Download or read book High Risk Stories of Pregnancy Birth and the Unexpected written by Chavi Eve Karkowsky MD and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A doctor’s revelatory account of pregnancy and the complexity of reproductive life—and everything we lose when we don’t speak honestly about women’s health. “My work offers a window into the darkest and lightest corners of people’s lives, into the extremes of human experience,” writes Dr. Chavi Eve Karkowsky in High Risk, her timely and unflinching account of working in maternal-fetal medicine—that branch of medicine that concerns high-risk pregnancies. Whether offering insight into the rise in home births, the alarming rise in America’s maternal mortality rate, or the history of involuntary sterilization, Karkowsky offers a window into all that pregnancy, labor, and birth can entail—birth and joy, but also challenge and loss—illustrating the complexity of reproductive life and the systems that surround it. With historical insight and journalistic verve, Karkowsky unpacks what is involved for women, for a family, and for us as a society; and explores what’s at risk when these aspects of medicine remain clouded in mystery and misinformation.
Download or read book High Risk written by Chavi Eve Karkowsky and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A doctor’s revelatory account of pregnancy and the complexity of reproductive life—and everything we lose when we don’t speak honestly about women’s health. “My work offers a window into the darkest and lightest corners of people’s lives, into the extremes of human experience,” writes Dr. Chavi Eve Karkowsky in High Risk, her timely and unflinching account of working in maternal-fetal medicine—that branch of medicine that concerns high-risk pregnancies. Whether offering insight into the rise in home births, the alarming rise in America’s maternal mortality rate, or the history of involuntary sterilization, Karkowsky offers a window into all that pregnancy, labor, and birth can entail—birth and joy, but also challenge and loss—illustrating the complexity of reproductive life and the systems that surround it. With historical insight and journalistic verve, Karkowsky unpacks what is involved for women, for a family, and for us as a society; and explores what’s at risk when these aspects of medicine remain clouded in mystery and misinformation.
Download or read book High Risk written by Chavi Eve Karkowsky and published by Scribe Publications. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One doctor’s testament to the importance of listening — truly listening — to women and their medical experiences of pregnancy and childbirth. Infertility, pregnancy, miscarriages, difficult births — as a doctor specialising in high-risk pregnancy, Chavi Eve Karkowsky has seen it all. And in the process, she’s seen how women are failed by health services again and again. In this timely and unflinching book, she tells the stories of the families she has worked with — of miracles and joy, but also of challenge and loss — and explores what’s at risk when women’s bodies are clouded in mystery and misinformation. Moving and compassionate, blending personal narrative with broader analysis, High Risk is a doctor’s testimonial to the strength and resilience of the women she treats, and — in an era when reproductive rights are under threat — a timely reminder that women’s health is of vital concern to us all.
Download or read book From Pregnancy to Delivery written by and published by Xspurts.com. This book was released on with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Unexpected written by Emily Oster and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Better, a guide to navigating a second pregnancy when the first did not go as planned—with Dr. Nathan Fox, maternal fetal medicine specialist In Expecting Better, Emily Oster revolutionized the pregnancy landscape with her data-driven approach. In the years since, she kept hearing questions from readers on how to approach a second pregnancy when the first has not gone as planned. While The Unexpected is a book that Oster hopes no one needs, the reality is that 50 percent of pregnancies include complications, a fact we don’t talk about. Preeclampsia, miscarriage, hyperemesis gravidarum, preterm birth, postpartum depression: these are lonely experiences, and that isolation makes treatment harder to access—and crucial research and policy change less likely to happen. The Unexpected lays out the data on recurrence and treatments shown to lower or mitigate risk for these conditions in subsequent pregnancies. It also provides readers road maps to facilitate productive conversations with their providers, with insights from lauded maternal fetal medicine specialist Dr. Nathan Fox. By bridging the knowledge gap and making space for difficult conversations, The Unexpected promises to make the hardest parts of pregnancy a little bit less so.
