If every expectant mother, no matter what her status or location, followed the simple, practical advice which this book offers, the rate of illness and death among our mothers and babies would be materially lessened.
This book, therefore, so complete in its information on every subject pertaining to the mother during pregnancy and confinement and of the care of the newborn infant, should be far reaching in its beneficial results.
It is a book containing knowledge which every physician must admit that expectant mothers should have, and which a large number of expectant mothers are now earnestly seeking for their own protection and that of their newborn.
J. Clifton Edgar, M. D.
Frederick W. Rice, M. D.
New York City
November, 1922
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preface | [xi] | |
| Introduction, by J. Clifton Edgar, M.D., and Frederick W. Rice, M.D. | [xiii] | |
| CHAPTER | ||
| I | Getting Ready to Be a Mother | [1] |
| II | Signs that a Baby is Coming | [11] |
| III | Where the Baby’s Life Begins | [20] |
| IV | How the Baby Develops Before He is Born | [34] |
| V | Taking Care of the Baby Before He Comes | [46] |
| VI | Making Ready for the Baby | [82] |
| VII | The Baby’s Arrival | [98] |
| VIII | The Baby’s Mother | [114] |
| IX | The Mother’s Care of Herself—for the Baby’s Sake | [138] |
| X | The Mother’s Care of Her Baby | [148] |
| XI | The Nutrition of Mother and Baby | [226] |