Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy

by Roger Harms M.D, Myra Wick M.D. Ph.D.

Overview

Any woman looking for accurate, reliable, and authoritative information from a reliable source will surely appreciate this pregnancy book from the world-class Mayo Clinic. There are hundreds of pages of in depth information that new parents will find useful and informative. Features include week-by-week updates on baby's growth as well as month-by-month changes that mom can expect and a forty-week pregnancy calendar as well as a symptom guide and a review of important pregnancy decisions.

In this illustrated book you'll also find pre-pregnancy advice: how to get pregnant in the first place and once you are pregnant, meal planning tips, healthy exercise, safe medication use, and general parenthood advice. This pregnancy book is the result of the efforts of a collective team of pregnancy experts who find nothing in medicine more exciting and satisfying than the birth of a healthy child with a healthy mother. Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy is an essential pregnancy resource for parents-to-be.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780795317187
Publisher:	RosettaBooks
Publication date:	06/05/2014
Sold by:	Trajectory
Format:	eBook
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Roger Harms, M.D., is a specialist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In his 32 years at Mayo Clinic, Dr. Harms has guided thousands of women through pregnancy and childbirth. Dr. Harms is an associate professor at College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, and a recipient of the Mayo Clinic Distinguished Educator Award. Dr. Harms says fatherhood has been his greatest learing experience.

Myra Wick, M.D., Ph.D., is a specialist in the Deparment of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Medical Genetics. She is also an assistant professor at College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic. As a mother of four children, Dr. Wick can relate to pregnancy from both a doctor's and a mother's perspective.