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Getting ready to be a mother

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Getting ready to be a mother

Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom and James Clifton Edgar

236 pages~4 hr 42 min read32 chapters$4.99
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Nine months of questions get plain answers from a nurse who delivered the facts for a living. Carolyn Van Blarcom guides expectant mothers from the first signs that a baby is coming through the baby's development before birth, prenatal care and preparations for the day itself. Written by one of America's foremost obstetrical nurses. Calm, competent company for the waiting.

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32 chapters

  1. 1GETTING READY TO BE A MOTHER A Little Book of Information and Advice for the Young Woman Who is Looking Forward to Motherhood
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3INTRODUCTION
  4. 4CONTENTS
  5. 5LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  6. 6CHAPTER I GETTING READY TO BE A MOTHER
  7. 7CHAPTER II SIGNS THAT A BABY IS COMING
  8. 8CHAPTER III WHERE THE BABY’S LIFE BEGINS
  9. 9CHAPTER IV HOW THE BABY DEVELOPS BEFORE HE IS BORN
  10. 10CHAPTER V TAKING CARE OF THE BABY BEFORE HE COMES
  11. 11COMMON DISCOMFORTS DURING PREGNANCY
  12. 12HELPING TO PREVENT COMPLICATIONS
  13. 13CHAPTER VI MAKING READY FOR THE BABY
  14. 14CHAPTER VII THE BABY’S ARRIVAL
  15. 15THE MIRACLE[1]
  16. 16CHAPTER VIII THE BABY’S MOTHER
  17. 17CHAPTER IX THE MOTHER’S CARE OF HERSELF—FOR THE BABY’S SAKE
  18. 18CHAPTER X THE MOTHER’S CARE OF HER BABY

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