GETTING READY TO BE A MOTHER
PART I: PRECONCEPTION HEALTH: PREPARING FOR PREGNANCY CHAPTER 1-OVERVIEW OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CHAPTER 2-PRECONCEPTION AND PRENATAL CARE SECTION 2 1- WHAT IS PRECONCEPTION HEALTH? SECTION 2 2 UNDERSTANDING GENETIC COUNSELING AND EVALUATION IS IT RIGHT FOR YOU? SECTION 2 3-GENETIC TESTING CHAPTER 3-PROMOTE A HEALTHY PREGNANCY CHAPTER UNDERSTANDING FERTILITY SECTION 4 1-FERTILITY BASICS SECTION 4 2-AGE AND FERTILITY SECTION 4 3-FERTILITY PRESERVATION CHAPTER 5-TRYING TO CONCEIVE SECTION 5 1 STEPS TO CONCEIVE SECTION 5 2 USING OVULATION PREDICTOR KITS PREVENTING UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES SECTION 6 1- UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES SECTION 6 2-UNDERSTANDING BIRTH CONTROL AND CONTRACEPTION AFTER PILL) SECTION 6 3- MIFEPRISTONE (THE MORNING PART II: UNDERSTANDING PREGNANCY-RELATED CHANGES AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 7-ARE YOU PREGNANT? SECTION 7 1-SIGNS OF PREGNANCY SECTION 7 2-PREGNANCY TESTS CHAPTER 8-PHYSICAL CHANGES DURING PREGNANCY SECTION 8 1-COMMON PREGNANCY DISCOMFORTS SECTION 3 2- BACK PAIN DURING PREGNANCY SECTION 8 3-CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AND BLADDER CONTROL CHAPTER 9-PREGNANCY, PELVIC-FLOOR DISORDERS, SECTION 9 1-PREGNANCY AND PELVIC-FLOOR DISORDERS SECTION 9 2-PREGNANCY AND BLADDER CONTROL CHAPTER 10-PREGNANCY, BREASTFEEDING, AND BONE HEALTH 105 CHAPTER 11-VISION AND ORAL CHANGES 109 SECTION 11 1-PREGNANCY AND YOUR VISION 110 SECTION 11 2-PREGNANCY AND ORAL HEALTH 113 12-EMOTIONAL CONCERNS AND PREGNANCY 117 SECTION 12 1-DEPRESSION AND PREGNANCY 118 SECTION 12 2-POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION 119 CHAPTER 13-THE THREE TRIMESTERS OF PREGNANCY: YOU AND YOUR BABY 127 PART III: STAYING HEALTHY DURING PREGNANCY CHAPTER 14-CHOOSING A PRENATAL CARE PROVIDER 133 CHAPTER 15-PRENATAL MEDICAL TESTS AND CARE DURING PREGNANCY 139 CHAPTER 16-IMMUNIZATION FOR PREGNANT WOMEN 149 CHAPTER 17-TAKING MEDICINES DURING PREGNANCY 153 SECTION 17 1-IS IT SAFE TO USE MEDICINES DURING PREGNANCY? SECTION 17 2-ASPIRIN AND PREGNANCY CHAPTER 18-FOLIC ACID 167 CHAPTER 19-NUTRITION AND PREGNANCY 175 SECTION 19 1-WHAT TO EAT: A GUIDE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN SECTION 19 2-VEGETARIAN DIETS AND PREGNANCY SECTION 19 3-ANEMIA AND PREGNANCY SECTION 19 4 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW SHELLFISH ABOUT MERCURY IN FISH AND SECTION 19 5-CAFFEINE USE DURING CHAPTER 20-EXERCISE DURING PREGNANCY 197 CHAPTER 21-WEIGHT GAIN DURING PREGNANCY 203 SECTION 21 HOW MUCH WEIGHT SHOULD YOU GAIN? GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN WARNINGS RISK FACTORS FOR SLEEP APNEA DURING PREGNANCY 209 CHAPTER 23-SEX DURING PREGNANCY 211 CHAPTER 24-WORKING AND TRAVELING DURING PREGNANCY 215 216 SECTION 24 1-PREGNANCY AND YOUR JOB 217 SECTION 24 2-TRAVEL AND PREGNANCY SECTION 24 3 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL DURING PREGNANCY 219 CHAPTER 25-NICOTINE, ALCOHOL, AND SUBSTANCE USE DURING PREGNANCY 223 SECTION 25 1-SMOKING AND PREGNANCY 224 SECTION 25 2-ALCOHOL USE AND PREGNANCY 227 SECTION 25 3-FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS SECTION 25 4-SUBSTANCE USE DURING 229 234 CHAPTER 26-PRENATAL RADIATION EXPOSURES AND HOME MONITORING SECTION 26 1-X-RAYS, PREGNANCY, AND YOU 238 SECTION 26 2-ULTRASOUND IMAGING AND PREGNANCY 240 SECTION 26 3-PREGNANT WOMEN SHOULD AVOID FETAL KEEPSAKE IMAGES AND HEARTBEAT MONITORS 243 SECTION 26 4-HOME UTERINE MONITORS ARE NOT USEFUL FOR PREDICTING PREMATURE BIRTH 244 CHAPTER 27-COMMON SAFETY CONCERNS DURING PREGNANCY SECTION 27 HOT TUBS, HIGH TEMPERATURES, AND 247 PREGNANCY RISKS SECTION 248 27 2-COSMETICS AND PREGNANCY 250 PART IV: HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES CHAPTER 28-WHAT IS A HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY? CHAPTER 29-COMMON RISKY PREGNANCIES 261 SECTION 29 1-TEEN PREGNANCY SECTION 29 2-MULTIPLE PREGNANCY: TWINS, TRIPLETS, AND BEYOND 264 CHAPTER 30— ASTHMA AND PREGNANCY CHAPTER 31-CANCER AND PREGNANCY SECTION 31 1-BREAST CANCER AND 271 SECTION 31 GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIE 272 TUMORS 278 CHAPTER 32-FOR WOMEN WITH DIABETES: YOUR GUIDE TO PREGNANCY 289 CHAPTER 33-EPILEPSY AND PREGNANCY CHAPTER 34-LUPUS AND PREGNANCY 303 CHAPTER 35-SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND PREGNANCY 307 CHAPTER 36-THYROID DISEASE AND PREGNANCY 313 CHAPTER 37-EATING DISORDERS DURING PREGNANCY 323 CHAPTER 38-DO OBESITY AND OVERWEIGHT AFFECT PREGNANCY? 