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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents)
Foreword by Catherine Lippincott
Introduction
Chapter 1
Loving Who You Are
Chapter 2
Dealing With Your Changing Body
Chapter 3
Working With Your Health Care Provider
Chapter 4
Testing, Testing, 1,2, 3: Medical
Care and Tests
Chapter 5
Weighing the Facts
Chapter 6
Staying Healthy
Chapter 7
Does My Weight Affect My Pregnancy?
Chapter 8
Feeling Good About
Your Body
Chapter 9
Beyond Sacks and Muumuus: Plus Size
Maternity Clothes
Chapter 10
Dealing With Self-Esteem and Stress
Chapter 11
Stuff That Holds You Up, Beyond a
Good Bra
Chapter 12
Celebrating and Honoring Your Pregnancy
Chapter 13
It’s Showtime: Labor and Delivery
Chapter 14
C-Sections
Chapter 15
Leaky Watermelons and Sour Milk
Chapter 16
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet:
Life After Birth
Resource Appendix
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Your
Plus-Size Pregnancy: The Ultimate Guide for the Full-Figured Expectant
Mom
What People Are Saying:
"Brette
Sember's informative, wonderful books got me through my question-filled
pregnancies and made it all less mysterious and more empowering.
I recommend them to anyone who's expecting!"
- Jill Kargman, author of Momzillas
"This
book is jam-packed with real advice and answers to every conceivable
medical, emotional and lifestyle question posed around being
plus-sized and pregnant..."
Catherine Schuller, president International Size Acceptance
Association
"As a childbirth educator I would
highly recommend Your Plus- Size Pregnancy to expectant mothers...."
Jane Hanrahan, President-Elect, International
Childbirth Education Association (ICEA)
"Brette's book gets right at the
heart of what plus-size pregnant women want to know...."
Misty Bott, managing editor, ePregnancy Magazine
"This book tells you what to expect
when you're expecting -- if your weight exceeds expectations."
Wendy Shanker, author of The Fat Girl's Guide
To Life
"I LOVE this book and wish I had
it when I was pregnant!..."
Barbara Brickner, Plus-Size Model with Wilhelmina Models
in New York Founder & President of BB Maternity - Exclusively
for Plus Sizes www.bbmaternity.com
"Brette's book is a wealth of information
from the 'full-figured' side of the scale on pregnancy!..."
- Michele Weston, co-founder of curvy brand media consulting
firm, Selling Style,Inc., Executive Editor, Style & News for
AmaZemagazine.com and author of Learning Curves: Living Your
Life in Full and in Style
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This groundbreaking book is the first to offer
encouragement, information, and resources to the millions of plus-size
moms who are in the midst of adding to their families. Written in
a friendly and supportive tone, this book takes a rational (and
non-hysterical) look at what the studies about weight and pregnancy
really mean, and offers practical advice.
The book
is officially endorsed by the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences.
This Book includes:
- How to gain the right amount of weight (because plus-size moms
should gain weight during pregnancy)
- Ways to feel good about yourself and celebrate your pregnancy
- How to find a health care provider who will support you and
help you feel good about yourself
- Where to find maternity clothes and how to choose flattering
styles
- Nursing as a plus-sized mom
- Vaginal birth versus C-section for plus-size moms
- Feeling good about yourself after the birth and how to lose
weight after you've had the baby
- The impact of conditions such as PCOS and diabetes on pregnancy
- Understanding medical terms and how to interpret studies about
weight and pregnancy
- Keeping your partner involved in your pregnancy
- Finding childbirth classes where you are comfortable
Each chapter contains quotes from real plus-size moms about their
personal experiences with every aspect of pregnancy, nursing, and
postpartum care.
Written by Experts
Your Plus-Size Pregnancy is the result of a collaboration between
a plus-size mom of two who is a pregnancy and parenting writer and
a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist who is experienced in working
with plus-size moms.
Brette Sember
Brette Sember is a plus-sized mom of two who felt it was time someone
noticed the fact that half the pregnant women in this country are
plus-sized! Sember is a former attorney and author of 20 non-fiction
books, including Your
Practical Pregnancy Planner: Everything You Need to Know About the
Financial and Legal Aspects of Planning for Your New Baby (McGraw-Hill,
2005), How
to Parent With Your Ex: Working Together in Your Child’s Best Interest
(Sourcebooks, 2005), and The
Complete Adoption and Fertility Legal Guide (Sourcebooks, 2004).
She has also written a children’s book. Sember is a contributing
writer for ePregnancy
print magazine and a contributing editor to amaZe
magazine and has written extensively about family and parenting.
Her freelance work has appeared in over 140 publications, including
Pregnancy, American Baby, Every Baby, Child and others.
She is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ)
and the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA).
Dr. Bruce D. Rodgers
Bruce D. Rodgers, M.D. is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist with
20 years of clinical experience in the care of high-risk pregnancies.
He is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Maternal-Fetal
Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists. He is an Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics
and Gynecology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and is presently Director of
the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Fetal Cardiovascular
Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Buffalo, in Buffalo, New
York.
| REVIEWS |
| Baby Steps
Magazine, Spring 2006:“The book and Web
site include detailed medical information and statistics,
as well as tips for staying positive, birth stories, fertility
issues, and even where to shop for stylish plus-size maternity
wear."
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| ePregnancy Magazine,
September, 2005: "Offers advice, information
and support for plus-size moms-to-be." |
| ParentBooks.com:
"Groundbreaking book…first to offer encouragement,
information, and resources to plus-size moms. Written in a friendly
and supportive tone" |
Fitfor2.Com,
December 2005 newsletter Book of the Month: "Chock
full of great information on nutrition, fitness, clothing,
etc. for moms-to-be who aren't a size 0!" |
| Buffalo News
April 11, 2006: "Provides a realistic approach
to health concerns plus-size women have about pregnancy, to
focus on the positives, to help them feel good about themselves,
and to provide an impressive list of resources in the book’s
appendix – such as where to find decent maternity clothes
and help with breast-feeding challenges faced by plus-sized
women." |
| Sizenet.com:
"The only plus-sized
pregnancy book you will ever need. It was a refreshing change
to find such an honest approach to plus sized pregnancy when
reading this book…filled with information even the most
experience mother may not know about Topics discussed in a practical,
heartfelt manner range from self esteem issues and accepting
your pregnant developing body, the tests available, possible
problems and how to deal with them and complications such as
breast feeding with larger breasts and how to deal with postpartum
issues, all dealt with in a sensitive yet frank way.
I
like the way the book had little quotes from interviews with
plus sized mothers who have experienced pregnancy or are at
the moment going through the experience. At times hilarious,
other times touching, these honest tales of the issues we,
as big girls, have to deal with were powerful.
This pregnancy book will become a must
have for plus size pregnant mums, a mine of information presented
very well." |
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