Synopsis
(Visit publisher at JT2Books.com for direct order and bulk order pricing!) This 5th Edition of 1000 Questions About Your Pregnancy is completely revised and updated for 2021! You're pregnant! You are excited but apprehensive and will have questions whether this is your first baby or your fourth. Some of your questions may be based on personal experience, some spurred by friends or what you have seen on social media, some you may be afraid to ask, and some are brand new as medical science continues to advance. In this comprehensive yet user friendly reference book, Dr. Jeffrey Thurston provides straightforward, reliable, and often humorous, answers to the more than 1000 most common questions facing the mother\-to\-be. If you have ever wondered: Can I safely have sex throughout pregnancy?(Questions 109\-114);should I have an epidural in labor? (Questions 560\-569);should I bank my baby's cord blood? (Questions 336\338); or even should I get the Covid-19 vaccine while pregnant? (Questions 399\857), you will find the answers here, referenced, reliable, and conveniently indexed. This is an essential must-have guide for every woman who is expecting, or trying to conceive. There is even a convenient week by week chart at the end, to help you know what to expect from conception to after delivery.
About the Author
Doctor Thurston is a Board Certified obstetrician and gynecologist in the private practice of medicine at THR Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas, with Walnut Hill Ob/Gyn Associates. He has been a Clinical Professor at UTSW Medical School and has been involved in the teaching of students, residents and fellows for three decades. Doctor Thurston is a cum laude graduate of Rice University and a magna cum laude graduate of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He is also the past President of the Beta Chapter of Texas, Alpha Omega Alpha honor Medical Society (AOA). His postgraduate training was at the University of California, San Francisco, where he served his internship and residency, and then served as the Administrative Chief Resident in 1985. Thus far, he has attended the delivery of more than 8,000 babies. Doctor Thurston lives in Dallas with his wife Pat and their labradoodle, Windsor! They have four grown children, and four grandchildren thus far. He is also the author of Death of Compassion (WRS Publ., Waco, TX, 1996) and Disrobe Completely (Brown Books, Plano, TX 2006), in which he discusses the detrimental effects of managed care on the doctor- patient relationship. Death of Compassion: Obamacare, Managed Care, and the Doctor Patient Relationship, is also available from Amazon Kindle in an updated 2013 e-book edition. Doctor Thurston also holds a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. His hobbies include reading, violin, shooting and he is a life long avid sailor. Dr. Thurston has earned his 50 ton Master’s rating from the U.S. Coast Guard and as such, has a Captain’s License from the Merchant Marine. He sails a Catalina 350 on Lake Texoma and is a member of the Texoma Sailing Club. He is also a member of Bucks Harbor Yacht Club in Brooksville, Maine, where he sails a 1970 Greenwich 24.
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