Contents

About the Author

Acknowledgments

1. Welcome to Your Pregnancy

2. First-Time or Repeat Pregnancy?

3. Your Career and Your Pregnancy

4. Your Health and Medical History

5. Pregnancy Encounters of the Usual Kind

6. How Your Body Changes during Pregnancy

7. How Your Baby Grows and Develops

8. Tests for You and Your Baby

9. More Than One Baby!

10. How Age Affects Your Pregnancy

11. Coping with Common Pregnancy Discomforts

12. Nutrition and Weight Management

13. Exercise during and after Pregnancy

14. Your Current Medical Condition and Medications

15. Pregnancy Can Affect Your Partner

16. Will You Be a Single Mother?

17. Pregnancy Problems and Warning Signs

18. Labor and Delivery

19. After Baby’s Birth

20. Back to Work?

21. Looking Ahead

Appendix A. Cord-Blood Banking

Appendix B. Feeding Your Baby

Appendix C. If Your Baby Is Premature

Glossary

Index