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Your pregnancy at a glance

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Your health in pregnancy


Smoking
Alcohol
Pills, medicines and other drugs
Physical activity
Infections
Animals
Inherited conditions
Work hazards
Coping at work

 

 

Chapter 2 - Conception

Conception
Hormones
Heredity
The best time to get pregnant
Twins
Finding out if you're pregnant
Knowing that you're pregnant

Chapter 3 - How the baby develops

 

 

 

Chapter 4 - Deciding where to have your baby

Chapter 5 - Feelings and relationships

 

 

Chapter 6 - Mainly for men

Your feelings about pregnancy
Supporting your partner
Becoming a father

Chapter 7 - Antenatal care and antenatal classes

Later visits
Tests to detect abnormalities in the baby
Making the most of antenatal care
Your antenatal notes
Who's who
Antenatal classes

 

 

Chapter 8 - The feeding question

Breastfeeding
Bottle feeding

Chapter 9 - Problems

Common minor problems
More serious problems

 

Chapter 10 - What you need for the baby


Chapter 11 - Labour and birth

Getting ready for the birth
How to recognise when labour starts
Pain relief in labour
When to go into hospital or GP or midwife unit
At the hospital
What happens in labour
Afterwards
Special cases
What your companion can do

 

 

Chapter 12 - When pregnancy goes wrong

Ectopic pregnancy
Miscarriage
Termination
Losing a baby

Chapter 13 - The first days with your new baby

You
Your baby

 

Chapter 14 - Babies who need special care

 

Chapter 15 The early weeks: you

 

 

Chapter 16 - The early weeks: your baby

 

Chaper 17 - Thinking about the next baby?

Fathers too
Getting and staying healthy
Hazards at work

 

Chapter 18 - Rights and benefits

 

Useful organisations    

 

 

 
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