I expect a child Laurence Pernoud

I expect a child is the most comprehensive book on the

pregnancy and childbirth. Recommended by the medical profession, it has been proven: it is read and appreciated

all over the world. A warm and serious book that

gives confidence and allows to expect her child with

serenity. I expect a child is updated annually by Laurence Pernoud with a multidisciplinary team

moderated by Agnès Grison. Here is an excerpt from the summary, it will give you an overview of the contents of the book.

I am expecting a child. How to be sure. Pregnancy tests. Expect two. The couple in the family. If you are single. The daily life. Work, sleep, sex, cigarettes, alcohol, travel, sports.

Should we eat more? What does eat? Balanced menus. Foods to avoid. Beautiful waiting for a baby. The breasts. The belly and the silhouette. The face. The makeup. The mask of pregnancy. Stretch marks. Life before birth. Month by month by the text and the image, the history and development of your child. How the baby lives in you. How your body

becomes breast. Fertilization in vitro. I expect the twins. Whether true or false twins. Special supervision. The birth. The three questions you ask yourself. Girl or boy? Who will your child look like? Will your child be normal? Prenatal diagnosis. Science and consciousness. The common complaints. Nausea, pain, shortness of breath, varicose veins, constipation

mood changes, sleep disorders, etc. The medical surveillance of the pregnancy. Who will insure it? The doctor, the midwife? Medical examinations. The ultrasound. Pregnant after forty years. Medicines, vaccines, radios. Pregnancies at risk. And if a complication occurs. Miscarriage. Ectopic pregnancy, listeriosis, toxoplasmosis. And stress? If you were sick before: allergies, diabetes, herpes

high blood pressure, etc. When birth I? Scheduled date. Preterm delivery. Prolonged pregnancy.

Can we set the date of childbirth? How to choose maternity? Childbirth. How it begins. Is childbirth still painful? When leaving for maternity? The duration. Epidural anesthesia. Episiotomy. Caesarean section.

The presence of the father. The first cry. How to prepare her confinement. The classic preparation: exercises and relaxation. Other preparations: yoga, haptonomie, sophrology, swimming pool, etc. Your child was born. What does see? What is? Like that? The maternity stay.

First parents-baby relations. Breast or bottle? Diet and exercises to find the line. Sexual relations. What contraception after the birth? The baby blues. Memento practice. First name. The.