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Introduction

THE JOURNEY TO PARENTHOOD1. Approaching Birth with Confidence
2. Choosing Your Health Care Provider and Birth Setting
3. Preparing for Childbirth

YOUR PREGNANCY

4. Your Developing Pregnancy and Prenatal Care
5. Taking Care of Yourself
6. Relationships, Sex, and Emotional Support
7. Prenatal Testing
8. Special Concerns During Pregnancy
9. Childbearing Loss

GIVING BIRTH

10. Labor and Birth
11. Coping with Pain
12. Special Concerns During Labor and Birth
13. Cesarean Births

BECOMING A MOTHER

14. Your Physical Recovery and Your Newborn
15. Feeding Your Baby
16. Life as a New Mother

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

17. Advocating for Better Maternity Care
18. Advocating for Mothers and Families

Resources
Authorship and Acknowledgments
About the Contributors
Disclosures
Index