When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads 4th Edition: Proven Guidelines for a Healthy Multiple Pregnancy

Barbara Luke

ISBN 10: 0062379488 / ISBN 13: 9780062379481

Published by William Morrow & Company, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads 4th Edition: Proven Guidelines for a Healthy Multiple Pregnancy
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062379488
• ISBN 13: 9780062379481
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This fourth edition of the book that introduced readers to the revolutionary, nutritionally based prenatal program for the growing number of women pregnant with multiples is now revised and expanded for an era when multiple births are on the rise and includes updated diet and exercise recommendations for the postpartum mother as well as twenty-five new recipes.

You're expecting more than one baby? Congratulations! Effective, encouraging, and up-to-date, When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads is essential for you and your babies.

 

Like all mothers-to-be, you're experiencing the full spectrum of human emotions: joy, fear, confusion, and excitement--maybe all at once. As a woman pregnant with more than one baby, you're feeling all these things . . . only more so! 

 

When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads outlines a practical, nutrition-based program to keep you and your babies healthy, and provides a comprehensive tour of what you can expect during your unique pregnancy and childbirth experience. Women who follow this program have significantly fewer complications during pregnancy--and their babies are born healthier, weighing 20 to 35 percent more than the average twin, triplet, or quad. Included is crucial information on: 

* Finding a qualified maternal/fetal medicine specialist

* Dietary recommendations, menus, and 75 recipes for maximizing birthweight
* Safe guidelines on exercise, physical activity, and work
* Reducing your risk for pregnancy complications

* Recognizing the signs of preterm labor and what to do about them

* How twin type (fraternal vs. identical) affects prenatal care
* What to expect during and after delivery
* Feeding and caring for your newborns . . . and yourself

About the Author

BARBARA LUKE, Sc.D., M.P.H., R.N., R.D., is Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology at Michigan State University. She has published numerous studies on multiple pregnancy. In 2005 she received the Agnes Higgins Award from the March of Dimes for distinguished lifetime achievement in maternal-fetal nutrition. Dr. Luke is the author of Every Pregnant Woman's Guide to Preventing Premature Birth, and coauthor of Program Your Baby's Health and Multifetal Pregnancy: A Handbook for Care of the Pregnant Patient. drbarbaraluke.com

TAMARA EBERLEIN, an award-winning journalist, has published hundreds of articles on health, parenting, and psychology. She is the author of Sleep: How to Teach Your Child to Sleep Like a Baby and Whining: Tactics for Taming Demanding Behavior. She is also the mother of twins.

ROGER B. NEWMAN, M.D., is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maas Endowed Chair for Reproductive Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). A past president of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and expert in high-risk obstetrics, Dr. Newman has directed the MUSC Prenatal Wellness Center Multiple Pregnancy Program since 1987. He is the author of numerous scientific paper and two medical mystery novels, Occam's Razor and Two Drifters.