Pregnancy Complications

Preface Medical Risks and Medical Beliefs Assessing the Medical Literature Important Issues for Older Women: Down's Syndrome, Infertility and More The Circumstances Surrounding Later-Life Pregnancy Past and Present Pregnancy for Older Women Appendixes: Studies of Advanced Maternal Age and Eight Pregnancy Outcomes, United States, 1917-January 1983; Percentage of Studies Falling into Each Rating Category According to Pregnancy Outcomes Studied and Findings Concerning the Effects of Advanced Maternal Age; Selected Medical Views Concerning Pregnancy at Advanced Maternal Age; Incidence of Down's Syndrome by Mother's Age: Four Samples; Selected Etiological Studies of Down's Syndrome References Index

Testing for genetic abnormalities has transformed pregnancy and motherhood, and the recent discoveries by the Human Genome Project affect us all. In this updated version of their important book with its new Afterword, the authors have incorporated the most recent prenatal testing information. Using their own research, the authors analyze the psycho-social and ethical implications of genetic testing. Among the issues discussed in the new Afterword are the spread of prenatal testing, the changing meanings of pregnancy, and the perils and promises of the Human Genome Project.

Fully revised and updated, this authoritative and complete guide covers prenatal testing, genetics, the best nutrition, drugs during pregnancy, and new technology. Photos, drawings & charts.

You can reduce your chances of getting diabetes or its serious complications--even if it runs in your family. This book clearly explains the hereditary transmission of the disease and tells readers how they can reduce the onset or severity of the disease, prevent the consequences of, or even prevent, the disease.

The book is designed to help partners, childbirth educators, and assistants to acknowledge the woman's powers and do all that they can to assist her in the safe and most respectful way. From her vantage point as a birth attendant, Dwinell recounts the moving birth experiences of twenty different women. Thus the reader learns that there are no "right" or "wrong" ways to give birth. In fact, the author shows how satisfying it can be for women to exercise their own strength, power and choice in the birth process instead of yielding to unnecessary technological and medical interventions.