Child care for the very young

ISBN: 1 59486 411 X

Guiding you through your pregnancy week by week with its practical, balanced and easy-to-read format, EXPECTING provides all the information you really need to make informed choices at every stage, so that your pregnancy is as enjoyable and exciting as you always wanted it to be.

Drawing on evidence-based medicine, EXPECTING answers your questions with facts--not opinions--clearly, concisely and comprehensively. With all the latest research evidence on what's true and what's not, what works and what doesn't, EXPECTING will help you choose the best foods for each stage of pregnancy; work out what's safe and what to avoid; find out about sex in early, middle and late pregnancy; cope with the physical and emotional highs and lows; plan ahead to get the birth you want; include your partner in pregnancy and at the birth; decide what your baby needs before it arrives; and put your mind at rest with a comprehensive reference section and glossary.

Writing with sympathy and clarity on infertility McGrail addresses the issues of both successful and unsuccessful treatment, and lists alternatives to IVF for the childless couple.

When Albert Einstein was a young man, his wife-to-be gave birth to a daughter, Lieserl, whom they gave up for adoption. Anna McGrail imagines this life for Lieserl, whose sole desire is to beat her father at his own game - to teach him that his actions have consequences that cannot be denied.