor Linda Ziedrich, The Nursing Mother’s Guide to Weaning is an indispensable resource for bringing breastfeeding to a gentle close.
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The Preemie Parents’ Companion
The Essential Guide to Caring for Your Premature Baby in the Hospital, at Home, and Through the First Years
Paperback , $16.95
Parents facing the frightening reality of caring for a prematurely born baby will find this comprehensive, day-by-day, month-by-month guide to be a reassuring and confidence-boosting resource. It contains advice on how to cope with medical complications, work with the healthcare team in the NICU, hold preemies, and meet the baby’s special feeding and nutritional needs. Madden also helps parents confidently care for their preemie at home and guides them through the first developmentally crucial years.
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The VBAC Companion
The Expectant Mother's Guide to Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
By Diana Korte
Paperback , $17.95
The VBAC Companion lays out the pros and cons of VBAC—vaginal birth after cesarean—and repeat cesarean delivery, and gives the reader who has had a cesarean the information she needs to assure a safe, satisfying birth experience the second time around. Diana Korte addresses the fears common among women facing VBAC and explains how to negotiate the maze of doctors, midwives, hospitals, HMOs, and insurers who may help or hinder a woman’s plans. Amid her own warm, practical, expert advice, Korte quotes the real-life stories, full of tough decisions and hard-won successes, of dozens of women who have made the VBAC choice.
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Tough Questions
Talking Straight with Your Kids about the Real World
By Sheila Kitzinger, Celia Kitzinger
Paperback , $12.95
In Tough Questions the Kitzingers strive to “provide a stimulus for parents to explore what they think and believe, and how they behave with their children.” The book covers all the “biggies” – sex, birth, death, lying, food, war, religion, obedience, friends, and prejudice – and provides parents the encouragement they need to respond to their children honestly and with the courage of their convictions.
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Unbuttoned
Women Open Up About the Pleasures, Pains, and Politics of Breastfeeding
By Dana Sullivan, Maureen Connolly
Paperback , $14.00
In Unbuttoned, 25 talented women writers take on a subject—breastfeeding—that is as simple and primal as it is complex and controversial. By turns funny, angry, sad, and joyous, their essays hold appeal for the many who have been both challenged and awed by the nursing experience. New mothers and moms-to-be will certainly find themselves relating to these personal stories, while experienced mothers and grandmothers will enjoy reminiscing about their own nursing experiences.
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You and Your Newborn Baby
A Guide to the First Months After Birth
By Linda Todd
Paperback , $9.95
You and Your Newborn Baby is a practical and sensitive guide to the mother’s physical and emotional recovery after birth; to infant care, including feeding, bathing, and diapering; and to the baby’s early development. It offers advice on breastfeeding vs. bottlefeeding, on postpartum depression, on the special needs and roles of fathers, siblings, grandparents, and other loved ones, and on many other topics, all in a warm and encouraging style.