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 |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Pregnancy in women with disabilities -- Popular works
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Pregnancy -- Complications -- Popular works
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People with disabilities.
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Labor (Obstetrics)
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Pregnancy.
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Pregnancy -- Complications.
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Pregnancy in women with disabilities -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Pregnancy -- Complications -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Disabled Persons
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Labor, Obstetric
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Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Complications
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pregnancy.
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handicapped.
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physically handicapped.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Pregnancy & Childbirth.
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Pregnancy
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People with disabilities
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Labor (Obstetrics)
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Pregnancy -- Complications
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Pregnancy in women with disabilities
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Popular works
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Matsumura, Molleen.
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Rogers, Judi.
Mother-to-be.
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ISBN |
1423784537 |
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9781423784531 |
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9781934559437 |
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1934559431 |
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1281974897 |
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9781281974891 |
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9786611974893 |
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661197489X |
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