Table of Contents
PRENATAL
PART I. PRENATAL SELF-CARE
1. Building Your Village
2. How to Care for Your Pregnant Friend
3. Nurturing Your Spirit
4. Sample Relaxation Techniques
5. Common Pregnancy Ailments
6. Sample Exercise Precautions
7. Sample Nutrition Principles
PART II. PRENATAL CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS
8. Preempting Mom Guilt
9. Household Planning
10. Navigating Return to Work (or Not)
11. Releasing Your Fears
PART III. PRENATAL CHECKLIST
12. The Checklist: Prenatal
13. Insurance and HR Benefits
14. Sample Parental Leave (U.S.A.)
15. Assembling Your Care Team
16. Standing Up for Yourself
17. Sample Prenatal Appointment Schedule
18. Is Natural Birth for You?
19. Creating Your Birth Plan
20. Sample Partner Support Plan
21. Finding a Pediatrician
22. Sample Packing List for Birth Day
23. Sample Comfort Measures for Labor
24. Childbirth 101
25. Why Isn’t Baby Here Yet?
26. Sample Birth Affirmations
27. Assembling Key Info and Contacts
POSTNATAL
PART IV. POSTNATAL SELF-CARE
28. Giving Yourself Grace
29. Upping Your Mental Game
30. Nutrition and Nourishment
31. Physical Recovery from Birth
32. Body after Baby
33. How Partners Can Help
34. Lifesaving Warning Signs: Mom
35. Lifesaving Warning Signs: Baby
36. Five Steps to Fighting Overwhelm
PART V. POSTNATAL CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS
37. Setting Boundaries
38. Sample Division of Responsibilities
39. Common Emotional Changes: Mom
40. Common Emotional Changes: Partner
41. Postnatal and Newborn Care: The 10 B’s
PART VI. POSTNATAL CHECKLIST
42. The Checklist: Postnatal
43. Baby Blues
44. Interpreting Babies: Birth to 3 Months
45. Early Parenting Decisions
46. Breast or Bottle?
47. Sample Baby Announcement
48. Childcare
49. Sample Sitter Instructions
50. Back at Work Hacks
Share Your Experience
Acknowledgements
Index
About the Author
