1: Introduction 2: A healthy pregnancy 1: Your pregnancy diet 2: Exercising safely 3: Sex and relationships 4: Illnesses and medications 5: Lifestyle hazards 6: Skin, hair, and teeth 7: Travelling in pregnancy

3: Pregnancy day by day 1: Welcome to your first trimester 1: Your 1st week 2: Your 2nd week 3: Conception 4: Your 3rd week 5: Genes and inheritance 6: Your 4th week 7: Your 5th week 8: Your 6th week 9: A changing world 10: Your 7th week 11: Strengthening and toning exercises 12: Miscarriage 13: Your 8th week 14: Antenatal care options 15: Your 9th week 16: Your baby's life support system 17: Your 10th week 18: Your booking-in visit 19: Your 11th week 20: Your 12th week 21: Ultrasound dating scan 22: Tests for chromosomal abnormalities 2: Welcome to your second trimester 1: Your 13th week 2: Diagnostic tests 3: Your 14th week 4: Your 15th week 5: Your 16th week 6: Your 17th week 7: Your 18th week 8: A safe workout 9: Your 19th week 10: Your 20th week 11: Your 20-week scan 12: Your 21st week 13: Your 22nd week 14: Your 23rd week 15: Your 24th week 16: Abdominal exercises 17: Your 25th week 3: Welcome to your third trimester 1: Your 26th week 2: Your 27th week 3: Your 28th week 4: Assessing fetal growth and wellbeing 5: Your 29th week 6: Your 30th week 7: Planning for your birth 8: Your 31st week 9: Twins 10: Your 32nd week 11: Your 33rd week 12: Your 34th week 13: Your 35th week 14: Your rights and benefits 15: Your 36th week 16: Your 37th week 17: Your 38th week 18: Your 39th week 19: Your 40th week 20: Overdue baby

4: Labour and birth 1: Pain relief options 2: Coping with pain 3: Natural pain relief 4: Drugs for pain relief 5: 1st stage of labour 6: Approaching labour 7: How labour progresses 8: Monitoring during labour 9: Positions for 1st stage of labour 10: 2nd and 3rd stages 11: Delivering your baby 12: After your baby is born 13: Special cases 14: Premature birth 15: Induction of labour 16: Breech baby 17: Multiple births 18: Assisted birth 19: Caesarean section

5: Life with your new baby 1: The first 12 hours 2: Day 1 Going home 3: Day 2 Settling in 4: Day 3 Everyday care 5: Day 4 First outing 6: Feeding your baby 7: Day 5 Baby blues 8: Day 6 Finding your way 9: Special care babies 10: Day 7 Tuning in 11: Day 8 Healthy living 12: Day 9 Focus on you 13: Day 10 Baby time 14: Day 11 Taking stock 15: Day 12 Looking back 16: Day 13 Feeling close 17: Day 14 New beginnings 18: Your six-week check

6: Concerns and complications 1: Common concerns in pregnancy 2: General symptoms 3: Skin changes 4: Breast problems 5: Digestive problems 6: Heart and circulation problems 7: Aches and pains 8: Urinary and vaginal problems 9: Complications of pregnancy and labour 10: Pregnancy complications 11: Labour complications 12: Concerns after the birth 13: Maternal problems 14: Congenital problems in babies 15: Problems in babies after birth

7: Glossary 8: Resources 9: Index 10: Acknowledgments