Dr. Ruth's Pregnancy Guide for Couples - Softcover

Westheimer, Dr. Ruth K. K.; Grunebaum, M.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 041591972X ISBN 13: 9780415919722

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This book offers helpful tips, case studies, and question and answer features about sexual activity, getting pregnant, being pregnant, delivering a baby, and keeping sex alive before, during, and after pregnancy. It focuses on maintaining a healthy relationship and sex life during pregnancy.

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About the Author

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, world-renowned psychosexual therapist, is the author of fifteen books, including Grandparenthood (Routledge 1998). She lives in New York City. Amos Grunebaum, M.D. is Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York and Assistant Professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Reviews

Coming from Dr. Ruth, this pregnancy advisor contains more about sex than many others, but with obstetrician-gynecologist Grunebaum as coauthor, it provides plenty of medical information, too. Accompanied by insertions of cases "From Our Files" and periodic "Ask Dr. Ruth" question-and-answer features, the main text proceeds through the stages of pregnancy from preparation to delivery and life after the birth. Sexual and medical information and advice are dispensed throughout, and clear line drawings illustrate the physiological stages of pregnancy as well as many recommended positions for sexual intercourse throughout pregnancy. It is odd that the "Dr. Ruth and Dr. Amos Position," said to "improve the odds of conception," appears in the second trimester chapter, but the position is also said to be more comfortable for both partners, so it fits. The emphasis on sex is rationalized in terms of keeping the prospective parents' relationship strong and loving, and it never seems that that is just a rationalization. Fine of its kind. Ray Olson

Westheimer, probably the best-known sex therapist in the world, joins forces with Grunebaum, a respected obstetrician-gynecologist, to present a positive, factual, and modern approach to intimacy and childbirth. Their book is a compendium of sound information for couples as they plan for and experience conception, pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. The doctors explore the physical and emotional developments of each trimester and offer tips on preserving a healthy lifestyleAemotionally and sexually as well as physicallyAduring pregnancy. Dr. Ruth's unique personality is evident, especially in discussions of "good sex" and in the "Ask Dr. Ruth" columns interspersed throughout the narrative. Examples of other issues are designing a birth plan, choosing the right hospital, and dealing with problem pregnancies. Noteworthy because it is written with both parents in mind, this paperback is recommended for individual purchase and consumer health collections.ALinda M.G. Katz, MCP Hahnemann Univ., Philadelphia
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041591972X
• ISBN 13: 9780415919722
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272