When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads Author: Barbara Luke | Language: English | ISBN:
B000VYX8X6 | Format: PDF
When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads Description
The classic pregnancy guide from Dr. Barbara Luke and Tamara Eberlein, newly revised and expanded, When You’re Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads is the revolutionary, nutritionally based prenatal program for the growing number of women pregnant with multiples. These proven guidelines for a healthy multiple pregnancy include updated diet and exercise recommendations for the postpartum mother and twenty-five new recipes.
- File Size: 2632 KB
- Print Length: 301 pages
- Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; 1st edition (October 13, 2009)
- Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
- Language: English
- ASIN: B000VYX8X6
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,105 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Family Relationships > Twins & Multiples - #44
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Personal Health > Women's Health > Pregnancy & Childbirth
I thought this book was the single most useful book I read during my twin pregnancy. I have not found such a clear, concise and well-organized source of information on such topics as how much weight is necessary and healthy for an expectant MOM (mother of multiples) to gain, what a NICU is, who works there and what they do, premature babies and the problems they might have, EXACTLY what to expect if you have a surgical delivery, and most importantly, the special precautions that expectant MOMs should take throughout their pregnancies.
Reading this book helped me take the best possible care of my unborn babies and myself, not to mention making the most of my prenatal appointments, by educating me in detail on topics that other twin books only brushed across. When complications occurred I was prepared for them, I knew what was going on, and so I didn't panic. I did develop some potentially serious problems, gestational diabetes for me and IUGR for one of my sons (and no, I didn't develop diabetes from eating junk food; I have a family history of Type II diabetes). Despite these difficulties, I carried my identical twin sons to 37 weeks, and they weighed 5 pounds 5 ounces and 7 pounds 3 ounces at birth. My doctor later told me that overall, I had one of the healthiest twin pregnancies she had ever seen-normal blood pressure, no anemia, very few preterm contractions, no bed rest, and two healthy babies who were discharged to go home with me. I think the crash course in high-risk obstetrics that I got from reading this book is one of the chief reasons why.
I have read two major criticisms of this book from fellow reviewers. The first is that the tone is unnecessarily frightening. The second criticism was that the book offers advice on diet that is not, shall we say, orthodox.
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