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The
Everything Guide to Pregnancy Over 35
From Conquering Your Fears to Assessing Health Risks
- All you need to have a happy, healthy nine months.
With
more and more women waiting to start a family, it's encouraging to know
that you can have a healthy pregnancy over 35-and into your 40s-if you
make well-informed choices about your prenatal care.
Whether you're considering parenting for the first time or starting
over, The Everything Guide to Pregnancy over 35
covers the physical, emotional, and social implications of a 35+ pregnancy
to help ensure the healthiest and happiest nine months-and beyond. Packed
with expert advice, plus helpful tips from moms just like you, this
reassuring guide shows you how to:
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Improve
your chances of getting pregnant after 35-including fertility treatment
options
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Select
the best care options-whether with a doctor or midwife
Incorporate vitamins, proper nutrition, and exercise into your lifestyle
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Weigh
the benefits and risks of prenatal testing
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Understand
the changes happening to your body
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Prepare
for labor, delivery, and recovery
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Assess
financial and career considerations
Brette Sember is a pregnancy expert, and author of Your
Plus-Size Pregnancy and Your
Practical Pregnancy Planner. Sember is a contributing writer to
more than 150 parenting publications and a member of the American Society
of Journalists and Authors and the Association for Health Care Journalists.
She lives in Clarence, NY.
Technical Reviewers:
Bruce D. Rodgers, M.D., FACOG, is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist
and an Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics-Gynecology & Pediatrics
and the Director, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine/Director, Fetal
Cardiovascular Medicine at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences. He lives in Buffalo, NY.
Diane E. Rodgers, R.N.C. is an Instructor of Clinical Obstetrics and
Gynecology at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences and a certified nurse practitioner in women's health care.
She lives in Buffalo, NY.
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Coming
in 2010
Cookie:
A Cultural History
from Animal Crackers
to Zwieback
(University Press of Florida)
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