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Count down your pregnancy day by day with advice from a team of experts and amazing images for every stage of your baby´s development.

Fully updated to reflect changes in medical practice, including advice on non-invasive prenatal testing and ways to adapt special diets during pregnancy, The Day-by-day Pregnancy Book provides a comprehensive look at every week of pregnancy. From early foetal development to how your hormones prepare you for birth, Q&As with experts and mums will help put your mind at ease. The Day-by-day Pregnancy Book also breaks down the 12 hours post delivery with an hour-by-hour account and the day-by-day format continues for the first two weeks of life with a newborn baby.

The Day-by-day Pregnancy Book will be your pregnancy bible - every day.

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1: Introduction
2: A healthy pregnancy 1: Your pregnancy diet
2: Exercising safely
3: Sex and relationships
4: Illnesses and medications
5: Lifestyle hazards
6: Skin, hair, and teeth
7: Travelling in pregnancy

3: Pregnancy day by day 1: Welcome to your first trimester
1: Your 1st week
2: Your 2nd week
3: Conception
4: Your 3rd week
5: Genes and inheritance
6: Your 4th week
7: Your 5th week
8: Your 6th week
9: A changing world
10: Your 7th week
11: Strengthening and toning exercises
12: Miscarriage
13: Your 8th week
14: Antenatal care options
15: Your 9th week
16: Your baby´s life support system
17: Your 10th week
18: Your booking-in visit
19: Your 11th week
20: Your 12th week
21: Ultrasound dating scan
22: Tests for chromosomal abnormalities
2: Welcome to your second trimester
1: Your 13th week
2: Diagnostic tests
3: Your 14th week
4: Your 15th week
5: Your 16th week
6: Your 17th week
7: Your 18th week
8: A safe workout
9: Your 19th week
10: Your 20th week
11: Your 20-week scan
12: Your 21st week
13: Your 22nd week
14: Your 23rd week
15: Your 24th week
16: Abdominal exercises
17: Your 25th week
3: Welcome to your third trimester
1: Your 26th week
2: Your 27th week
3: Your 28th week
4: Assessing fetal growth and wellbeing
5: Your 29th week6: Your 30th week
7: Planning for your birth
8: Your 31st week
9: Twins
10: Your 32nd week
11: Your 33rd week
12: Your 34th week
13: Your 35th week
14: Your rights and benefits
15: Your 36th week
16: Your 37th week
17: Your 38th week
18: Your 39th week
19: Your 40th week
20: Overdue baby

4: Labour and birth 1: Pain relief options
2: Coping with pain
3: Natural pain relief
4: Drugs for pain relief
5: 1st stage of labour
6: Approaching labour
7: How labour progresses
8: Monitoring during labour
9: Positions for 1st stage of labour
10: 2nd and 3rd stages
11: Delivering your baby
12: After your baby is born
13: Special cases
14: Premature birth
15: Induction of labour
16: Breech baby
17: Multiple births
18: Assisted birth
19: Caesarean section

5: Life with your new baby 1: The first 12 hours
2: Day 1 Going home
3: Day 2 Settling in
4: Day 3 Everyday care
5: Day 4 First outing
6: Feeding your baby
7: Day 5 Baby blues
8: Day 6 Finding your way
9: Special care babies
10: Day 7 Tuning in
11: Day 8 Healthy living
12: Day 9 Focus on you
13: Day 10 Baby time
14: Day 11 Taking stock
15: Day 12 Looking back
16: Day 13 Feeling close
17: Day 14 New beginnings
18: Your six-week check

6: Concerns and complications 1: Common concerns in pregnancy
2: General symptoms
3: Skin changes
4: Breast problems
5: Digestive problems
6: Heart and circulation problems
7: Aches and pains
8: Urinary and vaginal problems
9: Complications of pregnancy and labour
10: Pregnancy complications
11: Labour complications
12: Concerns after the birth
13: Maternal problems
14: Congenital problems in babies
15: Problems in babies after birth

7: Glossary
8: Resources
9: Index
10: Acknowledgments

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The Day-by-Day Pregnancy Book gives you an in-depth daily account of what you can expect throughout your pregnancy. Mother & Baby

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