Download or read book Your High Risk Pregnancy written by Diana Raab and published by Hunter House. This book was released on 2009 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More pregnancies are considered high-risk than ever before. As many as 30 percent fall into this category due to complicating factors that include:
Download or read book Your High Risk Pregnancy written by Diana M. Raab and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-11-17 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This useful book gives sound, straightforward advice about prenatal care, analyzing and diagnosing high-risk factors, and describing the tests, medications, and procedures necessary for a healthy pregnancy. The authors offer specific ways to cope with the rollercoaster of emotions and medical issues that arise during this process. Beginning with a general guide to successful conception, the book explains the risks and addresses the most pressing concerns. Throughout the text, the authors check in with the men and women involved, showing them how to explore their feelings about the pregnancy, their emotions toward the baby, and how to build a solid support system. Each chapter contains journaling exercises, which are extremely important given the amount of bed-rest required in difficult pregnancies. Here too are informed discussions of natural birth versus C-section, the use of antibiotics and painkillers, and how to cope with miscarriages and premies. Your High-Risk Pregnancy is a complete, caring companion during pregnancy and beyond.
Download or read book Why Every Birth Story Is Unique and Beautiful written by and published by Xspurts.com. This book was released on with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Different Baby Different Story written by Joann O'Leary and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pregnancy after prenatal or infant loss can be a lonely and frightening time, but through stories of both pain and healing, the authors show how to navigate the exciting but choppy waters of a subsequent pregnancy. The loss of a pregnancy or newborn infant changes the meaning of pregnancy, birth, and parenting forever. Increased parental fear and anxiety, and continuing grief for the deceased baby, can impact subsequent pregnancies in unexpected ways. Parents who are unsupported in pregnancy after loss are may be more at risk of experiencing anxiety, depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and difficulty in attaching to a new baby. Different Baby Different Story explores the range of emotions, thoughts, and physical experiences of parents who have gone on to subsequent pregnancies. Including stories from mothers, fathers, other children, and extended family members, this poignant and moving work will help readers through their own feelings and give voice to those who may have felt unheard or unsupported in the past. With practical advice on self-advocacy, the book helps expectant parents gain insights as to how others learned to work with health care professionals, mental health professionals, and their own families and friends and coworkers. For expectant mothers, their partners, their families and their friends, this work supports the range of experiences and encourages readers on a path to healing.
Download or read book Behavioral Health Services with High Risk Infants and Families written by Allison G. Dempsey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The availability of services provided by psychologists in perinatal care is a relatively recent event. It remains uncommon for a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to have a psychologist as a dedicated staff member, although the number of NICU psychologists is increasing. This volume is primarily concerned with perinatal services provided by psychologists. I do, however, want to make note at the beginning of the valuable role of social workers as a complement to the care offered by psychologists. Social workers have been available in NICUs since the mid-1960s. The National Association of Perinatal Social Workers (NAPSW) was founded in 1980 to help standardize training and services. The initial focus of perinatal social workers was service delivery in the NICU, but social work services soon spread to antepartum care and follow-up. NAPSW has published an excellent set of standards for a variety of activities including fertility counseling, bereavement, obstetric settings, adoptions, field education, and surrogacy. Some activities of social workers overlap with those of psychologists, but each discipline has its own set of unique skills. Social workers are often involved in case and crisis management, bedside family support, and discharge planning in the NICU"--
Download or read book God s Choice written by Joseph Comerford and published by Lighthouse Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They said he would never make it. They said no one would question our decision as the pregnancy was earlier than 24 weeks. They said if he did live, he would be severely handicapped. Each day they filed into our small hospital room with their forecast of doom. They told us to abort, that an abortion - termination - was the logical choice. They said it was our choice. We told them No. We told them our son's destiny was God's Choice. And God chose Jacob.
Download or read book The Mommy Docs Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy and Birth written by Yvonne Bohn and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From three top ob/gyn's--the personalities of the television series "Deliver Me"--comes this comprehensive pregnancy resource that's medically reliable and mom-to-mom relatable.
Download or read book Summary of Chavi Eve Karkowsky s High Risk written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-06-30T22:59:00Z with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Nausea is worse than pain. I remember thinking this during the early days of my first pregnancy, a pregnancy I had prayed and wept for, despaired about, and agonized over. But 6 weeks in, I found that I was hating every moment. #2 Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy is a common problem that affects 70 to 90 percent of pregnant women. It is unclear if it is a disease or just a part of what it means to be pregnant. #3 All maternal intake has a cost and a benefit, and there is always a limit to what medicine can do. When NVP is more severe, there can be higher prices to pay. #4 Hyperemesis gravidarum is the darker side of NVP. It is the same product with the same packaging, but now with 20 percent more suffering and 60 percent more intractability. It was common in the mid-nineteenth century to induce premature labor in patients with HEG.
