Sleeping Better in Pregnancy - A Guide to Sleep Health for Pregnant Women by Clare Ladyman

$25.00 NZD

Category: Pregnancy & Childbirth

Increasingly we are understanding how vital sleep is to our general health and feeling of wellbeing. Many of us struggle to get a good night's sleep, but the challenge is especially hard for pregnant women. The changes in women's bodies during this time have a huge impact on sleep, and sleep disruption is very common. It can be difficult to get helpful, accurate information on sleep in pregnancy. But the latest research from Massey University's Sleep/Wake Centre gives you the tools you need to manage your sleep over each trimester. There will be challenges in meeting your sleep needs, but the ideas and information in this approachable and easy-to-read book will assist you in making the most of your sleep opportunities. Includes up-to-date information about sleep, and the latest research on our circadian clock, REM and NREM sleep; a section on strategies for sleep health in pregnancy, including how the different hormones affect your body and your sleep; and the challenges to sleep during each trimester. ...Show more

The Science of Pregnancy: The Complete Illustrated Guide from Conception to Birth by DK

$48.00 NZD

Category: Pregnancy & Childbirth

Follow the amazing journey of the earliest stages of human life, with month-by-month development shown in unprecedented detail. The complex concepts and processes of emerging life are demystified in clear, jargon-free text, while specially commissioned 3D images, extraordinary photographs, and detailed artworks illustrate every aspect of human pregnancy. The 3D artworks, illustrations, scans, and photographs show exactly how a baby changes and grows during pregnancy, and how the female body adapts to carry it. A chapter on labour and birth explains these processes with step-by-step illustrations and easy-to-grasp text. The Science of Pregnancyalso looks at the nature of human pregnancy, including how it evolved, and explores the anatomy and physiology of both the male and female reproductive systems. The mysteries of DNA and genetics are unravelled and explained in clear, illustrated detail, including patterns of inheritance and the interplay of genes and environment. The book also provides straightforward, illustrated information on possible problems before, during, and after birth. ...Show more

Up the Duff: The Real Guide to Pregnancy by Kaz Cooke

$55.00 NZD

Category: Pregnancy & Childbirth

Kaz Cooke gives you the up-to-date lowdown on pregnancy, birth and coping when you first get home. No bossy-boots rules, just lots of cartoons and the soundest, sanest, wittiest advice you'll ever get. Everything you need to know about the scary parts, the funny parts and your private parts.The latest e dition of Up the Duff has week-by-week info on what's happening to you and the baby; Hermoine and the Modern Girl's hilarious pregnancy diary AND how to prepare for pregnancy and the baby; info on conceiving and IVF; crying, eating, weeing, working, blokes, bosoms, busybodies and bunny-rugs; nausea and other 'side effects'; tests- what they're like and what they're for; the best services, websites and books on everything; stretch marks; 'natural childbirth' vs medical intervention; baby clothes and nappies; travel, safety, and how to be rude to complete strangers; labour, caesareans and pain relief; breastfeeding and what it's like with a newborn baby. ...Show more

Mind Body Baby - Best Chance Conceiving by Ann Bracken

$28.00 NZD

Category: Pregnancy & Childbirth | Reading Level: General Adult

Hospital visits, calendar watching, disheartening test results and scheduled sex can make trying for a baby a stressful experience, and the strain it puts on couples and individuals struggling with infertility can impact hugely on the likelihood of successful conception. With an approach that puts wellb eing at the heart of fertility, this easy-to-follow guide by top fertility specialist Ann Bracken offers a proven successful alternative to formal counselling. Her comprehensive and supportive book gives help and guidance on how to enhance and improve the outcome. With a focus on mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques, which have been scientifically proven to help overcome the stress and anxiety associated with fertility problems, the author examines the emotional issues around fertility and conception and offers step-by-step exercises to help readers improve their chances of conceiving. With a whole chapter on nutrition by renowned nutritionist Dr Marilyn Glenville, the integrated mind/body approach in this book offers a plan for the best possible chance of getting pregnant. Offering the perfect blend of emotional support and practical advice on lifestyle changes for infertility this is a must-have book for every couple hoping to get pregnant, written by an expert author with years of experience as a Fertility Counsellor and Mindfulness-Based Therapist. 'After 20 years of supporting fertility patients I am convinced that an integrated mind-body approach delivers the best outcome. Ann Bracken has a practical and compassionate approach, as demonstrated in her brilliant new book. It is a much-needed antidote to the all-too-often stressful and soul-searching path to parenthood. I will be recommending it to my fertility patients' Emma Cannon, integrated fertility and pregnancy expert, acupuncturist and author of The Baby-Making Bible 'All too often the management of reproductive health is seen through the narrow prism of a particular clinician or clinic. This book provides the perfect balance outlining the integrative mind and body approach and provides an essential complement to the medical aspects of the fertility journey' Dr James Nicopoullos, Consultant Gynaecologist & Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine, The Lister Clinic, Lister Hospital, Chelsea, London 'Ann Bracken expertly shows readers how to weave mindfulness into their lives to help them take care of their wellbeing as they live through a challenging process. Her book includes a great deal else besides, but I was impressed by how she makes mindfulness so readily accessible.' Padraig O'Morain, mindfulness teacher and psychotherapist, author of Mindfulness on the Go, Mindfulness for Worriers ...Show more

Babies: The Mumsnet Guide - A Million Mums' Trade Secrets by Mumsnet & Carrie Longton & Justine Roberts (eds.)

