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"Florida as we know it is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state's infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern coast. Kirby Lowe, an electrical line worker for the local utility municipality, his pregnant wife, Frida, and their two sons, Flip and Lucas, prepare for the worst. When the boys go missing just before the hurricane hits, Kirby heads out into...
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Norton
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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Making and having babies--what it takes to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and deliver--has mystified women and men for the whole of human history. Over the last one hundred years, depending on the latest prevailing advice, women have taken morphine, practiced Lamaze, relied on ultrasound images, sampled fertility drugs, and shopped at sperm banks. Here, the insatiably curious Randi Hutter Epstein journeys through history, fads, and fables, and to the...
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The Experiment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"No one talks about C-sections as surgery," writes SooJin Pate. "They talk about it as if it's just another way-albeit more convenient way-of giving birth." The twenty-one essays in My Caesarean add back to the conversation the missing voices of a vast, invisible sisterhood. Robin Schoenthaler reflects: "A C-section for us meant life." And yet, women who don't give birth vaginally-by choice or necessity-often feel stigmatized. "My son's birth was...
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Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"It's a cover-to-cover revision of America's bestselling guide to getting pregnant, with updated information about genetic screening, ovulation tracking, fertility treatments, and risks like Zika. What to Expect Before You're Expecting, with over 250,000 copies in print, has everything that eager-to-be moms and dads need to know about getting pregnant, from getting their bodies ready to make a healthy baby to getting that healthy baby on board faster....
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Morgan James Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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The much-needed antidote to all the negative hype surrounding motherhood at advanced maternal age (which is 35+). Written by seasoned journalist Bettina Gordon-Wayne--herself a first-time mom at 44 and the third generation of women in her family who did not get the memo that conceiving a baby after 40 is dangerous, if not outright impossible. The book is positive, honest, deeply human, and an inspiring guide to mature motherhood that will undoubtedly...
12) Scorpica
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Five queendoms volume 1
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Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Five hundred years of peace between queendoms shatters when girls inexplicably stop being born. As the Drought of Girls stretches across a generation, it sets off a cascade of political and personal consequences across all five queendoms of the known world, throwing long-standing alliances into disarray as each queendom begins to turn on each other, and new threats to each nation rise from within. Uniting the stories of women from across the queendoms,...
13) Egg
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Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Three little birds crack their way out of eggs and fly away, leaving one egg sitting all alone until the three chicks come back and discover a friendly baby alligator has finally hatched.
14) And so it goes
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Groundwood
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Explores the way that some people leave the world and others come into it, and how those who come into it eventually leave it.
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Harper Horizon, an imprint of HarperCollins Focus
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Meghan Trainor has wanted to be a mom since before she even knew how babies were made. From the moment she discovered she was pregnant with her first child--her son, Riley--she was fascinated by the entire experience. Yes, pregnancy and motherhood are miracles--but even a miracle can freak you out sometimes. Everyone has an opinion on what an expectant mother should feel, think, or do during her pregnancy, and it's hard not to feel overwhelmed with...
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Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2018.
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Español
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Con cientos de miles de ejemplares vendidos alrededor del mundo, ¡al fin una guía semanal para el embarazo y el parto con perspectiva natural! Durante generaciones, se han tratado el parto y el embarazo como condiciones médicas y no como lo que son: procesos biológicos normales. Hoy, gracias a los millones de mujeres que están tomando las riendas de su vida desde una perspectiva natural, esto está cambiando. En este libro, Genevieve Howland,...
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Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Becoming a mother is a huge transition. For some, the mood swings, the pressures, and the anxiety can be intense and overwhelming. One in five women will develop postpartum depression (PPD) after pregnancy--so if you're struggling with PPD, know you're not alone. This depression workbook is designed to help you navigate the transition to becoming the healthy and happy parent you want to be. This depression workbook is here to guide you on your journey,...
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