The Contented Pregnancy

Nov 16, 2024 7:44 AM

Author:Gina Ford,Charlotte Chaliha

Discovering that you are about to become a mum is one of life's most joyful moments. This indispensable guide from Gina Ford and consultant obstetrician Dr Charlotte Chaliha provides mums-to-be with the practical, reassuring and down-to-earth advice they need for a calm and contented pregnancy. Includes:

- a month by month guide to the growth of your baby and your changing body

- up-to-date guidance on nutrition, exercise and health

- advice on preparing your home and lifestyle for a new arrival

- how to prepare yourself for labour and birth

- what to expect in the first few weeks with your baby

The Contented Pregnancy is the essential guide to enjoying a relaxed pregnancy and giving your baby the very best start in life.

Reviews

For an astonishing number of mothers, she has proved a saviour

—— Daily Telegraph

Gina Ford is the Delia Smith of parenting

—— You magazine

For me she was an absolute godsend

—— Kate Winslet

A surprisingly readable book with a compassionate tone. The inclusion of stories about ordinary individuals affected by austerity lends it a poignancy not typically found in economics literature

—— Iain Morris , Observer

Economist David Stuckler and epidemiologist Sanjay Basu have spent years correlating government policy and health statistics ... the data is as convincing as the stories are harrowing ... every country that has followed an economic crash with austerity has had a public health catastrophe

—— Richard Godwin , Evening Standard

Far too many books are described as seminal, but The Body Economic really could be ... Stuckler and Basu are in the vanguard of a movement to recast economics as a matter of life and death ... We should organise a massive love-bombing of Treasury and IMF officials with copies of The Body Economic

—— Amol Rajan , Evening Standard

The Body Economic is a bold synthesis of quantitative data, historical cases, personal narratives, and sociological and clinically informed analyses about the effects of investing, or failing to invest, in public health safety nets. In investigating the causes of adverse health outcomes in populations from the United States to the Soviet Union to Greece, Iceland, and the UK, David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu expose many of the myths and mystifications that prop up the regnant ideologies of fiscal austerity. Stuckler and Basu revive the great, progressive tradition of social medicine. Their work is important not just for all those who deliver health care services, but also for anyone who might, just might, one day be a patient

—— Paul Farmer, M.D., Kolokotrones University Professor, Harvard Medical School, and Founding Director, Partners in Health

[Oliver James] does a great job of describing some of the problems in modern society and how the demands of the 21st century can affect a person's happiness... [he] uncovers the answer to how to reconnect with what really matters and learn to value what you've already got. In other words, how to be successful and stay sane.

—— Ana Ivanovic, Tennis Professional , Amazon

Advice that focuses on training you - the parents - rather than your kids. A refreshing approach.

—— Easy Living

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