$39.99 NZD

Category: Pregnancy & Childbirth | Series: Mumsnet

Babies: The Mumsnet Guide is an introduction to the strange world of the postnatal, a world of strong emotions and revolting excretions, the sublime and the ridiculous. It is the gathered up, boiled-down wisdom of thousands of mums and the occasional dad who have posted on mumsnet since its launch in Ju ne 2000 about everything to do with life after baby. From thoughtful advice about breastfeeding, colic and getting some sleep to debates about parenting gurus and the best form of childcare, by way of a fair bit of gore and the odd bit of flagrant silliness about postnatal vaginal circumference and baby names, Babies: The Mumsnet Guide contains the advice, thoughts, experiences and random burblings of thousands of parents - parents who have done a lot of the worrying for you already! ...Show more

My First Baby Book by eds.

$30.00 NZD

Category: Pregnancy & Childbirth

User's Guide to the New Zealand Pregnancy by Nicola Miller-Clendon

$45.00 NZD

Category: Pregnancy & Childbirth

Includes practical information on the physical changes a woman can expect during the pregnancy, as well as a plain language guide to the technology, testing regimes and bureaucratic form-filling encountered along the way. Chapters include pre-pregnancy, complications of pregnancy and labour. Paperback ...Show more

Bump & Grind: The A - Z Survival Guide for When You are Trying to Get Pregnant and Sick of Being Told to Relax by GENEVIEVE MORTON

$39.99 NZD

Category: Pregnancy & Childbirth

After 18 months of trying to get pregnant without success, Genevieve Morton was told over and over to just relax! But she couldn't. She scoured fertility books hoping one would make her feel better about herself or at least less alone. But they made her feel worse. Sure, they all told her how to pinpoi nt ovulation and analyse her cervical mucus (ew!). But none of them could help her cope with the Smug Fertility Goddesses parading their bulging pregnant bellies around the office or pesky relatives asked 'Anything yet?' as if she was waiting for the baby she bought on eBay to arrive. The everyday stresses of living with unexplained infertility made conceiving even harder. Determined to get her life back on track -- and stop nagging her husband over his tight undies and fourth beer -- Genevieve set about writing a fun and honest A-Z guide to coping with everyday life while trying to conceive. Bump & Grind was born. And she got pregnant along the way. This is the complete survival guide for every woman wondering if her sex life will ever be the same, what fertility-friendly super foods to eat, how to cope with disappointments and loss -- or just keep turning up to work -- when to dodge annoying questions from inquiring rellies and, of course, how to get pregnant. ...Show more

Getting Pregnant Faster by Marilyn Glenville

$29.99 NZD

Category: Pregnancy & Childbirth

Many couples are turning to in-vitro fertility treatments and many more are having trouble conceiving. Dr. Glenville, whose books have sold over 250,000 copies worldwide, has an 80 percent success rate with her program for boosting fertility and increasing the chances of conceiving. The best approach is a well-structured plan that is tailored to the individual, in order not to waste time. Dr. Glenville talks readers through nutrition, lifestyle, medical problems, age, environmental and occupational hazards and emotional issues. ...Show more

Blooming Gorgeous by Jo Glanville-Blackburn

$49.95 NZD

Category: Pregnancy & Childbirth

While most other pregnancy books focus on the baby, Blooming Gorgeous focuses on you, the pregnant woman. Filled with practical and invaluable tips on keeping well and beautiful in pregnancy, it will help you take time to nurture yourself as you nurture another from within. Jo Glanville-Blackburn gives authoritative advice on diet and exercise, body care, staying well and sleeping in each of the three trimesters, plus ideas for keeping calm, pampering yourself and preparing for the birth. Birth and Beyond includes advice on breastfeeding and postnatal care for the new mother. ...Show more

The Birth Partner: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor Companions by Penny Simkin

$50.00 NZD

Category: Pregnancy & Childbirth

Since the original publication of The Birth Partner, new mothers' partners, friends, and relatives and doulas (professional birth assistants) have relied on Penny Simkin's guidance in caring for the new mother from the last few weeks of pregnancy through the early postpartum period. Fully revised in its fourth edition, The Birth Partner remains the definitive guide for preparing to help a woman through childbirth and the essential manual to have at hand during the event. This completely updated edition includes thorough information on:Preparing for labor and knowing when it has begun; Normal labor and how to help the woman every step of the way; Epidurals and other medications for labor; Non-drug techniques for easing labor pain; Cesarean birth and complications that may require it; Breastfeeding and newborn care; And much more.For the partner who wishes to be truly helpful in the birthing room, this book is indispensable. ...Show more

The Best Friends' Guide to Pregnancy by Vicki Iovine

$34.95 NZD

Category: Pregnancy & Childbirth

Your doctor gives you medical advice. Your mother buys you baby clothes. But who can give you the real story when you're pregnant? Your best friends of course - at least the ones who've been through the exhilaration and exhaustion, the agony and ecstasy of pregnancy. Now, four-time delivery-room veteran Vicki Iovine helps you through the next nine months the way only a best friend can. Here is straight talk about those little things that are too embarrassing to ask about, practical tips and hilarious tales on anything pregnant. ...Show more