"The ultimate guide for expectant parents"--from jacket cover.

Includes index.

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE - PREGNANCY -- You're Planning to Start a Family -- Your Body During Pregnancy -- How Your Baby Develops: The Inside Story -- Selecting an Obstetrical Caregiver -- Prenatal Care: Your First Visit -- Prenatal Tests: Why They Are Used and How They Are Done -- Nutrition During Pregnancy -- Lifestyle During Pregnancy -- Pregnancy and Work -- The First Trimester: First 12 Weeks -- The Second Trimester: 13 to 27 Weeks -- The Third Trimester: 28 to 40 Weeks and Beyond -- Expecting Twins, Triplets or More -- Pregnancy and Ongoing Medical Conditions -- Stopping or Delaying Preterm Birth -- Illustrated guide to human development -- PART TWO - CHILDBIRTH -- Preparing for Childbirth -- Labor -- Birth -- Complications of Childbirth -- Cesarean Birth -- Your Baby's First Hours -- If Your Baby Arrives Early -- When a Baby Is Born With Problems -- Adoption: One Way to Build a Family -- Your Physical and Emtional health: The First Year After Childbirth -- PART THREE - LIVING WITH AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR BABY -- Your Newborn Baby -- The Basics of Baby Care -- Feeding Your Baby: Getting Started -- Your Baby's First Two Weeks -- Baby From Two Weeks to Two Months -- Baby From Two to Four Months -- Baby From Four to Six Months -- Baby From Six to Nine Months -- Baby From Nine to 12 Months -- Returning to Work -- Common Illnesses, Medical Problems and Emergencies -- PART FOUR - FROM PARTNERS TO PARENTS: A FAMILY IS BORN -- Motherhood -- Becoming a Father -- Couples and New Parenthood -- Grandpareting -- Sisters and Brothers -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Appendix -- Index.