Table of Contents
Dear Mama ix
Welcome, and How to Use This Book xi
Part I Getting Pregnant 1
Chapter 1 Deciding to Have a Baby and Preparing to Get Pregnant 3
Chapter 2 The Extraordinary Anatomy of Pregnancy and Birth 21
Chapter 3 How to Conceive 35
Chapter 4 Miscarriage and Loss 51
Chapter 5 Finding Out You Are Pregnant and Your First Weeks of Pregnancy 71
Chapter 6 Choosing a Birthplace and Provider 83
Part II Pregnancy Month by Month 95
Chapter 7 Month 2, Weeks 5-8 97
Chapter 8 Month 3, Weeks 9-12 113
Chapter 9 Month 4, Weeks 13-17 127
Chapter 10 Month 5, Weeks 18-22 141
Chapter 11 Month 6, Weeks 23-27 157
Chapter 12 Month 7, Weeks 28-31 175
Chapter 13 Month 8, Weeks 32-35 191
Chapter 14 Month 9, Weeks 36-40 209
Chapter 15 Beyond 40 Weeks 223
Chapter 16 When Pregnancy Is Hard 229
Part III Giving Birth 233
Chapter 17 Going into Labor 235
Chapter 18 First Stage of Labor: Dilating and Effacing 245
Chapter 19 Second Stage of Labor: Pushing 253
Chapter 20 Third Stage of Labor: Giving Birth to the Placenta 265
Chapter 21 Fourth Stage of Labor: The First Hours of Motherhood 269
Chapter 22 Pain and Coping Techniques 281
Chapter 23 Interventions 299
Chapter 24 Cesarean Births 309
Chapter 25 Birth Plans 321
Part IV The Fourth Trimester 331
Chapter 26 Self-Nurturing and the Fourth Trimester 333
Chapter 27 Postpartum Physical Recovery 347
Chapter 28 Your Baby and Bonding 363
Chapter 29 Breastfeeding 387
Chapter 30 Pumping and Bottle-Feeding 405
Chapter 31 Postpartum Love and Village and Returning to Work 413
One Last Note from Diana 423
Welcome to #TeamMotherly 425
Symptom Checker 429
Tests and Complications 451
Writer's Acknowledgments 485
Notes 487
Illustration Credits 523
Index 525
Contributors 547
About the Writer and Authors 553