When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads 3rd Edition
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When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads 3rd Edition

Proven Guidelines for a Healthy Multiple Pregnancy

  1. 512 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads 3rd Edition

Proven Guidelines for a Healthy Multiple Pregnancy

About this book

When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads by Dr. Barbara Luke & Tamara Eberlein is the revolutionary, nutritionally based prenatal program for the growing number of women pregnant with multiples. Revised and expanded for an era when multiple births are on the rise, the third edition of When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads includes updated diet and exercise recommendations for the postpartum mother as well as twenty-five new recipes.


Based on decades of research, this essential guide gives you the power to improve your high-risk pregnancy outcome. Inside you’ll find everything you need to know:


  • A Proven Prenatal Nutrition Program: Discover the revolutionary diet proven to help mothers of multiples have healthier pregnancies and healthier babies, complete with twenty-five new recipes.
  • Custom Weight-Gain Guidelines: Follow clear, week-by-week weight-gain targets for twin, triplet, and quadruplet pregnancies based on Dr. Luke’s groundbreaking research.
  • Strategies to Reduce Risk: Learn how to lower your risk of common complications, from preterm labor to preeclampsia, with actionable, evidence-based advice.
  • Postpartum Health and Fitness: Find expert recommendations on diet and exercise for the postpartum mother to help you successfully breastfeed your babies and regain your figure after birth.

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Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9780062009418

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1 - Your Unique Pregnancy
  7. Chapter 2 - The Best Medical Care for Expectant Mothers of Multiples
  8. Chapter 3 - Your Weight-Gain Goals
  9. Chapter 4 - Need-to-Know Nutrition
  10. Chapter 5 - Smart Dietary Strategies: Supplements and Special Situations
  11. Chapter 6 - Your Body: How to Look Good, Feel Great, Work Smart, and Play It Safe
  12. Chapter 7 - Pregnancy Complications: How to Lower Your Risk
  13. Chapter 8 - The Emotional Ups and Downs of Pregnancy . . . Multiplied
  14. Chapter 9 - Giving Birth to All Those Babies
  15. Chapter 10 - Your Babies’ Hospital Experience: The Nursery and the NICU
  16. Chapter 11 - Feeding the Masses—Including the Breast-Feeding Mom
  17. Chapter 12 - A Better Body after Babies
  18. Chapter 13 - The Crazy First Months at Home
  19. Chapter 14 - Becoming One Big Happy Family
  20. Appendix A: Best Recipes for Moms-to-Be of Multiples
  21. Appendix B: Birthweight References for Twins
  22. Appendix C: Birthweight References for Triplets
  23. Appendix D: Resources for Parents of Multiples
  24. Glossary
  25. Bibliography
  26. Index
  27. Acknowledgments
  28. About the Authors
  29. Copyright
  30. About the Publisher

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