Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide: All the Answers to All Your Questions About Pregnancy, Birth, and Your Developing Baby
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Know What to Expect Week-by-Week
Preparing for the arrival of a new baby is both a joy and a challenge. This is true at any age, but as an expectant mother over the age of 35 you want real answers for your unique needs and concerns. With wisdom and compassion, Dr. Kelly Shanahan shares her own experiences as an obstetrician and over-35 mom. Her detailed and reassuring approach will help you understand the significant changes in your body and life as well as your baby’s development. Inside, you will find:
·Explanations and answers for your special health concerns
·Advice about making career, relationship, and lifestyle adjustments
·Practical tips for safe weight gain, exercise, and travel
·Excerpts from Dr. Shanahan’s journal of her over-35 pregnancy
From pregnancy planning and proper nutrition to labor and delivery, this informative book will fully prepare you for the birth of your healthy, happy baby.
“A must-read for expectant couples over the age of 35 and a valuable reference for pregnancy at any age.” —Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D., director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center, Missoula, Montana
“This book addresses virtually all of the questions commonly asked by expectant couples. Great job.” —E. Albert Reexed M.D., professor and chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temple University
“A work of art and a work of love, with a lot of good science thrown in along the way.” —R. Daniel Braun, M.D., FACOG, clinical professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University School of Medicine
“What a great, week-by-week, commonsense journey through pregnancy!” —William F. von Almen II, M.D., FACOG, editorial adviser, obgyn.net
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I am 36 yeards old and pregnant. Of course, I received books from everybody. Although well-intentioned, I wish the giver had read through the first few chapters. I know there are more risks associated with pregnancy as a woman ages. We all know it. I think all women worry about miscarriages, birth defects, and other horrible things that can happen. This book spends much to much time going into the detail of all the risks, and only a scant amount of time on the rewards. I wanted to be excited about my pregnancy, not terrified. I found this book to be negative and worrying, and not the least bit encouraging. I threw the book away after my eighth week. It was all that I could take. I suggest to all well-meaning gifters that you pass over this book and look for something more positive.
Rating: 1 / 5
I did not particularly enjoy this book. I found it to be full of frightening “what-if’s.” I would reccomend it to anyone over 35 who is expecting their first baby as is contains a lot of info on the developing fetus etc…but I thought the overall tone was too doom-and -gloom for me.
Rating: 2 / 5
A good, concise reference guide however, I would have liked to see more specific over 35 issues. The author has a compassionate, sensitive, emotional approach often lacking in other books on this topic, however her self-congratulatory, look at me, do as I say not as I do, alpha female overachiever stylings get tiring. We get it Dr. Shanahan youre an accomplished physician who graduated from top schools, worked obsessively throughout your pregnancy etc etc— but lets get back to the medicine thats why I bought the book; for guidance not to read the authors C.V.
Rating: 3 / 5
I had my first baby at 19 and am having a second now at 36 – what a difference age makes!!!! This book is very informative and answered many of the questions I had.
Rating: 5 / 5
My friend is 35 and pregnant, and I started reading this book while I was housesitting since I’m trying to get pregnant myself. I read the chapters about what to do before getting pregnant and looked at all the pictures of what the baby is doing at different stages. It is so interesting. I’ll definitley read this more closely when I do get pregnant, even though I’m only 29.
Rating: 5 / 5