Pregnancy All-in-One For Dummies E-Book

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Your all-encompassing guide to having a happy, healthy pregnancy Are you an expectant parent looking for sound, expert guidance as you prepare to welcome a new addition to your family? Pregnancy All-in-One For Dummies has done the legwork for you, offering a one-stop compilation of the hottest topics and most relevant information culled from several successful For Dummies pregnancy titles. Covering everything from conception to the delivery room--and beyond--it gives moms and dads-to-be the reassuring answers they need during this very special time. Your pregnancy and childbirth experiences should be happy ones, but they're bound to be rife with questions--especially if you're a first-time parent, having a child later in life, or embarking on your first multiple birth. Luckily, this friendly guide is here to put your mind at ease, offering authoritative coverage of everything you can expect to encounter in the first, second, and third trimesters of pregnancy, as well as all the special considerations you may come across along the way, such as diet, exercise, labor and delivery options, breastfeeding, and so much more. * Make pregnancy and childbirth an enjoyable experience * Find out about nutrients that are critical to your baby's development * Get authoritative guidance on making a birth plan Why turn to dozens of pregnancy resources when all the helpful, down-to-earth guidance you're looking for is right here, in one convenient place?

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Table of Contents

Cover

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Book 1: Getting Started with Your Pregnancy Preparation

Chapter 1: Seeing Double (Lines): And So It Begins

Seeing Signs — of Pregnancy, That Is

Determining Whether You’re Pregnant

A Week-by-Week Overview of Pregnancy

Common Tests during Pregnancy

Chapter 2: Practitioners, Prenatal Visits, and Maintaining Good Health

Selecting the Right Practitioner for You

Planning Prenatal Visits

Keeping Your Medicines and Vaccinations in Check

Understanding the Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs on Your Baby

Chapter 3: Diet, Exercise, and Expectant Moms

Looking at Healthy Weight Gain

Taking Stock of What You’re Taking In

Determining Which Foods Are Safe

Considering Special Dietary Needs

Working Out for Two

Chapter 4: Oh, the Changes You’ll See: Physical, Emotional, and Embarrassing Unmentionables

Bracing for Emotional Changes

Prepping for Physical Changes

Looking at Lifestyle Changes

Working during Pregnancy: A Different Type of Labor

Chapter 5: Creating a Birth Plan

What’s a Birth Plan? And Why Would You Want One?

Your Birth-Plan Options: An Overview

Making Smart Choices When You’re Not a Doctor

Avoiding Potential Birth-Plan Pitfalls

Book 2: From Twinkle to Term: The Countdown to Labor and Beyond

Chapter 1: The First Trimester

Following the Numbers: How the Embryo Grows

Adapting to Your Body’s Changes

Going to Your First Prenatal Appointment

Detecting Genetic Abnormalities in the First Trimester: Your Options

Recognizing Causes for Concern

Chapter 2: The Second Trimester

Following Your Baby’s Development

Understanding Your Changing Body

Checking In: Prenatal Visits

Recognizing Causes for Concern

Chapter 3: The Third Trimester

Your Baby Gets Ready for Birth

Keeping Up with Your Changing Body

Hitting the Home Stretch: Prenatal Visits in the Third Trimester

Preparing for Labor

Getting Ready to Head to the Hospital

Recognizing Causes for Concern

Chapter 4: Honey, I Think I’m in Labor!

Knowing When Labor Is Real — and When It Isn’t

Getting Admitted to the Hospital

Monitoring Your Baby

Nudging Things Along: Labor Induction

Getting the Big Picture: Stages and Characteristics of Labor

Handling Labor Pain

Chapter 5: Special Delivery: Bringing Your Baby into the World

Having a Vaginal Delivery

Assisting Nature: Operative Vaginal Delivery

Having a Cesarean Delivery

Congratulations! You Did It!

Chapter 6: Hello, World! Meeting Your Newborn

Looking at Your Bundle of Joy

Knowing What to Expect in the Hospital

Checking In: Baby’s First Doctor Visit

For Partners: Home at Last — with the New Family

Chapter 7: Taking Care of Yourself after Delivery

Recuperating from Delivery

Recovering from a Cesarean Delivery

Going through More Postpartum Changes

Returning to “Normal” Life

Book 3: All about Nutrition While Pregnant

Chapter 1: Managing Your Eating Habits and Weight Gain

Discovering How to Eat

Gaining Weight Gradually

Thinking Ahead to Life Post-Delivery

Chapter 2: Nourishing Your Bump: Proper Nutrition during Pregnancy

Eating for Baby and You: Balancing Calories Eaten and Calories Burned

Figuring Out Where Your Calories Should Come From

Getting the Nutrients You Need

Discovering the Numerous Benefits of Fiber

Realizing Why Proper Hydration Matters

Living a Vegetarian Lifestyle While Pregnant

Sticking to Good Nutrition When Faced with Unique Circumstances

Chapter 3: Knowing What Foods to Avoid

Foods and Beverages That Aren’t Safe during Pregnancy

A Warning on Herbals

Focusing on Foodborne Illnesses

Tackling Food-Related Toxins

Being Selective with Sweeteners

Hitting the Seafood Counter

Book 4: Staying Fit While Pregnant

Chapter 1: Recognizing the Benefits of a Fit Pregnancy

What Does “Fit Pregnancy” Mean?

