Pregnancy For Dummies®, 2nd Edition -- Contents at a Glance -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Conventions Used in This Book -- What You're Not to Read -- Foolish Assumptions -- How This Book Is Organised -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part I: The Game Plan -- Chapter 1: From Here to Maternity -- Getting Ready to Get Pregnant: The Preconception Visit -- Answering Commonly Asked Questions -- Introducing Sperm to Egg: Timing Is Everything -- Chapter 2: I Think I'm Pregnant! -- Recognising the Signs of Pregnancy -- Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3 -- Antenatal and Labour Care - What's Available? -- Who's Who? The Varying Roles of Health Care Professionals -- Chapter 3: Preparing for Life during Pregnancy -- Working Out Your Due Date -- Planning Antenatal Visits -- Preparing for Physical Changes -- Understanding the Effects of Medications, Alcohol and Drugs on Your Baby -- Looking at Lifestyle Changes -- Working during Pregnancy: A Different Type of Labour -- Chapter 4: Checking Out Your Rights and Welfare Benefits -- Your Rights When You're Having a Baby -- Financial Benefits during Pregnancy -- Entitlements as a New Parent -- Chapter 5: Diet and Exercise for the Expectant Mother -- Looking at Healthy Weight Gain -- Taking Stock of What You're Taking In -- Determining Which Foods Are Safe -- Considering Special Dietary Needs -- Working Out for Two -- Part II: Pregnancy: A Drama in Three Acts -- Chapter 6: The First Trimester -- A New Life Takes Shape -- Adapting to Pregnancy: Body Changes in the First Trimester -- Booking Baby In: Your First Antenatal Appointments -- Recognising Causes for Concern -- Chapter 7: The Second Trimester -- Discovering How Your Baby Is Developing -- Understanding Your Changing Body -- Checking In: Antenatal Visits -- Recognising Causes for Concern -- Chapter 8: The Third Trimester.

Your Baby Gets Ready for Birth -- Keeping Up with Your Changing Body -- Thinking about Labour -- Hitting the Home Stretch: Antenatal Visits in the Third Trimester -- Preparation for Parenthood Classes -- Recognising Causes for Concern -- Getting Ready to Head to the Hospital -- Chapter 9: Understanding Antenatal Testing -- Non-Invasive (Screening) Tests -- Invasive Tests for Foetal Abnormalities -- Other Antenatal Tests and Procedures -- Part III: The Big Event: Labour, Delivery and Recovery -- Chapter 10: I Think I'm in Labour! -- Knowing When Labour Is Real - and When It Isn't -- Getting Admitted to the Hospital -- Monitoring Your Baby -- Nudging Things Along: Labour Induction -- Getting the Big Picture: Stages and Characteristics of Labour -- Handling Labour Pain -- Considering Alternative Birthing Methods -- Chapter 11: Special Delivery: Bringing Your Baby into the World -- Having a Vaginal Delivery -- Assisting Nature: Operative Vaginal Delivery -- Having a Caesarean Delivery -- Congratulations! You Did It! -- Chapter 12: Hello, World! Your Newborn -- Looking at Your Bundle of Joy - Goo, Blotches and All -- Knowing What to Expect in the Hospital -- Checking In: Baby's First Doctor's Visit -- Bringing Baby Home -- Settling Baby in at Home -- Registering Your Baby's Birth -- Recognising Causes for Concern -- Chapter 13: Taking Care of Yourself after Delivery -- Recuperating from Delivery -- Recovering from a Caesarean Delivery -- The Party's Not Over: More Postnatal Changes -- Returning to 'Normal' Life -- Chapter 14: Feeding Your Baby -- Deciding between Breast and Bottle -- Latching onto Breast-feeding -- Bottle-feeding for Beginners -- Dealing with Baby's Developing Digestive System -- Part IV: Special Concerns -- Chapter 15: Pregnancies with Special Considerations -- Figuring Out How Age Matters -- Having Twins or More.

Getting Pregnant Again -- Preparing Your Child (or Children) for a New Arrival -- Chapter 16: When Things Get Complicated -- Dealing with Preterm Labour -- Handling Pre-eclampsia -- Understanding Placental Conditions -- Recognising Problems with the Amniotic Fluid and Sac -- Describing Problems with Foetal Growth -- Looking at Blood Incompatibilities -- Dealing with Breech Presentation -- Pondering Post-Date Pregnancy -- Chapter 17: Pregnancy in Sickness and in Health -- Getting an Infection during Pregnancy -- Handling Pre-Pregnancy Conditions -- Chapter 18: Coping with the Unexpected -- Surviving Recurrent Miscarriages -- Coping with Late-Pregnancy Loss -- Dealing with Foetal Abnormalities -- Finding Help -- Beginning to Heal -- Part V: The Part of Tens -- Chapter 19: Ten Things Nobody Tells You -- Pregnancy Lasts Longer than Nine Months -- Other People Can Drive You Crazy -- You Feel Exhausted in the First Trimester -- Round Ligament Pain Really Hurts -- Your Belly Becomes a Hand Magnet -- Piles Are a Royal Pain in the . . . -- Sometimes Women Poo While Pushing -- The Weight Stays On after the Baby Comes Out -- Hospital Towels are Relics from Your Mother's Era -- Breast Engorgement Really Sucks -- Chapter 20: Ten (Or So) Old Wives' Tales -- The Old Heartburn Myth -- The Mysterious Umbilical Cord Movement Myth -- The Curse Myth -- The Heart Rate Myth -- The Ugly Stick Myth -- The Coffee Myth -- The Myth of International Cuisine -- The Great Sex Myth -- The Round Face Myth -- The Ring Myth -- The Moon Maid Myth -- The Belly Shape Myth -- The Ultrasound Tells All Myth -- Chapter 21: Ten Landmarks in Foetal Development -- The Baby Is Conceived -- The Embryo Implants Itself -- The Heart Begins Beating -- The Neural Tube Closes -- The Face Develops -- The Embryonic Period Ends -- The Sexual Organs Appear -- Quickening Occurs -- The Lungs Reach Maturity.

A Baby Is Born -- Chapter 22: Ten Key Things You Can See on Ultrasound -- Measurement of Crown-Rump Length -- The Face -- The Spine -- The Heart -- The Hands -- The Foot -- The Foetal Profile -- The Stomach -- It's a Boy! -- It's a Girl! -- Appendix: The Pregnant Man: Having a Baby from a Dad's Perspective -- Reacting to the News -- Knowing What to Expect from the First Trimester -- Watching Mum Grow - the Second Trimester -- Under Starter's Orders - the Third Trimester -- Dad in the Delivery Room -- Home at Last - with Your New Family -- Index.