329 PART V: PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS CHAPTER 39-UNDERSTANDING PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS 333 SECTION 39 WHAT ARE SOME COMMON COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY? 334 SECTION 39 2-HOW HEALTH PROBLEMS BEFORE PREGNANCY COMPLICATE PREGNANCY 339 IS INFECTION A COMPLICATING FACTOR? 341 CHAPTER 40-AMNIOTIC FLUID ABNORMALITIES 347 CHAPTER 41-BLEEDING AND BLOOD CLOTS IN PREGNANCY 853 SECTION 41 BLEEDING DURING EARLY PREGNANCY 354 BLOOD CLOTS DURING PREGNANCY 356 CHAPTER 42-CHOLESTASIS OF PREGNANCY 359 CHAPTER 43-GESTATIONAL DIABETES CHAPTER 44-GESTATIONAL HYPERTENSION 367 CHAPTER 45-HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM (SEVERE NAUSEA AND VOMITING) 373 CHAPTER 46-PLACENTAL COMPLICATIONS 379 CHAPTER 47-RH INCOMPATIBILITY 385 CHAPTER 48-UMBILICAL CORD ABNORMALITIES 391 CHAPTER 49-SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES DURING PREGNANCY 397 SECTION 49 1-SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES CAN COMPLICATE PREGNANCY SECTION 49 2-SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE AND PREGNANCY FAQS CHAPTER 50-HEPATITIS B AND PREGNANCY 407 CHAPTER 51-MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 413 CHAPTER 52-GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS 417 CHAPTER 53-ZIKA VIRUS AND PREGNANCY 421 PREGNANCY LOSS: ECTOPIC PREGNANCY, MISCARRIAGE, AND STILLBIRTH 425 SECTION 54 1-ECTOPIC PREGNANCY SECTION 54 2-WHAT IS A MISEARRIAGE? SECTION 54 3-WHAT IS A STILLBIRTH? SECTION 54 4-STILLBIRTHS DUE TO PLACENTAL COMPLICATIONS 437 439 SECTION 54 5-COPING WITH PREGNANCY LOSS CHAPTER 55-PRETERM AND POSTTERM LABOR AND BIRTH 441 SECTION 55 1-WHAT IS PRETERM LABOR? SECTION 55 2-PRETERM LABOR PREDICTION AND PREVENTION 447 SECTION 55 3 PRETERM LABOR RICK REDUCTION METHODS THAT WORK AND DO NOT WORK 449 SECTION 55 4-OVERDUE/POSTDUE PREGNANCY 450 CHAPTER 56-BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SECTION 56 BIRTH DEFECTS THAT MAY BE DIAGNOSED DURING PREGNANCY 453 SECTION 56 2-DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 454 459 PART VI: LABOR AND DELIVERY CHAPTER 57-ALL ABOUT LABOR AND DELIVERY 465 SECTION 57 1-SIGNS OF TRUE LABOR 466 SECTION 57 2 WHAT IS FALSE LABOR AND BRAXTON HICKS CONTRACTIONS 468 CHAPTER 58-MATERNITY CARE PRACTICES 473 CHAPTER 59-BIRTH PARTNERS 475 SECTION 59 1 TIP CARD FOR EXPECTANT DADS 476 SECTION 59 2-DOULA SERVICES 477 CHAPTER 60-CORD BLOOD BANKING 479 CHAPTER 61-PAIN RELIEF DURING LABOR 485 CHAPTER 62-VAGINAL AND CESAREAN CHILDBIRTHS 489 SECTION 62 1-VAGINAL/NATURAL CHILDBIRTH 490 SECTION 62 2-CESAREAN SECTION 494 SECTION 62 VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN DELIVERY OR REPEAT CESAREAN SECTION 498 CHAPTER 63-PROBLEMS DURING CHILDBIRTH 501 CHAPTER 64 DISASTER SAFETY FOR EXPECTING AND NEW PARENTS 507 PART VII: POSTPARTUM AND NEWBORN CARE CHAPTER 65-RECOVERING FROM DELIVERY: PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL CONCERNS 513 CHAPTER 66-YOUR BABY'S FIRST HOURS AND NEWBORN SCREENING TESTS 517 CHAPTER 67-NEWBORN HEALTH CONCERNS 523 CHAPTER 68-INFANT FEEDING 531 SECTION 68 1-BREASTFEEDING SECTION 68 2-FORMULA FEEDING 536 CHAPTER 69-BONDING WITH YOUR BABY 541 CHAPTER 70-WORKING AFTER BIRTH: PARENTAL LEAVE CONSIDERATIONS 543 SECTION 70 1-KNOW YOUR PREGNANCY RIGHTS 544 SECTION 70 2-FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT 546 SECTION 70 3-BREASTFEEDING AND GOING BACK TO WORK 551