Coping with the Changes Your Body Is Experiencing

Preparing Your Body for Labor and Delivery

Passing the Benefits to Your Baby

Bouncing Back after Your Baby Is Born

Chapter 2: Designing a Safe Prenatal Fitness Program

Consulting Your Healthcare Provider

Developing an Exercise Plan

Monitoring Your Body

Modifying, Modifying, Modifying Your Routine

Knowing How Much May Be Too Much

Understanding Conditions That Make Exercise Off-Limits

Chapter 3: Knowing Which Activities Are Best (And Which to Avoid)

Discovering the Best Ways to Stay Fit While Pregnant

Considering Additional Activities, Depending on Your Background

Steering Clear of Certain Activities

Finding Activities Even When You’re on Bed Rest

Chapter 4: Getting Up and Moving

For the Novice Exerciser

For Fitness Buffs and Competitive Athletes

Chapter 5: Recovering from the Labor Marathon and Getting Up and at ’Em

Resting Up First

Caring for Baby without Stressing Your Body

Deciding When to Exercise and What Activities to Do

Returning to Your Pre-Pregnancy Weight and Strengthening Your Abs

Book 5: Feeding Your Baby: Breast, Bottle, or Both?

Chapter 1: Feeding Your Baby: A Primer for Breast and Bottle

Deciding between Breast and Bottle

Latching onto Breastfeeding

Bottle-Feeding for Beginners

Dealing with Baby’s Developing Digestive System

Chapter 2: Delving Deeper into Breastfeeding

Evaluating Your Postpartum Schedule — Realistically!

Arranging Your Space and Amassing Supplies

Stocking Your Wardrobe

Nursing for the First time: Breastfeeding at the Hospital

Chapter 3: Common Concerns and Challenges

Dealing with Engorgement

Knowing If You’re Nursing Enough

Soothing Nipple Issues

Developing Mastitis

Sharing Yeast Infections

Knowing When Crying Becomes Colic

Getting an Uncooperative Baby to Nurse

Focusing on Baby’s Weight

Book 6: Special Conditions

Chapter 1: Pregnancies with Special Considerations

Figuring Out How Age Matters

Having Twins or More

Getting Pregnant Again

If You’re a Nontraditional Family

Preparing Your Child (or Children) for a New Arrival

Chapter 2: When Things Get Complicated

Dealing with Preterm Labor

Handling Preeclampsia

Understanding Placental Conditions

Recognizing Problems with the Amniotic Fluid and Sac

Describing Problems with Fetal Growth

Looking at Blood Incompatibilities

Dealing with Breech Presentation

Pondering Post-Term Pregnancy

Chapter 3: Pregnancy from Sickness to Health

Getting an Infection While Pregnant

Handling Pre-Pregnancy Conditions

Chapter 4: Coping with the Unexpected

Surviving Recurrent Miscarriages

Coping with Late-Pregnancy Loss

Dealing with Fetal Abnormalities

Finding Help

Beginning to Heal

About the Authors

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Introduction

Prospective parents are truly curious about everything related to pregnancy, from when the baby’s heart is formed to whether eating sushi or dyeing your hair is okay. If this describes you, you’ve come to the right place. In one helpful reference guide, Pregnancy All-in-One For Dummies offers the answers to many of your pregnancy-related questions, from fetal development to workouts for moms-to-be to healthy weight gain and more.

About This Book

Pregnancy should be a joy, not a worry. Yet pregnant women are, by nature, already anxious about whether anything they do or eat may hurt the baby. The source of all this anxiety? Often it’s information on pregnancy — in print, online, or from the mouths of well-meaning but clueless friends and family — that is outdated, lacks scientific basis, or is exaggerated for shock effect. The result is that many pregnant women and their partners end up incredibly worried about something they’ve read or heard.

This comprehensive, scientifically correct guide presents the facts of pregnancy based on real scientific data, and it answers many commonly asked questions — all while encouraging the humor and light-heartedness that are part of the miraculous process of having a baby. A big part of the philosophy behind this book is to reassure pregnant women instead of adding to the unnecessary worries they already have.

Prospective parents also want to know about the medical aspects of pregnancy. When are fingers developed? Which blood tests should be done, and why? What options are available for detecting various problems? This book addresses these topics, too, creating what is essentially a medical text on obstetrics for the layperson.

This book provides a lot of factual information, but it isn’t gospel. Many of the topics discussed apply to pregnancy in general, but your particular situation may have unique aspects that warrant different or extra consideration, so use this book as a companion to regular medical care.

