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Your Guide Through Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond

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Journey to Parenthood: Your Guide Through Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond

Features of Journey to Parenthood:

A new section, "Helping Your Baby Grow, Develop and Learn," includes the latest information on key development milestones during the first year of baby's life.

Questions to ask potential prenatal and pediatric caregivers, doulas and childbirth educators.

Contact information for finding a health care professional, labor support and more.

Inside of Journey to Parenthood

The First Trimester

Making informed decisions
about your care
journey to parenthood first trimester

Signs of pregnancy
journey to parenthood first trimester

Choosing a health care
provider and a birth
setting
journey to parenthood first trimester

Benefits of continuous
support during labor
journey to parenthood first trimester

Body changes
journey to parenthood first trimester

Emotional changes in
pregnancy
journey to parenthood first trimester

Fetal development
journey to parenthood first trimester

Healthy eating during
pregnancy
journey to parenthood first trimester

Healthy lifestyle behaviors
journey to parenthood first trimester

Your first prenatal visit
journey to parenthood first trimester

Routine procedures and
tests

The Second Trimester

Body changes and fetal
development
journey to parenthood second trimester

Sexuality and pregnancy
journey to parenthood second trimester

Childbirth education classes
journey to parenthood second trimester

Advantages of breastfeeding
journey to parenthood second trimester

Prenatal care visits
journey to parenthood second trimester

Special diagnostic tests

The Third Trimester

Body changes and fetal
development
journey to parenthood third trimester

Choosing your baby's care
provider
journey to parenthood third trimester

Prenatal care visits
journey to parenthood third trimester

Planning to bring your baby
home
journey to parenthood third trimester

Labor and birth
journey to parenthood third trimester

Coping with labor pain
journey to parenthood third trimester

Understanding
complications
journey to parenthood third trimester

Cesarean section

The "Fourth" Trimester:
New Parenthood

The postpartum period
journey to parenthood postpartum period

Body changes and your new
baby
journey to parenthood postpartum period

Helping your other children
to adjust
journey to parenthood postpartum period

Breastfeeding
journey to parenthood postpartum period

Postpartum health
journey to parenthood postpartum period

Taking care of yourself
journey to parenthood postpartum period

Baby blues and postpartum
depression
journey to parenthood postpartum period

Newborn care
journey to parenthood postpartum period

Pediatric checkups and
vaccinations
journey to parenthood postpartum period

Your baby's growth and
development

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