Christine Hill's Pregnancy Guide

Oct 11, 2024 12:24 AM

Author:Christine Hill

Having spent the last 25 years taking ante- and post-natal classes, Christine Hill knows what questions women will ask and what their main worries are.

With short, digestible chapters, Christine Hill's Pregnancy Guide takes you through the nine months of pregnancy, giving guidance to expectant mothers as their lives change in the run up to birth. This parent-focused antenatal book offers accurate, practical and reassuring advice on:

- Birth issues: when to go to the GP, gestation, where to have the baby, what sort of birth

- Work issues: when to tell them, planning maternity leave, what clothes to wear

- Physical adjustments and irritations of pregnancy: exercise, emotional issues, coping skills

- What happens during labour: appropriate pain relief, breathing techniques and the best labour positions

Written in Christine's fun and engaging style, this indispensable guide will help mothers to make the best of their pregnancy, have a positive birth and find the confidence to enjoy their new family.

Reviews

A real lifesaver - Christine's advice is fantastic. Her classes were the highlight of my week

—— Natasha Kaplinsky

the ultimate baby guru; a no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is straight shooter who delivers both practical and medical advice with the wit of Victoria Wood

—— YOU magazine

Any expectant mothers feeling anxious and unprepared should consider enrolling for classes with Christine Hill... Christine is an obstetric physiotherapist with a concern for the apprehensions, fears and idiotic queries of first-time mothers. Every week more than 100 women pass through her classroom and she answers the same questions with reassurance, common sense and humour... it is packed with sane advice

—— The Times

offers practical and medical advice to guide you through with warmth and wit

—— Mother & Baby

Moving, funny and thought-provoking, this is a gem ... A must-read tale of love and hope

—— Woman

Moving and inspirational ... the characters leap off the page as she captures the tender, sometimes fractious moments that bind families together

—— She

An instinctively fine-tuned, vibrant and funny account

—— Good Housekeeping (UK)

Kelly Corrigan's charming, captivating memoir recounts her attempts to straddle the so-called middle place - that time in life when you're both daughter and mother

—— Family Circle

Bravely reveals the frightened daughter inside the grown-up wife and mother

—— Elle

The stars of this memoir - a daughter and her devil-may-care dad - believe laughter is curative. They will make you believe, too

—— Good Housekeeping (US)

More complex - and funny - than one would ever imagine ... It's a candid account of a woman unafraid to reveal the scared, jealous, and immature sides of herself while painting a portrait of her rollicking, fun-loving Irish Catholic parents and brothers who bolster her, and the husband who understands and loves her

—— San Francisco Chronicle

Corrigan infuses her prose with vivacity and humor. She explores that process called growing up, and how it can happen in a defining moment, like a lightening strike, but also how it is illuminated in less dramatic ones, like flickers of heat lightning in a summer sky

—— BookPage

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