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| - Do's and don'ts during pregnancy
- Lists things pregnant women should and shouldn't do to assure a healthy pregnancy and baby
- Relief measures for common discomforts of pregnancy
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- Provides relief measures for nausea and vomiting, frequent urination, breast tenderness, increased vaginal discharge, stuffy nose, increased saliva and bad breath; heartburn, swollen ankles, varicose veins, constipation, leg cramps, hemorrhoids, backache, faintness, shortness of breath, and mood swings
- Danger signs during pregnancy
- Symptoms which require an immediate call to the doctor
- Fitness for two: exercise during pregnancy
- Covers benefits of exercise, risk factors during pregnancy, exercise guidelines, do's and don'ts for exercising, and special exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor and the abdominal and back muscles
- Caring for yourself after delivery
- Special care for new moms during the six weeks after the baby is born, including symptoms which require medical attention
- Postpartum depression
- Discusses the major physical and psychological adjustments women have to make when they become mothers, the difference between normal "postpartum blues" and postpartum depression, and coping mechanisms to help get over the blues
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