Expectant Parents

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The Joy of Pregnancy: The Complete, Candid, and Reassuring Companion for Parents-To-Be; By Tori Kropp; Paperback, $14.95; Hardcover, $26.95; 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.; Read More »

25 Things Every Nursing Mother Needs to Know: By Kathleen Huggins, Jan Ellen Brown; Hardcover, $12.95; In this handy and informative guide, Kathleen Huggins and Jan Ellen Brown offer wisdom, advice, and, most importantly, encouragement to new mothers and moms-to-be on breastfeeding. Their friendly tone demystifies common breastfeeding issues and concerns while highlighting the many health benefits of nursing for Mom and baby. With warm, full-color illustrations throughout, this book captures the intimate bond breastfeeding creates between mother and baby, making it a perfect shower or new-baby gift.; Read More »

After Miscarriage: Medical Facts and Emotional Support for Pregnancy Loss; By Krissi Danielsson; Paperback, $12.95; Hardcover, $21.95; In this supportive and comprehensive guide for women and their partners who have experienced one or more miscarriages, Danielsson provides expertly reviewed, carefully documented medical information, anecdotes and inspiring stories from couples who have had a baby after losing one, and a chapter just for dads. This invaluable resource will help couples cope and move forward after pregnancy loss.; Read More »

Father’s First Steps: 25 Things Every New Dad Should Know; By Dr. Robert Sears, Dr. James Sears; Hardcover, $12.95; In Father’s First Steps the Searses discuss 25 important aspects of new fatherhood in an encouraging and lighthearted tone. They offer guidance on issues including bonding with a new baby, supporting the mother in breastfeeding, dealing with nighttime feedings and lack of sleep, sex after baby, and much more. Featuring a stylish four-color design with inviting illustrations, this succinct but inspiring read makes a great gift for new or expectant fathers.; Read More »

Nine Months and a Day: A Pregnancy and Birth Companion; By Adrienne B. Lieberman, Dr. Linda Hughey Holt; Paperback, $10.95; This concise yet thorough guide to pregnancy and delivery is written by a doctor and a childbirth educator in a straightforward, practical, and informative style. It includes all the essential information a mother-to-be will want at her fingertips.; Read More »

The Expectant Parents’ Companion: Simplifying What to Do, Buy, or Borrow for an Easy Life with Baby; By Kathleen Huggins; Paperback, $11.95; Best-selling author Kathleen Huggins helps moms- and dads-to-be prioritize all of the practical things they need to do to prepare for baby’s arrival. In her trademark reassuring and helpful tone, Huggins offers advice on what to buy, what to borrow, what you don’t need, and what to do to create a safe and comfortable environment for baby. This is the only book expectant parents will need to navigate the dizzying array of products and choices available.; Read More »

The Preemie Parents’ Companion: The Essential Guide to Caring for Your Premature Baby in the Hospital, at Home, and Through the First Years; By Susan L. Madden; 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.; Read More »

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.; Read More »

Unbuttoned: Women Open Up About the Pleasures, Pains, and Politics of Breastfeeding; By Dana Sullivan, Maureen Connolly; Paperback, $$12.95; 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.; Read More »

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.; Read More »

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