Your Pregnancy Week By Week 5th Edition

About this book

A totally revised and expanded new edition of the best-selling doctor-authored pregnancy book--the only one organized week by week. Because of the rapid rate of change to both mother and baby doctors refer to a pregnancy in increments of weeks not months or even trimesters; expectant mothers look for changes and compare the details of their pregnancies based on the same weekly schedule. The best-selling Your Pregnancy Week by Week doles out focused information in this medically appropriate way making it the most mom-recommended pregnancy guide on the market. Now carefully brought up-to-date this expanded Fifth Edition will also be the most medically current and comprehensive pregnancy guide available. Always reliable and now re-designed to be even more accessible weekly chapters include illustrations descriptions of babys growth and developmental milestones information about a mothers average weight gain and what she might be feeling or becoming aware of and the medical testing that corresponds to the week in question. New features include: Information on cutting edge obstetric technologies-from 3D ultrasound to pre-natal genetic testing The very latest diet nutritional and fitness recommendations for expectant mothers A new chapter devoted to overdue (post-term) pregnancies An expanded 15-page glossary of pregnancy and childbirth terms A handy Due Date Prediction Calendar