Ruth K. Westheimer, M. D. Grunebaum

Dr. Ruth's Pregnancy Guide for Couples (eBook, ePUB)

Love, Sex and Medical Facts

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers helpful tips, case studies, and question and answer features about sexual activity, getting pregnant, being pregnant, delivering a baby, and keeping sex alive before, during, and after pregnancy. It focuses on maintaining a healthy relationship and sex life during pregnancy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000143393
• Artikelnr.: 60575685

Autorenporträt

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, world-renowned psychosexual therapist, is the author of fifteen books, including Grandparenthood (Routledge 1998). She lives in New York City. Amos Grunebaum, M.D. is Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York and Assistant Professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Inhaltsangabe

CHAPTER 1 Get Ready, Get Set, Before You Get Pregnant
INTRODUCTION
Thinking Ahead about Parenthood
Taking an Emotional Inventory
Ask Dr. Ruth
From Our Files
Preparing Your Body
Preconception Care
From Our Files
Preexisting Conditions
Inherited Diseases
Maternal Age
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Other Infections
Chronic Medical Conditions
Rh Disease
Medications to Avoid
Prescription Medications
Over
the
Counter Medications
Substances to Avoid
Alcohol
Tobacco
Tip
Caffeine
Tip
Cocaine, Marijuana, and Other Illegal Drugs
You're Ready, You're Set
CHAPTER 2 Go! Making the Most Out of Making a Baby
Tip
Taking the Plunge
Putting Away Your
Contraceptives
Ask Dr. Ruth
Having Second Th oughts?
From Our Files
Experiencing Sex in a Ne w Way
D on't Worry, Be Happy
Tip
Ask Dr. Ruth
When Timing ls Everything: Determining
When You Ovulate
Tip
Your Menstrual Cycle
Your Cervical Mucus
Basal Body Temperature
Ovulation Detection Kits
It Takes Two
From Our Files
The Ejaculate
Producing Quality Sperm
The Youth Factor
Quantity as Well as Quality
The Final Step: Fertilizing the Egg
From Our Files
Getting Ready for the Big Day
Tip
The Best Positions for Conception
Missionary Position
From our Files
Rear
Entry Position
What to Avoid If You Want to Get Pregnant
Lubricational Foreplay
Oral Sex and Pregnancy
Fellatio
Cunnilingus
Pregnancy
Orgasms
Determining the Baby's Sex
A Short Lesson in Genetics
Helping Nature Choose the Sex
Female Orgasms
Male and Female Sperm
Positions and the Sex of the Baby
Sperm Filtration
What about Twins?
Superfecundation and Superfetation
Infertility and Treatment
When It's Ttme to See an Expert
Inducing Ovulation
Removing Tubal Obstructions
Advanced Techniques for Becoming Pregnant
Obtaining the Ejaculate and Sperm
The Next Ste