Introduction

Part 1 The Miraculous Journey to a New Life
1 Marvelous Milestones: A Pregnancy Preview
2 Preparing for Pregnancy: The Body Gets Ready

Part 2 The Journey Begins: First Trimester
3 The Pulse of a New Heart and the Emergence of Form: Early First Trimester
4 From Structure to Function: Late First Trimester

Part 3 The Growing Baby: Second and Third Trimesters
5 Don't I Know You? The Face and Head
6 A Hub of Activity: Baby's Body
7 Shake It Baby! Arms, Legs, and Movement
8 Telling the Girls from the Boys: Development of Sexual Organs
9 Size Matters: The Baby's Vital Statistics

Part 4 Multiple Pregnancies: Twins, Triplets, and Beyond
10 Double Delight: Twins
11 Triplets and More: Higher-Order Multiple Pregnancies

Part 5 Healthy Mother, Healthy Baby
12 Baby's Caretakers: Placenta, Umbilical Cord, Amniotic Fluid
13 Tests for the Baby’s Health: Amniocentesis, CVS, Blood Sampling
14 Preventing Pregnancy Problems: Knowledge Is Power

Part 6 The Main Event: Labor and Birth
15 A New Life Begins

Appendix
Index