Download or read book Birth Control written by Allison Yarrow and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Supported by ample data and suffused with anger,” an award-winning journalist “convincingly recasts this country’s maternal health care system as needlessly dehumanizing” (New York Times Book Review). Modern medicine should make pregnancy and childbirth safer for all. But in Birth Control, award-winning journalist Allison Yarrow reveals how women are controlled, traumatized, injured, and even killed because of the traditionalist practices of medical professionals and hospitals. Ever since doctors stole control of birth from midwives in the 19th century, women have been steamrolled by a male-dominated medical establishment that has everyone convinced that birthing bodies are inherently flawed and that every pregnancy is a crisis that it alone can “solve.” Common medical practices and procedures violate human rights and the law, yet take place daily. Misogyny and racism, not scientific evidence and support, shape the overwhelming majority of America’s four million annual births. Drawing on extensive reporting, expert interviews, an original survey of 1,300 mothers, and her own personal experiences, Yarrow documents how modern maternal health care is insidiously, purposefully designed to take power from women to the detriment of their physical and mental health—not just during labor, but for years after. She then shows a better way, exploring solutions both cutting-edge and ancient to—finally—return power and control to birthing people. Full of urgent insights and heartfelt emotion, Birth Control is an explosive call to action.
Download or read book Finding Strength in Unexpected Pregnancy written by Kaycia Ellingsen and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book High risk Pregnancy why Me written by Kelly Whitehead and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-Help/PregnancyFacing a possible high-risk "preemie" pregnancy?Struggling to keep your fear and anxiety under control?Overwhelmed by a long list of unknowns?Seeking answers and emotional reassurance?The road to parenthood is tough enough. Adding the fear of a possible premature baby can make it overwhelming: bed rest, countless meds, endless tests, no sex – the list goes on and on. So, when past history or known risk factors increase the likelihood of a premature baby, Why Me? delivers…Written by a mom-scientist – who lost her first baby and endured two subsequently successful high-risk pregnancies – in collaboration with one of the world's top medical authorities on premature birth, WM? provides the answers and knowledge your head craves, while addressing the heart's need to manage one's fears, to know they're normal and to be reassured that you can and will get through this. Want to be as knowledgeable as your doctor?In WM?, you'll find the most current and in-depth medical research, treatments and strategies from the top experts in the field – and provided by someone who's walked in your shoes. Some of the topics covered are:Preterm Labor • Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM) Incompetent Cervix • Preeclampsia • Placental Abruption •Intrauterine Growth Restriction/Fetal Indications • Multiples (twins, triplets, etc)You Have Questions & More Questions…And WM? has answers. From risk factors and finding the best doctor, to coping with months of bed rest and sexual abstinence. From transvaginal ultrasound and cervical lengths, to cerclage and progesterone. From fetal fibronectin testing and the value of steroids to contraction-stopping meds and much more. Unique Focus on PrematurityWhile many books cover high-risk pregnancy in general, virtually none concentrate exclusively on the heart-wrenching experience of a potential preemie scenario. Until now. Countless healthy babies are born every day, against all the odds. Why not yours? Use WM? to move beyond the fear and into control of your pregnancy.
Download or read book I m Sorry for My Loss written by Rebecca Little and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-read investigation of reproductive health under fire in Post-Roe America. More than a million people lose a pregnancy each year, whether through miscarriage, stillbirth, or termination for medical reasons. For most, the experience often casts a shadow of isolation, shame, and blame. In the aftermath of the 2022 decision to overturn Roe v Wade, 25 million people of childbearing age live in states with laws that restrict access to abortion, including for those who never wanted to end their pregnancies. How did we get here? Rebecca Little and Colleen Long, childhood friends who grew up to be journalists, both experienced late-term loss, and together they take an incisive, deeply reported look at the issue, working to shatter taboos that have made so many pregnant people feel ashamed and alone. They trace the experience of pregnancy loss and reproductive care from America's founding to the present day, exposing the deep impact made by a dangerous tangle of laws, politics, medicine, racism, and misogyny. Combining powerful personal narratives with exhaustive research, I'm Sorry for My Loss is a comprehensive examination on how pregnancy loss came to be so stigmatized and politicized, and why a system of more compassionate care is critical for everyone.
