Beginnings Pregnancy Guide Contents || Sandra Smith, MPH, CHES

Table of Contents - Beginnings Pregnancy Guide

Your baby's growth and development (Beginnigns Pregnancy Guide - Booklet 1)

Gain weight! Your baby needs it (Beginnings Pregnancy Guide - Booklet 2)

Childbirth is not a test (Beginnings Pregnancy Guide - Booklet 5)

Book Number	Period Covered	Pages
Book 1	Conception - Week 12	1 - 20
Book 2	Weeks 13 - 17	21 - 32
Book 3	Weeks 18 - 32	33 - 44
Book 4	Weeks 23 - 27	45 - 56
Book 5	Weeks 28 - Birth	57 - 76
Book 6	First Weeks at Home Infant Care Guide	77 - 96

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Book #1: First 3 months

You are a mother now	1
Pregnancy is a normal healthy process	1
Keys to a Healthy Baby	2
Get Prenatal Care	5
Your Baby's Growth and Development	6
First 2 Months, 3rd Month	6
When will Baby be born?	8
Your baby might not be born on your due date	8
Ultrasound	8
Things do go wrong	9
Tests find most birth defects	9
AFP or Triple Screen	9
Amniocentesis	10
What is neural tube defect	10
CVS	11
If tests shows a birth defect	11
You can refuse any of these tests at any time	11
Ask questions	11
Daily activities do not cause miscarriage	11
AIDS passes from mother to baby. Take the AIDS test.	11
Emotional Changes	12
Desire for sex may be up and down	12
Nutritional Notes	13
Eat often and eat well	13
Take your vitamins	13
Cravings	13
Warning: fish	13
Are you eating healthy foods?	14
Are you eating enough?	14
Example	14
Foods to Choose - Food log	14
Your Changing Body	16
Morning sickness	16
For relief	16
Baby sits right on your bladder	16
Eat and rest to help headaches	17
Some vaginal discharge is normal	17
Don't be anxious about being anxious	17
Breasts change shape, color, size	18
Teeth need a good dentist	18
Buckle up down low	18
Tired? Snack and nap	19
To feel less tired:	19
Constipation	19
Partners, please change the cat litter	19
Warning: If no bowel movement in three days, call your doctor	19
Warning: Vaginal bleeding	19
Warning Signs (Back Cover)	20

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Book #2: 4th Month: Weeks 13-17

Your Baby's Growth and Development	21
4th Month: Weeks 13-17	21
26 weeks to go	22
Keys to a Healthy Baby	22
You can hear the baby's heart beat	22
Your heart beats faster now	22
Breast care	23
Hormones cause sweating and make your hair grow	23
Gain weight! Your baby needs it	24
Plan to gain 25-35 pounds	24
Gain weight for Baby - a pound a week	25
Keep track of your weight on this chart	25
Food shopping tips	26
Foods to Choose	26
Exercise Guide for Moms-to-be	27
Three kinds of exercise prepare your body for pregnancy	28
Sweat a little every day	28
Try a video program or exercise class	28
1. Aerobic exercise can help you feel less tired	28
2. Conditioning exercises tone your muscles	28
Kegel exercises	28
Pelvic tilt	28
3. Stretching exercises make you more flexible	29
Hamstring stretch	29
Feet together, knees down	29
Nose care	30
Blow your nose gently	30
Warning: Nose bleeds	30
Emotional Changes	30
My mother myself?	30
Mood swings require patience, self care	31
Warning Signs (Back Cover)	32

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Book #3: 5th Month: Weeks 18-21

Your Baby's Growth and Development	33
5th Month: Weeks 18-21	33
Feel your baby move	34
Your changing body	35
How is your baby growing?	35
Stretch marks, spots fade	36
Relief for itching	36
Even your eyes change	36
Keys to a healthy baby	37
Get to know your health plan	37
You are a parent now	38
Dads have ups and downs	38
Friends and strangers respond to your pregnancy	38
Foods to choose	38
Emotional changes	39
Childbirth in your dreams	39
Roles and relationships change	39
Inside pregnancy	39
Mirror, mirror can that be me?	40
Comfort is the rule for maternity dressing	41
Maternity clothes shopping tips	41
Sign up now for childbirth classes	41
Pregnancy coping skills	42
Call for help - 24 hour resources	42
Keep your perspective	42
Let family members and friends share chores	42
Inform yourself	42
Reward yourself and your helpers	42
Practice saying No	43
Talk with your partner	43
Support your partner, help him support you	43
Warning Signs (Back Cover)	44

