Pregnancy for Dummies or A Place Called Self

Pregnancy for Dummies

Author: Joanne Stone MD

Congratulations! If you’re already pregnant, you’re about to embark upon one of the most exciting adventures of your life. The next year or so is going to be filled with tremendous changes and – hopefully – unbelievable happiness. If you’re thinking about getting pregnant, you’re probably excited at the prospect and a little nervous at the same time.

Pregnancy For Dummies, 2nd Edition, gives you the information you’re looking for if you are considering pregnancy, planning to have a baby, or already pregnant. This guide is also for you if

• You are the partner of the mother-to-be.
• You know and love someone who is or plans to be pregnant.
• You want to find out more about pregnancy but have no interest in becoming an expert on the topic.

Is it okay to dye your hair when you are pregnant? How about eating sushi? Pregnancy should be a joy, not a worry. Pregnancy For Dummies, 2nd Edition, addresses commonly asked questions; clears up myths; and offers solid advice from real, medically based data. Take a look at just some of the reassuring and up-to-date information that can help you through your pregnancy:

• Advice on nutrition and staying fit and active during your pregnancy
• A trimester-by-trimester look at your baby's development. Find out what's normal – and what's not.
• New findings about the treatment of preterm labor and Down syndrome screening; available options for detecting various problems
• Discussions on Botox and smallpox
• What to expect during labor and delivery
• Recovering at home; postpartum depression
• The latest news onprenatal testing, premature and multiple births, anesthesia and cesarean deliveries
• Feeding the baby (breast or not?)
• When the unexpected happens: Recurrent miscarriages, late-pregnancy loss, fetal abnormalities

Authors Joanne Stone, M.D., and Keith Eddleman, M.D., are practicing obstetricians who are also board certified in the sub-specialty of maternal-fetal medicine (high-risk pregnancies). They also teach residents, medical students, and other doctors about pregnancy and prenatal care. Author Mary Murray is a writer and editor who specializes in medicine and science journalism. She is also the mother of twins.

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A Place Called Self: A Guide for All Women in Recovery

Author: Stephanie Brown

Why is it that newfound sobriety, with its hard-won joys and accomplishments, can be such a lonely and unsatisfying experience for many women? The answer, according to pioneering therapist Stephanie Brown, Ph. D. , can be found by looking in the mirror. Once a woman leaves behind the numbing comforts of alcohol or other drugs, she is left to face herself--perhaps for the first time in her life. With gentle guidance and personal stories, Brown helps readers unravel painful truths and confusing feelings in the process of weaving for themselves a true sense of self.

Dr. Stephanie Brown, a pioneering addiction researcher and therapist, offers women a map to find their way through the rocky spots in sobriety.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Prologue	xi
Part 1	Welcome to Recovery
Chapter 1	What Is Recovery?	3
Part 2	A Developmental Process
Chapter 2	Losing a Self: The Active Addiction Stage	17
Chapter 3	Recovery Shock: The Transition Stage	33
Chapter 4	The Growth of a New Self: The Early Recovery Stage	55
Chapter 5	Grown Up and Living Sober: The Ongoing Recovery Stage	79
Part 3	The Paradoxes of Recovery
Chapter 6	The Power in Powerlessness	99
Chapter 7	The Wholeness of a Divided Self: Accepting Conflict	109
Chapter 8	Independence Built on Dependence: Becoming Separate through Connection	127
Chapter 9	Standing Alone with the Help of Others: The Apprentice Model of AA and Other Twelve Step Groups	145
Part 4	At Home in Recovery
Chapter 10	The Gifts of Recovery	165
	Epilogue	175
	The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous	181
	The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous	182
	About the Author	183