Your Pregnancy Companion: Month-by-Month Guide to All You Need to Know Before, During, and After [Paperback]

Janis Graham (Author)

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In this month-by-month account of pregnancy's progress, the author addresses pregnancy's impact on such key dimensions of a woman's life as her body, diet, workouts, feelings, and lifestyle, including worklife. Within this framework, she covers a diverse series of common concerns ranging from normal fetal development, prenatal tests, and RH factor to calf cramps, maternity leave, and premature labor. The result is a delight to read, as the material presented is remarkably well organized, thoroughly researched, and presented in a no-nonsense factual manner that never is condescending or oversimplified. Additional readings are suggested. Recommended for popular medical collections.
- Kathryn H. Car penter, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books (August 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671685570
• ISBN-13: 978-0671685577
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,524,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Circumcision Information, March 18, 2007

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R. G. Kazmar "huluhae" (illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Pregnancy Companion: Month-by-Month Guide to All You Need to Know Before, During, and After (Paperback)

As the mother of an intact son and the operator of a NOCIRC center I was displeased with the way circumcision is presented in this book. The author makes it sound like caring for the prepuce is difficult. First of all, no other body parts are removed from a person's body to make it easier for a third party to clean. My daughter's labia traps quite a bit of excrement but I wasn't offered the option of having them trimmed to make wiping her easier. Second, no one besides the boy himself should ever retract or clean under his foreskin. Parents and doctors have no business pushing back, or otherwise manipulating the foreskin. There is simply no reason to do so. In boys whose foreskins have not yet loosened from the glans premature retraction can cause pain, tears, and let in the very infections that cleaning is supposed to prevent. In boys who are able to retract their foreskins all the care they need is normal soaking in a tub. Even after the boy hits puberty all he needs to do is retract and rinse in the shower. In fact, using soap can harm the senistive foreskin and glans. Just like the eyes and vagina, the foreskin is self-cleaning. Get your intact care information from a different source.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Pregnancy Book, July 27, 2005

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P. Jessen (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Pregnancy Companion: Month-by-Month Guide to All You Need to Know Before, During, and After (Paperback)

The day I found out I was pregnant, I went shopping and found this book on a shelf with dozens of other pregnancy books. After flipping through several, this is the one I selected. Throughout that pregnancy and my next, friends and relatives gave me several other pregnancy books. I read them all, and they all had good information, but this book remains my favorite. I thought it was the perfect mix of accurate, informative medical facts and personal details from someone who knows what it's like to be pregnant. It was nice to read about the author's experiences here and there, as she'd give her own examples of things she went through.

It was a quick, interesting read and it answered all my questions. I've loaned my copy to many expectant friends!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book for your pregnancy, July 20, 2004

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T. P. Smith (Huntsville AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Pregnancy Companion: Month-by-Month Guide to All You Need to Know Before, During, and After (Paperback)

Because it is smaller it can't go into too much detail -- which is actully a good thing because too much information can be scary.

I loved the month to month format.

I've given this to friends and family as they begin their families and everyone has loved it.