Maternity Books

This text is complete, extending to family issues as well as the neonate. An invaluable resource in the NICU, or on the shelf of a neonatal provider. Ms Kenner and her associates have produced a life's work of priceless reference!

This was the book that helped me the most during my review for the neonatal nursing certification exam.

This book is absolutely out-of-this-world fabulous! I am a first time mother and had no idea about weaning. This book has given me the tools to help my daughter be an exceptionally good eater. It has recipes in it, a day by day guideline for the beginning stages of weaning and fantastic information. It is the only book I've needed for weaning. There was only one small piece of information that was missing from the book; after we started weaning my daughter started crying when eating, and I did some research and learned that in the very, very beginning food should be really runny, like water running off the spoon. She was just learning to get it off the spoon, and if it is too thick, their choking-mechanism kicks in. I have a very healthy daughter, who is exclusively breastfed and this book is designed to help increase your baby's iron levels as they start to diminish after 6 months (if exclusively breastfed). This is an absolute must for any parent who wants their child to eat healthy right from the start. 10/10!

Weaning...sheesh. Where to start? What type of food to introduce first? When to introduce the next new foods? When do move to finger foods? Table food? AHHH. I really found weaning intimidating with my little one, feeling that if I put a foot wrong, my little one would turn into a fussy eater. So this book was a HUGE help to me. Gina Ford lays out in her no nonsense manner a day to day approach to weaning, what foods to introduce, what time of day to fit in their solids, and how to do all this combined with milk feeds. She has great recipes for each stage, and I feel very much in control of my little ones diet and it is not a battle for her to eat :) perfect - I would highly recommend this book if you are a new mom and need a step by step approach to weaning.

Ms. Riggs has delivered another terrific read for us with DADDY BY CHOICE. Her characters, as always, come alive with their own unique problems, doubts and emotions. When I read the prologue and discovered the hero behaving in a very unheroic way, I wondered how he could possibly redeem himself. And yet, he did and in a way that was possibly the best way he could.

Kudo's, Ms Riggs.

This is a very good book, the author makes you feel the heartache, joy and happiness of the main characters Dr. Luke Jarrod and Madelyn Foster, whom you really hope get together again.

When Maddy was seventeen and Luke a young rodeo rider meet they have a four day affair which results in Maddy getting pregnant and haveing a baby girl, which she is forced to give up for adoption, now twenty years later she is divorced and having a high-risk pregnancy when she seeks out Luke, who is one of the best doctors for this kind of pregnancy to help her.

She becomes a part of his inner circle of friends on Maternity Row, and they become friends again and try to get over the hurt they both felt about what had happened twenty years before. This is a really good book and I would recommend it to every one who wants to read a good story about love lost and then love found.

This is the definitive book regarding developmental care in the NICU. The topics are broad, circadium rhythm to family centered care as respects developmental care. It's great resource to base your policy and procedure for developmental care in your unit.

This is hands down, the best book I have ever found when it comes to planning and providing holistic care of the neonate and their family. Well organised, each article is not only full of detailed interventions, but beautifully illustrates the physiological basis and nursing process they are based on. In addition to laying a strong foundation for the most basic aspects of care of the newborn, special topics are approached with the same sensitivity and attention to detail found throughout the book.

I found the chapter exploring the role of fathers in the NICU especially powerful. A invaluable family and quality centered tool.

This book is easy to read and provides plenty of examples. I used it as one of my reference books to study for the NCC "added certification in fetal monitoring" exam just a few months ago. Also, in my role as a Staff Developer / Unit Educator for a high volume hospital (6000+ deliveries a year), I recently used the book as a reference when I updated our new Labor & Delivery RN course.
Kim M., RNC, BSN

A well written concise reference. Current, informative and a must have for those of us working in obstetrics. Electronic Fetal Monitoring covers all aspects of this very important part of prenatal care. The expertise of the authors comes through every page.

I found the work done by the author to be of excellent quality. The underlying educational structure, supported by the referenced material, outlined with creative artistry makes this text number one on any proffessor's list.
It will make the students comprehension of sometimes difficult concepts more then bearable. They will have a confidance gained by knowledge built, that will allow care to be adminstered in a compitant manner. I wish more text's were able to accomplish what this author did.

In general, textbooks for EMTs and paramedics tend not to give women and their special issues a lot of ink. Obstetrical and gynecological texts for physicians and nurses aren't usually applicable to first responders. Essentials of Prehospital Maternity Care is evidently the only book, in print or out, that fills this large void. Fortunately, it's excellent, full of current information, useful illustrations, and clear procedures. The author's background as a paramedic and an Ivy League-educated midwife gives her valuable insights into the subjects she writes about. Although this book is obviously designed for classroom instruction, it doesn't read like a textbook. The author's style makes even difficult material interesting enough to hold the attention of independent students at any level of expertise. Parents-to-be could also learn a great deal from it, no matter whether they expect to deliver at home.

This book is fabulous! It is filled with great tips, gorgous photographs, and sexy clothes. Has a lot of sophisticated style and wonderful advice this book is both eye candy and a great read as well.

This book is fabulous. It is packed with great tips, gorgous photographs, and sexy clothes. It is filled with sophisticated style and useful information making it the perfect mix of eye candy and a great read. I bought to give as gifts.

Fantastic!!! I was so pleased to find a book like this... This book uses the menstruation cycle of a women to predict what the future holds for them for that particular month. I have tried it and have found it to be accurate thus far. I have already recommended this book to all my friends.

Every woman must get this book!! It's wonderful! It's not a book that you just read and then put away and never open it again. It's used every month and it is VERY accurate. It's like a dream come true and it is very helpful to know these things in life!

This is a GREAT BOOK for RNC review. I bought it to review to take the exam, and would read it during my night shifts. It was such a great book....it disappeared on day after I left it at work!

This book is terrific for learning how to deal with high risk situations involving obstetrics. AWHONN is a state of the art nursing association and this book is a tremendous help to those who want to further their knowledge on high risk maternity care. I would recommend anyone who is a Labor & Delivery nurse or in the obstetric field to read it.

Burns and Covington's book has been very helpful in my practice. "Seasoned" clinicians as well as practitioners with less experience working with infertile clients will find the information presented valuable.

When managed care makes it impossible to refer a client to someone who specializes in infertility, here is the book that will make you feel confident about your work. And when you don't have time to read a whole book at once, here is the book that allows you to choose the chapters you need when you need them. The impressive array of interdisciplinary experts follow the same format in each chapter, making cross-references for the reader very easy. This book is truly comprehensive, including topics such as "Special Populations" and "Adoption after Infertility", along with the practical guidelines we all want but which are often lost amidst theory and statistics in other books. The appendices and resource section are especially impressive. There are questionnaires, guidelines, consent forms, and a record-keeping form. The resources section has over 20 pages ofdouble-column entries. The authors have organized a stunning amount of information in a way that is useful to clinicians new to infertility issues and to those with experience who want to learn more