Joanne Stone, Keith Eddleman, Mary Duenwald

Pregnancy For Dummies (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Now updated--our bestselling guide to a safe and healthypregnancy With robust sales and its own four-part cable TV series,Pregnancy For Dummies has been a perennial favorite, givingparents-to-be authoritative, friendly, up-to-date advice on everyaspect of pregnancy and childbirth. This new edition offers all ofthe latest information expecting parents want to know, includingexpanded coverage on the health and well-being of both mother andchild. It takes readers through the first, second, and thirdtrimesters, providing new and updated coverage of prenatal geneticscreening and diagnosis, amniocentesis, new high-tech ultrasounds,and the revised FDA/USDA food pyramid. It also discusses the recentcelebrity trend of "on-demand" cesarean sections, multiple births,what to expect in labor and delivery, postpartum care, choosingbottle or breastfeeding, preparing a home (and siblings) for a newbaby, caring for preemies, and the mother's mental as well asphysical health. "A thorough, accurate, and highly informative guide." --Los Angeles Times

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470401989
• Artikelnr.: 38209601

Autorenporträt

Joanne Stone, MD, is a full-time faculty member in theinternationally renowned Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at TheMount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. She is the director ofthe Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and also cares for patientswith problem pregnancies. She has lectured throughout the country,is widely published in medical journals, and has been interviewedfrequently for television and magazines on topics related topregnancy, with a special emphasis on the management of multi-fetalpregnancies. She was a co-star in the critically acclaimed seriesPregnancy For Dummies on the Discovery Health Channel. Awayfrom the hospital she loves to spend time with her husband, George,and her two wonderful girls, Chloe and Sabrina. Keith Eddleman, MD, works with Joanne at Mount Sinai. Heis a professor in the medical school and the Director of Obstetricsat the hospital. He teaches medical students, residents, andfellows; lectures throughout the world; and appears often ontelevision to discuss issues concerning the care of pregnant women.His areas of special expertise are ultrasound and reproductivegenetics. He was also a co-star on the critically acclaimed seriesPregnancy For Dummies on the Discovery Health Channel. Hisfree time, when he has any, is split between spending time with hisfamily at their apartment in Manhattan or at their country house inupstate New York. Mary Duenwald is a writer and editor who has specializedin medicine and science journalism for many years. She has writtenfor the New York Times, Discover, Smithsonian, andDepartures. She has been executive editor ofHarper's Bazaar, Women's Sports & Fitness,and The Sciences magazines and a senior editor forVogue. She is currently a contributing editor for GQ.She is also the mother of twins, Nick and Claire Murray.