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Book #4: 6th Month

Your baby's growth and development	45
6th Month: Weeks 23-27	45
Pregnancy lasts 40 weeks	46
Notice Baby's kicks	46
Warning: if baby is not moving	46
Self care for discomforts	47
Relief from heartburn	47
Bladder capacity is very small - leaking is common	47
Keep up the fluids	47
To prevent leaking	47
Rest on your left side - not on your back	48
Hands and ankles swell	48
Warning: swelling	48
Groin pain	48
Warning: groin pain with fever...	48
For relief	48
Relief from backache	49
Nightly backrubs make partners heroes	49
To ease backache	49
Do the pelvic tilt	49
Feel faint? Sit down	50
Varicose veins may go away	50
Emotional changes	50
Think of your partner	50
Warning: domestic violence - hotline	50
We are pregnant	51
Working pregnant	52
Take good care of yourself at work	53
Remember big sisters and brothers	53
You can feel contractions	54
Warning: are you in labor? Walk to find out	54
Warning signs of preterm labor	55
Warning Signs (Back Cover)	56

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Book #5: Last 3 Months

Your baby's growth and development	57
7th Month: Weeks 28-31	57
Your due date is not exact	58
Keys to a healthy baby	58
You and your medical experts	59
Get to know the hospital	59
Choose a doctor for Baby now	59
Baby's growth and development	60
8th Month: Weeks 32-35	60
Baby gains eating skills	60
Last Month: Weeks 36-40	61
Breast feeding is best	62
No matter what you hear...	62
Partners have a role in breast feeding	63
When breast feeding is not for you	63
Your rib cage is expanding	63
Warning: Face swelling	63
Car seat is a must	64
Car safety	64
Circumcision?	65
Pack you bag	65
Pack for baby	65
Are you gaining weight? Will you meet your goal?	65
Self care for discomforts	66
Sleepless nights train you for early parenthood	66
Quiet your mind, relax your body	66
Hemorrhoids may get worse before they go away	66
For relief	66
Are you choose healthy foods? Are you eating enough?	67
Log you foods here	67
Sexuality	68
Hints to reduce swelling	68
Your walk shows birth is close	68
Your body prepares for birth	69
Childbirth is not a test	70
When you picture yourself in labor, keep in mind:	71
Your partner might worry	71
Who do you want to be with you during labor?	71
Your supporters' roles	71
Are you in labor? Walk to find out	72
1. Notice contractions	72
2. Walk	72
3. Time your contractions	72
4. Call your doctor	73
When to call	73
What to expect at the hospital	73
Pain relief is your choice	74
Pain relief without drugs	74
Side effects of drugs	74
Epidural block	74
Talk with your partner	75
Talk with your doctor about episiotomy	75
Move around - use any position you want	75
Warning Signs (Back Cover)	76

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Book #6: First weeks at home

First weeks at home	77
Self care for your body & your baby	77
Your uterus shrinks fast	77
Help your body heal with good care	78
Warning: If tenderness and swelling get worse	78
Self care after birth	78
Kegel erxercise helps the vagina recover	79
Your body sheds extra fluid	79
Your body sheds left over blood and tissue	79
Warning: Blood flow heavier than normal	80
Warning: Sudden increase in blood flow	80
Bowels still move slowly	80
Warning: If no bowel movement in three days	80
Breast feeding takes practice	80
Get help with breast feeding	80
Baby wakes up to eat	80
6 wet diapers a day, Baby is ok	80
Expect changes	80
Breast care	81
Warning: Red streaks or soreness	81
Baby needs to burp	81
Keys to a healthy baby	81
Bottle feeding	82
Your milk may come in	82
Relief from breast fullness	82
Sexuality	82
Plan ahead for birth control	83
Emotional changes	83
Baby blues last about 2 weeks	83
Warning: Sad feelings last longer than 2 weeks	83
The first week at home may be trying	84
Mother's warning signs	85
Infant care guide	86
Your baby needs a doctor	86
Get to know your baby	86
do not give Baby your cold	86
Explore your baby's body	86
Head	86
Warning: Soft spot feels tense, sinks or bulges	86
Eyes	87
Warning: yellow discharge	87
Nose	87
Ears	87
Mouth	88
Chest	88
Warning: New swelling or redness	88
Navel (Belly button)	88
Warning: Cord very red and hot, swelling with bad smelling pusaround belly button	88
Genitals	89
Circumcision care	89
Warning: More than a little bleeding, red warm skin, foul smelling pus	89
Legs and feet	89
Fingers	89
Skin	90
Get to know Baby's patterns	91
Watch baby talk	91
Bowel movements	91
Body temperature	91
How to take underarm temperature	92
Remember, Baby back to sleep	92
Sleep patterns	93
Sleep patterns	93
Make bedtime easy on you	93
No pets in Baby's room	93
Crying patterns	93
To help Baby sleep when he is fussy	93
Hold the baby as much as you can	94
When you cannot hold the baby, swaddle her	94
Bathing	95
Before Baby is 2 weeks old	95
Baby's Warning Signs (Back Cover)	96

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