Authors: Joanne Kimes, Sanford A. Tisherman
ISBN-13: 9781580629348, ISBN-10: 1580629342
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Adams Media Corporation
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Pregnancy Sucks, by Joanne Kimes and Sanford A. Tisherman, M.D., gives you real solutions to all the annoying and somewhat awkward situations that can unexpectedly arise during your pregnancy. Full of insight, hilarity, and practical solutions on every page, Pregnancy Sucksshows how, through it all, you can survive-with your health, dignity, and sanity intact!
Joanne Kimes has written for a number of children's and comedy television shows. A resident of Studio City, CA, she has one daughter.
Sanford A. Tisherman, M.D., has been a practicing OB/GYN since 1966. He is the Senior Attending Physician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and serves as Associate Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCLA. He lives in Los Angeles.
As the title indicates, Kimes wanted a child, but she did not enjoy pregnancy. Using the month-by-month format common to pregnancy books, she emphasizes the discomforts associated with impending motherhood rather than fetal development and newborn care. Morning sickness, gas, mood swings, and back pain are among the "joys" awaiting pregnant women. The author offers a few hints for dealing with these along with advice about choosing a physician: find one with good magazines in the waiting room and a liberal attitude about using medications. She does provide a resource list that is current. Women will learn more and get better advice from two classics: Heidi Murkoff and others' What To Expect When You're Expecting or Dr. Miriam Stoppard's Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth. This is an optional purchase unless your collection needs a book about whining.-Barbara M. Bibel, Oakland P.L. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Acknowledgments | xiii | |
Introduction: A Book Is Born | xv | |
Chapter 1 | The First Month | 1 |
Choosing an O.B. | 2 | |
The No-No List | 5 | |
Sore Boobs | 8 | |
Morning, Noon, and Night Sickness | 10 | |
Gas! | 16 | |
Resentment Toward Your Hubby | 17 | |
Tests, Tests, and More Tests | 19 | |
Dreams and Other Nightmares | 21 | |
To Tell or Not to Tell | 22 | |
Pregnancy Math | 25 | |
How to Eat for Two | 27 | |
Chapter 2 | The Second Month | 29 |
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman with Child | 30 | |
Your Superhero Nose | 32 | |
Pregnancy Junkie | 33 | |
Spotting | 35 | |
I Need to Lie Down | 37 | |
Oh My Achin' Head | 37 | |
"Urine" for Fun | 39 | |
Miscarriage | 40 | |
Sex During the First Trimester | 43 | |
Chapter 3 | The Third Month | 45 |
I Can't Breathe! | 46 | |
Is My Baby Okay in There? | 48 | |
Here I Grow Again | 49 | |
A New Wardrobe | 51 | |
The Name Game | 53 | |
Your Newfound Celebrity | 56 | |
Drooling | 57 | |
My Bloody Nose | 58 | |
Beware of Your Nipples | 60 | |
Chapter 4 | The Fourth Month | 63 |
Hyperemesis | 64 | |
Sex During the Second Trimester | 66 | |
The Ultrasound | 68 | |
I'm Scared! | 71 | |
Vaginal Discharge | 73 | |
Toilet Troubles | 75 | |
Bloody Gums | 77 | |
Genetic Testing | 78 | |
Boy or Girl? | 80 | |
Chapter 5 | The Fifth Month | 83 |
Pains Under Your Uterus | 84 | |
Your Cheesy Belly | 86 | |
You're So Vein | 88 | |
Who Asked You? | 90 | |
Third Nipples and Other Gross Things | 92 | |
That's a Hormone of a Different Color | 94 | |
Backaches | 96 | |
Sciatica | 97 | |
Chapter 6 | The Sixth Month | 101 |
Dark Back Hair and Other Icky Things | 102 | |
Leg Cramps | 104 | |
Belly Touching | 105 | |
An Itchy Stomach | 106 | |
Incompetent Cervix | 107 | |
What, Me Exercise? | 108 | |
Oops, There She Goes! | 110 | |
Pains in the Tucchus | 114 | |
Chapter 7 | The Seventh Month | 117 |
Swelling Ain't Swell | 118 | |
Temporary Insanity | 120 | |
Sex During the Third Trimester | 121 | |
Toxemia: The Pressure Is On | 123 | |
Third-Trimester Bleeding | 125 | |
Braxton Hicks | 128 | |
I Can't Sleep | 129 | |
Gestational Diabetes | 131 | |
Bed Rest | 133 | |
Chapter 8 | The Eighth Month | 137 |
Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot | 138 | |
Yeast Infections | 140 | |
Stretched to Extremes | 141 | |
Heartburn | 143 | |
"Urine" For Even More Fun | 145 | |
Incontinence: A Condition That's Sure to Piss You Off | 146 | |
Numb and Number | 149 | |
Stop That Kicking! | 150 | |
How the Hell Is This Thing Coming Out? | 152 | |
Don't Breech to Me | 155 | |
Chapter 9 | The Ninth Month | 157 |
Baby Shower 101 | 158 | |
Nesting Instinct | 164 | |
Lamaze Class | 166 | |
Nursing Bras | 169 | |
Decorating the Baby's Room | 171 | |
Taking a Tour of the Hospital | 173 | |
Am I in Labor? | 175 | |
False Labor | 177 | |
How to Start Labor | 178 | |
Chapter 10 | Let the Bloody Show Begin | 183 |
Inducing | 185 | |
"Lookie Loos" | 188 | |
How to Breathe Through a Contraction | 190 | |
Gimme Drugs | 193 | |
How to Push with a Passion | 196 | |
Episiotomy: Let 'er Rip | 199 | |
The "C" Word | 200 | |
Bonding | 202 | |
What to Do When Nature Calls | 203 | |
Lochia: Who Knew? | 207 | |
Got Milk? | 208 | |
Chapter 11 | Home, Bittersweet Home | 211 |
Baby Blues | 213 | |
How to Deal with Visitors | 215 | |
Better Sleep for You and Your Baby | 218 | |
Baby Hygiene | 219 | |
Sex after the Last Trimester | 221 | |
Sleep Deprivation | 224 | |
Muscle Soreness | 227 | |
Reconcilable Differences | 229 | |
How to Deal with a Crying Baby | 231 | |
The Basics | 233 | |
About the Third Month | 235 | |
Appendix | Resources List | 237 |
Index | 249 |