Sidebars (boxes of text) in this book give you a more in-depth look at a certain topic. Although they further illuminate a particular point, these sidebars aren’t crucial to understanding the rest of the book. Feel free to read them or skip them. You can pass over the text that accompanies the Technical Stuff icon as well. The text associated with this icon gives some interesting details about pregnancy, but if you don’t read it, you can still come away with the information you need.

Within this book, you may note that some web addresses break across two lines of text. If you’re reading this book in print and want to visit one of these web pages, simply key in the web address exactly as it’s noted in the text, pretending the line break doesn’t exist. If you’re reading this as an e-book, you’ve got it easy — just click the web address to be taken directly to the web page.

Foolish Assumptions

We made some assumptions about you and what you want out of a pregnancy book:

You may be a woman who is considering pregnancy, planning to have a baby, or already pregnant.

You may be the partner of the mother-to-be.

You may know and love someone who is or plans to become pregnant.

You want to find out more about pregnancy but have no interest in becoming an expert on the topic.

You want reliable information on a variety of topics related to pregnancy, from information on the development of the fetus to how to stay fit as your body changes, whether and how to breastfeed, and more.

If you fit any of these criteria, then Pregnancy All-in-One For Dummies gives you the information you’re looking for.

Icons Used in This Book

Like other For Dummies books, this one uses icons to guide you through the information.

This icon signals information that delves a little deeper than usual into a medical explanation.

This icon flags information that’s particularly worth keeping in mind.

This icon marks bits of advice about handling minor discomforts and other challenges you encounter during pregnancy.

This icon points out situations and actions that a pregnant woman clearly should avoid.

Beyond the Book

In addition to the material in the print or e-book you’re reading right now, this product comes with some access-anywhere goodies on the web. Check out the free Cheat Sheet for info on what to expect when you’re admitted to the hospital, how you can avoid some of the maladies that plague pregnant women (like heartburn), and strategies that can help you find time for fitness and motherhood. To get this Cheat Sheet, simply go to www.dummies.com  and search for “Pregnancy All-in-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet” in the Search box.

Where to Go from Here

If you’re the particularly thorough type, go ahead and read this book from cover to cover. If you just want to find specific information and then close the book, take a look at the table of contents or at the index. Dog-ear or bookmark the pages that are especially interesting or relevant to you. Add comments or write little notes in the margins. Have fun, and most of all, enjoy your pregnancy!

Book 1

Getting Started with Your Pregnancy Preparation

Contents at a Glance

Chapter 1: Seeing Double (Lines): And So It Begins

Seeing Signs — of Pregnancy, That Is

Determining Whether You’re Pregnant

A Week-by-Week Overview of Pregnancy

Common Tests during Pregnancy

Chapter 2: Practitioners, Prenatal Visits, and Maintaining Good Health

Selecting the Right Practitioner for You

Planning Prenatal Visits

Keeping Your Medicines and Vaccinations in Check

Understanding the Effects of Alcohol and Other Drugs on Your Baby

Chapter 3: Diet, Exercise, and Expectant Moms

Looking at Healthy Weight Gain

Taking Stock of What You’re Taking In

Determining Which Foods Are Safe

Considering Special Dietary Needs

Working Out for Two

Chapter 4: Oh, the Changes You’ll See: Physical, Emotional, and Embarrassing Unmentionables

Bracing for Emotional Changes

Prepping for Physical Changes

Looking at Lifestyle Changes

Working during Pregnancy: A Different Type of Labor

Chapter 5: Creating a Birth Plan

What’s a Birth Plan? And Why Would You Want One?

Your Birth-Plan Options: An Overview

Making Smart Choices When You’re Not a Doctor

Avoiding Potential Birth-Plan Pitfalls

Chapter 1

Seeing Double (Lines): And So It Begins

IN THIS CHAPTER

Knowing what symptoms to look for

Getting the answer to that all-important question: Are you pregnant?

Knowing what to expect as your pregnancy progresses

Scheduling doctor appointments and routine tests

So you think you may be pregnant! Or maybe you’re hoping to become pregnant soon. Either way, it’s important to know what to look for so that you can find out whether you’re pregnant as early as possible. This chapter takes a look at some of the most common signals that your body sends you in the first weeks of pregnancy and offers advice for confirming your pregnancy and getting it off to a great start.

Seeing Signs — of Pregnancy, That Is

So assume it has happened: A budding embryo has nestled itself into your womb’s soft lining. How and when do you find out that you’re pregnant? Quite often, the first sign is a missed period. But your body sends many other signals — sometimes even sooner than that first missed period — that typically become more noticeable with each passing week.

Honey, I’m late!

You may suspect that you’re pregnant if your period hasn’t arrived as expected. By the time you notice you’re late, a pregnancy test will probably yield a positive result (see the next section for more on pregnancy tests). Sometimes, though, you may experience one or two days of light bleeding, which is known as because the embryo is attaching itself to your uterus’s lining.