Title The disabled woman's guide to pregnancy and birth / Judith Rogers

Edition 2nd ed Published New York, N.Y. : Demos, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 528 pages) : illustrations Contents The Experiences of Ninety Women -- Emotional Concerns in Having Children -- The Interaction Between Pregnancy and Disability -- Parenting With a Disability -- Getting Your Health Care Needs Met -- Eating For Two: Nutrition in Pregnancy -- Getting in Shape: Exercises for Pregnancy -- Nine Months of Change: The First Trimester -- Nine Months of Change: The Second Trimester -- Nine Months of Change: The Third Trimester -- The Main Event: Labor and Delivery -- Another Way of Birth: Caesarean Delivery -- After Delivery: The Postpartum Period -- Pregnancy Tables for the Ninety Women -- Pregnancy Discomforts Tables -- Diet Plan and Suggested Food Lists Summary The Disabled Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth is a finalist for a 2005 ForeWord Book of the Year Award and a 2006 Ben Franklin Award!. This comprehensive and useful guide is based on the experiences of ninety women with disabilities who chose to have children. In order to bring an intimate focus and understanding to the issues involved in being pregnant and disabled, author Judith Rodgers conducted in-depth interviews with women with 22 different types of disabilities and with a total of 143 pregnancies. Thoroughly researched and informative, this book is a practical guide both for disabl Notes "First edition of this book was published in 1991 under the title, Mother-to-be : a guide to pregnancy and birth for women with disabilities, by Judith Rogers and Molleen Matsumura." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Pregnancy in women with disabilities -- Popular works Pregnancy -- Complications -- Popular works People with disabilities. Labor (Obstetrics) Pregnancy. Pregnancy -- Complications. Pregnancy in women with disabilities -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Pregnancy -- Complications -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Disabled Persons Labor, Obstetric Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications pregnancy. handicapped. physically handicapped. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbirth. Pregnancy People with disabilities Labor (Obstetrics) Pregnancy -- Complications Pregnancy in women with disabilities Genre/Form Electronic books handbooks. Handbooks and manuals Popular works Handbooks and manuals. Guides et manuels. Form Electronic book Author Matsumura, Molleen. Rogers, Judi. Mother-to-be. ISBN 1423784537 9781423784531 9781934559437 1934559431 1281974897 9781281974891 9786611974893 661197489X

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