The Easiest Way to Learn About Pregnancy

 

This unique audio program provides mothers and fathers-to-be like you with comprehensive guidance and comforting answers to your questions  through 12 fun information-packed talks on 4 CDs. The course covers preconception and planning, all stages and trimesters of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum.   Now you can learn from one of America’s leading pregnancy experts while running errands, commuting, traveling, or exercising. 

 

Your Essential Guide to Pregnancy is your very own portable audio course.  Your presenter, Dr. Nancy Hueppchen, teaches with the inspiring enthusiasm of a loving mother, practicing obstetrician, and academic professor at world famous Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. 

 

What You Will Learn

 

Explore the wonders of conception, mother and fetus development, and the miracle of childbirth. This series is organized to provide you comforting, medically informed, and practical answers to questions like these, any many more…

 

• Will you have to give up caffeine and/or alcohol?
• What role do vitamins play?
• How do you maximize your changes of getting pregnant?
• How should you use pregnancy tests?
• What should you think about when choosing a care provider?
• What happens to your body during the first trimester and how can you make it as comfortable as possible?
• How can environmental factors like hair dye, work habits, second hand smoke, etc.,  impact your pregnancy?
• What should you know about genetic screening?
• What changes happen during the second and third trimesters and how should you prepare?
• How should you prepare for labor and delivery?
• What classes should you consider taking?
• How does the delivery process work and what can go wrong?
• What should you expect during the postpartum period and what can you do to recover quickly?

 

Less Guesswork Means a Less Stressful Pregnancy; Order Today and Get the Info You Need!

 

You don’t have to guess about how to prepare for and experience a joyful healthy pregnancy.  Instead, you can relax and learn from one of America’s top experts whenever and wherever you want.  

 

The best way to learn all about pregnancy, hands free!

 

 

Important notice:

This program is intended to supplement the advice of your personal physician, whom you should consult about any medical condition you or a member of your family may have.  The information contained in this program is not intended to serve as a replacement for professional medical advice.  Any use of the information on this program is at the user’s discretion and does not create a doctor-patient relationship.  For specific information about a health condition that you or your family may have, please consult a health-care professional.

 

Dr. Nancy Hueppchen is a dedicated mother and the Director of several clinical programs at Johns Hopkins Hospital and medical school, including the High Risk Obstetrics service and the Maternal Transport Program. She introduces about 200 medical students each year to the field of obstetrics and women’s health. She is also the Director of Perinatal Outreach in the Johns Hopkins Birthing Center and works with complex pregnancies as a maternal-fetal medicine specialist. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Dr. Hueppchen received her medical degree from the Mercer University School of Medicine, and completed residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Naval Medical Center. She is board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. After a post-doctoral fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at Johns Hopkins, she completed her tour of duty in the United States Navy and joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2002.

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1. Introduction to Pregnancy: Creating Your Masterpiece
2. Pre-Conception Advice and Finding Out Your Pregnant
3. Your First Trimester
4. Diet, Fitness, and the Environment during Pregnancy
5. Genetic Screening and Antenatal Testing
6. How Your Medical Conditions Affect Your Pregnancy
7. Your Second Semester
8. Common Obstetric Problems in the Second and Third Trimesters
9. Your Third Trimester of Pregnancy
10. Preparing for Labor and Delivery
11. The Big Day! Your Delivery.
12. Postpartum Expectations and Considerations

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