Sandy Jones and Marcie Jones would like to dedicate this book to the moms and moms-to-be who have posted thousands of questions to us on HappyHealthyPregnancy.com. Thanks for keeping us on our toes and giving us the opportunity to learn so much every day.
We would like to thank our amazing and brilliant editors at Sterling Publishing— Barbara Berger and Jennifer Williams—and consultant Nasim Mawji, for their tremendous dedication and many contributions to our book. We’re also grateful to our agent, Faith Hamlin, for her strong work on our behalf. And thanks to Dr. Michael Crocetti for ensuring that the book is as up-to-date and complete as possible from the medical side.
Thanks also go to Natasha Ortiz-Fortier for her valuable insights into c-section recovery, to Jennifer Groneberg for her help in evaluating toys for each stage of baby development, and to Laura Nolan, our former editor at Barnes & Noble, who helped birth the Great Expectations book series.
We would also like to acknowledge the valuable contributions of Michael Fragnito of Sterling Publishing and Steve Riggio of Barnes & Noble, who have offered us immense encouragement and support in the realization of the Great Expectations book series.
In addition, we’d like to acknowledge the efforts of Karen Nelson, Edwin Kuo, Elizabeth Mihaltse, and Christine Kwasnik of Sterling’s art department, for their dedication in making our book such a beautiful reality, as well as artist Adam Raiti for his exquisite work throughout the book.
We are also grateful to the team of accomplished professionals at Sterling Publishing who have overseen the development of our book and who have taken on the responsibility of carrying it out into the world, including: Charles Nurnberg, Marcus Leaver, Jeremy Nurnberg, Jason Prince, Leigh Ann Ambrosi, Kate Rados, Sandra Ribicic, Marilyn Kretzer, Rena Kornbluh, Rebecca Maines, Mary Hern, Rick Willett, Chuck Bloodgood, Robin Garmise, Katharine Cacace; and Liz Harwell and Kim Corradini at Barnes & Noble.