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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In pre-modern times, before the advent of general anesthesia and operative delivery, the fate of a woman in childbirth depended entirely on her ability in labor to move the baby through the birth canal. When the passenger was larger than the passageway, the labor became obstructed and both mother and baby died. This was the plight of women through all of human history. But in the late-16th century, in Southampton England an immigrant family who had fled religious persecution in France constructed an instrument to overcome this lethal problem. With this device, they and their successors saved many lives, and inaugurated a new era in medicine. Nevertheless, they resolved to keep their invention a family secret for five generations, and thus deprived millions of women of its benefits, all while serving as physicians to the Royal family of England. This book tells the Chamberlens' story, and ultimately, relates it to current practices in childbirth.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This comprehensive, authoritative book gives you information about pregnancy, birth, the postpartum period and how to care for the newborn baby. This edition had been revised and expanded.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Sally G. McMillen has written an enthralling historical account of the childbearing and -rearing responsibilities that consumed, often literally, the lives of women in the Old South. She explores the social, political, and medical influences of the time--which led women to assume fervently the full responsibility for their sacred occupation,--and examines how a woman's maternal role ensured her value within the family and the greater society. Along with intimate details that authenticate her study. McMillen provides telling statistics on the number of women who died in childbirth, the rate of infant mortality, and the incidence of other causes of death to mothers and their children during the first half of the nineteenth century.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Presents research-based exploration of the safe, effective and appropriate administration of essential oils in pregnancy, labour and the puerperium.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. THE RUNAWAY NATIONAL BESTSELLER Revealing the naked truth about the tremendous joys, the excruciating pains, and the inevitable disfigurement that go along with pregnancy, Jenny McCarthy tells you what you can really expect when you're expecting! From morning sickness and hormonal rage, to hemorrhoids, granny panties, pregnant sex, and the torture and sweet relief that is delivery, Belly Laughs is must-read comic relief for anyone who is pregnant, has ever been pregnant, is trying to get pregnant, or, indeed, has ever been born.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. THE RUNAWAY NATIONAL BESTSELLER Revealing the naked truth about the tremendous joys, the excruciating pains, and the inevitable disfigurement that go along with pregnancy, Jenny McCarthy tells you what you can really expect when you're expecting! From morning sickness and hormonal rage, to hemorrhoids, granny panties, pregnant sex, and the torture and sweet relief that is delivery, Belly Laughs is must-read comic relief for anyone who is pregnant, has ever been pregnant, is trying to get pregnant, or, indeed, has ever been born.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. After a decade manically scaling a Madison Avenue career ladder, Kate Grant jumped off in search of work that spoke to her heart. On a visit to the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, in the Ethiopian capital, she finds her way. Bed after bed contains young women suffering from obstetric fistula, a childbirth injury that when untreated left women incontinent and too often relegated to life as modern-day lepers. The only cure: surgery. In NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND, Grant chronicles her journey, growing Fistula Foundation from a small start-up to global leader in fistula treatment, becoming 'The Smile Train of Vaginas,' helping more than 100,000 women in 30 countries get the priceless gift of health. Inspired by doctors like DR Congo's Dr. Denis Mukwege, Grant focuses on empowering African and Asian doctors, gaining vital support from an empathetic army of donors in nearly 70 countries. NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND is a call to action. Grant invites readers to join a growing global community committed to enabling some of the world's most vulnerable women to control their bodies and their destinies. 100% of the net proceeds from NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND will go to Fistula Foundation's Love-a-Sister program to fund free surgeries for women with childbirth injuries.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. After a decade manically scaling a Madison Avenue career ladder, Kate Grant jumped off in search of work that spoke to her heart. On a visit to the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, in the Ethiopian capital, she finds her way. Bed after bed contains young women suffering from obstetric fistula, a childbirth injury that when untreated left women incontinent and too often relegated to life as modern-day lepers. The only cure: surgery. In NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND, Grant chronicles her journey, growing Fistula Foundation from a small start-up to global leader in fistula treatment, becoming 'The Smile Train of Vaginas,' helping more than 100,000 women in 30 countries get the priceless gift of health. Inspired by doctors like DR Congo's Dr. Denis Mukwege, Grant focuses on empowering African and Asian doctors, gaining vital support from an empathetic army of donors in nearly 70 countries. NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND is a call to action. Grant invites readers to join a growing global community committed to enabling some of the world's most vulnerable women to control their bodies and their destinies. 100% of the net proceeds from NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND will go to Fistula Foundation's Love-a-Sister program to fund free surgeries for women with childbirth injuries.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. THE RUNAWAY NATIONAL BESTSELLER Revealing the naked truth about the tremendous joys, the excruciating pains, and the inevitable disfigurement that go along with pregnancy, Jenny McCarthy tells you what you can really expect when you're expecting! From morning sickness and hormonal rage, to hemorrhoids, granny panties, pregnant sex, and the torture and sweet relief that is delivery, Belly Laughs is must-read comic relief for anyone who is pregnant, has ever been pregnant, is trying to get pregnant, or, indeed, has ever been born.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. The New York Times bestseller--never shy, frequently crude and always funny, Jenny McCarthy gives the lowdown on pregnancy in the grittiest girlfriend detail Revealing the naked truth about the tremendous joys, the excruciating pains, and the inevitable disfigurement that go along with pregnancy, Jenny McCarthy tells you what you can really expect when you're expecting From morning sickness and hormonal rage, to hemorrhoids, granny panties, pregnant sex, and the torture and sweet relief that is delivery, Belly Laughs is must-read comic relief for anyone who is pregnant, has ever been pregnant, is trying to get pregnant, or, indeed, has ever been born.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The New York Times bestseller--never shy, frequently crude and always funny, Jenny McCarthy gives the lowdown on pregnancy in the grittiest girlfriend detail Revealing the naked truth about the tremendous joys, the excruciating pains, and the inevitable disfigurement that go along with pregnancy, Jenny McCarthy tells you what you can really expect when you're expecting From morning sickness and hormonal rage, to hemorrhoids, granny panties, pregnant sex, and the torture and sweet relief that is delivery, Belly Laughs is must-read comic relief for anyone who is pregnant, has ever been pregnant, is trying to get pregnant, or, indeed, has ever been born.…

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