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Pregnancy | Pregnancy

lauren-lise-baratz-logsted's picture
May.08.2013
Jane Taylor gets so blissfully caught up in the fact she's pregnant--subsequently telling everyone--that she can't live up to the truth when, mere days later, she finds out that there's no bun in the proverbial oven. But she is only human, and what woman doesn't want the kind of attention that...
jessica-anya-blau's picture
Jan.04.2012
There is nothing like ten days with one's family to bring forth old obsessions and childhood memories.  When Anna, Portia and Emery’s mother, Louise, suffers a massive heart attack, the three grown children return to California to be with their parents.  Anna, once certain that her...
robin-lim's picture
Dec.28.2011
Between the bizarre food cravings and the nausea, preparing balanced meals is often the last thing on your mind when you'¬?re pregnant. In EATING FOR TWO, childcare and women'¬?s-wellness expert Robin Lim presents more than 150 easy-to-prepare recipes, using wholesome and simple ingredients for...
jena-pincott's picture
Sep.12.2011
Science writer Jena Pincott spent her pregnancy and postpartum months asking the questions that doctors don’t answer, and finding answers that expectant mothers will not expect. In this curiosity-led exploration into the “hidden side” of pregnancy, learn how amniotic fluid carries flavors and...
jerry-oglesby's picture
Apr.14.2011
TWO SISTERS, Mary and Deloris, each with four innocent virgin daughters are traveling down different paths of self-destruction, in reaching for the gold ring of becoming a member of an interstellar wealthy and debt free society. One or both will pay that ultimate price to the Grim Ripper,...
michelle-richmond's picture
Jul.12.2010
In this award-winning short story, a pregnant woman witnesses an unsettling moment of violence at a model yacht race in Golden Gate Park. Inspired by the story of her famous great-grandfather, a man of strange aquatic gifts who disappeared on Lake Michigan many decades before, she decides to commit...
diana-raab's picture
Sep.24.2009
Today, thirty percent of all pregnancies are designated high-risk, unlike years ago when this book was first released. This core of this book was originally released in 1987 under the title, "Getting Pregnant and Staying Pregnant: A Guide to High-Risk Pregnancies," which was  a pioneer of its...
susan-m-heim's picture
Sep.03.2009
With more than 100 billion neurons that would stretch more than 60,000 miles, a newborn baby's brain is quite phenomenal! These neurons must generally form connections within the first eight months of a baby's life to foster optimal brain growth and lifelong learning. Mommies, daddies, and...
sandra-m-cottingham's picture
May.19.2009
Autism, ADHD, behavior disorders, lowered IQ and learning disabilities are an epidemic in North America and throughout the world. We have known of the serious health problems caused by lead for years, but in utero lead transfer from mother to baby is critical new information that will impact every...