Your Pregnancy Week by Week

by Glade B. Curtis, Judith Schuler

Overview

The classic week-by-week guide to a happy, healthy pregnancy—celebrating over 30 years of expert advice!


Doctors recommend it and pregnant couples rely on it—and you and your partner will find it indispensable! For over thirty years, Dr. Glade B. Curtis and Judith Schuler have helped millions of parents-to-be navigate and prepare for the most exciting and challenging time of their lives—and now they'll help you.


With Your Pregnancy's signature week-by-week format, including illustrations of your baby, you'll easily and comfortably follow your baby's development as it grows during these exciting 40 weeks. Whether you're a first-time parent just learning to navigate pregnancy or an experienced pro, Your Pregnancy Week by Week is the perfect, comprehensive resource to guide you through your pregnancy. In this eighth edition, Dr. Curtis and Schuler address today's most pressing questions and concerns, including:

• Detailed descriptions and illustrations of baby's development
• Information on medical tests and procedures
• Tips on nutrition, your overall health and how it affects your growing baby
• Safe and easy weekly exercises to help you stay in shape

Covering a wide range of new topics such as elective delivery, electronic cigarettes, pregorexia, salt-therapy spas, belly bands before and after pregnancy, and men preparing for pregnancy, Your Pregnancy Week by Week makes sure you and your partner will have everything you need to know at your fingertips—for this pregnancy and for any to follow.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738218939
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	05/24/2016
Edition description:	Eighth Edition
Pages:	480
Sales rank:	84,618
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Glade B. Curtis, MD, MPH, is board certified by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the father of five. He lives in Utah. Judith Schuler, MS, the mother of one son, has co-authored seventeen books with Dr. Curtis in the last twenty-five years. She lives in Wyoming and Arizona.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Mid-Ohio Valley Parent, January 2012
“This has been a great resource for moms-to-be throughout the years and this latest edition is no exception!” 

InfoDad.com, 1/12/12
“This excellent book…certainly does make the process from pregnancy to birth (and for the first month or so afterwards) much easier to cope with and understand…The sensitivity and care with which Curtis and Schuler present all information—positive, negative or neutral—remain hallmarks of this fact-packed and thick oversize paperback…Reading it provides much of the assurance of a knowledgeable 24-hour-a-day companion who can take you through the many vicissitudes of pregnancy with a firm and knowing hand. Even women who have been pregnant before will benefit from the information here—and those in their first pregnancies will find the book invaluable.” Sacramento Book Review, February 2012
“Most women will find that this book contains everything they need for a healthy pregnancy.”

Bookviews blog, March 2012 “As comprehensive a body of information about pregnancy as you will find anywhere.”

Editorial Reviews

Pregnancy & Newborn, March 2016
“For a helpful timeline and overview, try Your Pregnancy Week by Week.”

From the Publisher

This book is a worthy addition in this subject area. Its format, information, and language are both highly accessible and current. As the title states, pregnancy is followed week by week. A chapter is devoted to each week, covering six basic areas: baby size; mother's size; baby's growth and development; changes in the mother; how the mother's behavior affects development; and things ``you should also know.'' A vast range of material is included, making this a bargain for the price. Similar to but more comprehensive (and up to date) than When You're Expecting by Arlene Eisenberg & others (Workman, 1984), this would be an excellent complement to the more recent The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Complete Guide to Pregnancy ( LJ 4/15/89).-- Kathleen L. Atwood, Pomfret Sch. Lib., Ct.

Library Journal

Robin Miles narrates this comprehensive guide with unfailing sensitivity to every idea and emotional nuance…The structure of the chapters works well for listening as the weeks go by during a pregnancy.”

AudioFile

Robin Miles narrates this comprehensive guide with unfailing sensitivity to every idea and emotional nuance. Her speaking style has a formal, academic quality that fits well with this type of medical resource. It's a tone that gently reminds listeners that this is authoritative information, not casual opinions. The popular sourcebook, in this sixth edition, is an encyclopedia of information about how to prepare for pregnancy, and what changes a woman can expect in herself and her baby each week of the pregnancy. The unfolding of these changes will vary slightly from woman to woman, and some issues covered will not apply to everyone. The structure of the chapters works well for listening as the weeks go by during a pregnancy. T.W. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

AUGUST 2009 - AudioFile