Big, Beautiful, and Pregnant: Expert Advice and Comforting Wisdom for the Expecting Plus-Size Woman by Cornelia van der Ziel  (14)
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The first health guide for plus-size moms-to-be. For the pregnant woman, or the woman trying to conceive, weight problems provide a special set of challenges. This is certainly not the time for strict dieting and strenuous exercise...yet sensible weight management is an essential part of mother's and baby's health. In this book women can find the facts they need on:
€ How weight affects fertility
€ Gaining enough weight for a healthy baby while avoiding the risk of excess pounds
€ Gestational diabetes, pregnancy-induced hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia
€ Avoiding premature delivery, caesarean section, and other complications
€ The dos and don'ts of exercise
€ Nutrition: managing your weight while you wait
€ Emotional issues
€ Breastfeeding and postpartum health maintenance
About the Author
Paula Bernstein, Ph.D., M.D., is an obstetrician and gynecologist in private practice. She is an attending physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and an assistant clinical professor at UCLA Medical Center.
Marlene Clark, R.D., is a registered dietician, has been at Cedars-Sinai for over 25 years, and specializes in eating disorders and weight management. Netty Levine, M.S., R.D., has been a registered dietician at Cedars-Sinai for almost 25 years, counseling pregnant women with weight problems, and is also a lactation educator.
The first health guide for plus-size moms-to-be. For the pregnant woman, or the woman trying to conceive, weight problems provide a special set of challenges. This is certainly not the time for strict dieting and strenuous exercise...yet sensible weight management is an essential part of mother's and baby's health. In this book women can find the facts they need on:
€ How weight affects fertility
€ Gaining enough weight for a healthy baby while avoiding the risk of excess pounds
€ Gestational diabetes, pregnancy-induced hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia
€ Avoiding premature delivery, caesarean section, and other complications
€ The dos and don'ts of exercise
€ Nutrition: managing your weight while you wait
€ Emotional issues
€ Breastfeeding and postpartum health maintenance
About the Author
Paula Bernstein, Ph.D., M.D., is an obstetrician and gynecologist in private practice. She is an attending physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and an assistant clinical professor at UCLA Medical Center.
Marlene Clark, R.D., is a registered dietician, has been at Cedars-Sinai for over 25 years, and specializes in eating disorders and weight management. Netty Levine, M.S., R.D., has been a registered dietician at Cedars-Sinai for almost 25 years, counseling pregnant women with weight problems, and is also a lactation educator.
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Health professionals have long known that overweight is a contributing factor to many different diseases and medical complications. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
whole pita, chopped roasted almonds, food blocks, small tangerines, light mayo, maternal obesity, obese women, obese mothers, pregnancy weight gain, prepregnancy weight, overweight women, severe preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, shoulder dystocia Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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