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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Advice on parenting > Pregnancy, birth & baby care
Today's pregnancy books may no longer recommend martinis and
cigarettes to help pregnant women relax, but most offer moms to be
a ton of worthless information-like what kind of fruit your baby is
the size of at Week 16. Is there any practical value in knowing
that your child resembles produce? And where's the good stuff-the
useful details, like beware of the baby registry and all the crap
you will never use, or be prepared to get breast milk all over
everything you own? Hilarious, candid, and easy to read, Funny
Little Pregnant Things is full of helpful information about all the
stuff people don't tell you about pregnancy-the good, the bad, and
the ugly.
This is a collection of the best and newest names with their
meanings, that will help you to make a choice when selecting a name
for your baby. A must-have for all parents-to-be.
From hormones to stretch marks, labor pains to diaper changes,
motherhood is an adventure like none other. The rapid changes in
your body, your lifestyle, and your very identity call for a
certain mental and emotional agility. Mindfulness can help you meet
the challenge and approach every experience with your new baby with
open eyes and an open heart. Based on research conducted at
California Pacific Medical Center, and with a foreword by beloved
meditation teacher Sylvia Boorstein, Mindful Motherhood: Practical
Tools for Staying Sane During Pregnancy and Your Child's First Year
(New Harbinger/Noetic Books, May 2009, $16.95) by psychologist and
mom Cassandra Vieten, has been acclaimed by women's health experts,
mindfulness teachers, and psychologists alike. Mindful Motherhood
provides pregnant women and new moms with a brief, low-cost, easy
to implement set of tools to deal with stress, difficult moments,
depressed or anxious moods, and negative thought patterns during
pregnancy and early motherhood. Based on the principles of
mindfulness, this book also provides information, exercises, and
ideas to enhance the positive emotions that are part of the
experience of motherhood and improve the quality of mother-infant
interactions, bringing more attention and awareness to the deep joy
and satisfaction that motherhood can bring. Mindful Motherhood
provides pregnant women and early moms with: 1) accessible
information based on science and sound clinical theory, 2)
practical tools for practicing mindfulness in everyday life, 3)
stories and examples to inspire interest and clarify points, and 4)
experiential exercises that will help readers integrate the
information and experiences they have. Mindful Motherhood also
offers current insights into the positive psychology of motherhood
and mother-infant attachment, translating science and theory into
jargon-free language and immediately applicable tools. This book is
aimed specifically toward pregnant women and mothers with infants,
who would like to deal more effectively with stress and mood during
pregnancy and postpartum, who are interested in being the best
parent they can be, and who want to cultivate a deeper connection
to themselves and their children. The goal is to help women become
the kind of present, authentic, connected, emotionally competent,
psychologically-balanced, and loving mothers they want to be not to
mention enjoying the extraordinary experience of motherhood to its
fullest extent. Why it is Important A large body of evidence in
both animal and human studies indicates that stress and mood
disturbance experienced during pregnancy increases the risk for
preterm birth, low birth weight, and other pregnancy-related
complications, and may adversely affect the developing fetus.
Postnatal mood disturbance can interfere with attachment, healthy
parenting behaviors, and child development. While a wealth of
evidence supports all these facts, surprisingly little information
is available to women and clinicians for reducing stress and
improving mood in pregnancy and postpartum. Mindful Motherhood is
the only book oriented toward teaching research-based mindfulness
principles to reduce stress and improve mood in pregnant women and
new moms. It is an easy but informative read that gives new moms
the psychology, science and health facts behind how mindfulness can
enhance mother-infant attachment, and be used in childbirth.
When Helen Ledwick discovered she had a prolapse after the birth of
her second child, she was devastated, not just by the constant
discomfort but also by the pervasive shame she felt and the lack of
available information and support. When she learned that one in
three women have pelvic floor disorders, she was horrified...and
determined to do something about it. In this warm, factual and
anecdote-rich look at a taboo subject, Helen shares her story along
with those of many other women. From postpartum care to
incontinence, with expert advice on returning to sport, the impact
on sex and intimacy, and having another baby after pelvic floor
injury, Why Mums Don't Jump is a groundbreaking book that will have
readers laughing, crying and cringing as finally women come
together to break the stigma around pelvic floor issues.
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A charmingly illustrated gift for any new parent to record and cherish the milestones of baby's first year. With space to capture every exciting moment, including ultrasound pictures, arriving home, a family tree, first words and favourite playthings.
What can I eat when I'm pregnant? Here are 80 pregnancy-friendly
recipes, divided into trimesters, each trimester's recipes
specifically designed to reflect how taste and appetite change
throughout pregnancy. You'll also find all the advice you need to
be the healthiest you can be. There is information on which foods
are best avoided during pregnancy, which are good to enjoy in
moderation and which you can eat regularly for an all-round
balanced diet; there's also important advice on how to avoid
listeria, toxoplasmosis and salmonella by adopting precautions and
strategies that keep you and your baby safe. Also included is
helpful guidance on portion size, so you can be sure you and your
baby are getting all the nourishment you need, without gaining
additional weight throughout your pregnancy which is harder to shed
once your baby is born.
Giving nutritional advice to expectant mothers and answering
questions on nutrition are increasingly part of the day-to-day work
of gynecologists. This book provides information about specific
nutritional forms and covers all aspects of nutritional and
orthomolecular medicine.
As the Olympic athletes discovered this summer, the secret to
winning a gold medal is not just starting well, it's finishing
well. We usually start our Christian race with great enthusiasm,
but the challenge is to finish faithfully. How can we keep
motivated for service, maintain our commitment to mission,
persevere under pressure and grow in our spiritual lives? The theme
for the 2012 Keswick Convention was 'Going the Distance: Living in
the Light of the Future'. During the three weeks of convention we
looked at the Bible's promises of Christ's return and our future
glory, and considered how these Bible truths equip us for
discipleship and encourage us to keep running the Christian race
well. This yearbook includes a selection of talks given during the
2012 Convention: Bible teaching from Simon Manchester, Christopher
Ash, Mike Raiter, Chris Sinkinson, Dominic Smart, Calisto Odede and
Ian Coffey to help you run your race and keep 'Going the Distance'.
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