The Post-Pregnancy Handbook The Only Book That Tells What the First Year After Childbirth Is Really All About---Physically, Emotionally, Sexually

Women buy many books on being pregnant, but after having the baby, they're left wondering, 'what do I do now?' Finally, here's a book filled with practical advice for new mothers about surviv-ing that first year after delivery. Including both conven-tional medicine and alternative remedies, The Post-Pregnancy Handbook gives the whole truth about: The First Few Days: -Recovering emotionally and physically -Possible immediate medical complications The First Few Weeks: -Developing new lifestyles and routines, including returning to sex -Difficulties encountered in breast-feeding The First Year: -A complete physical recovery-how to get back in shape from the inside out. No other book on the market offers more thorough and comforting guidance on the post-pregnancy period.

Sylvia Brown wrote The Post-Pregnancy Handbook in response to her own frustration at the lack of comprehensive information on the mother in the weeks and months after childbirth. This is her first book.

Trained as a nurse midwife at Columbia University, Mary Dowd Struck,RN, MS, CNM has been Senior Vice President for Patient Care Services at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island since 1986 and has been a Teaching Associate in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Brown University School of Medicine since 1994. Before her current appointment, she was both a nurse and administrator at hospitals across Rhode Island and New York.