Jeanne Faulkner

Common Sense Pregnancy: Navigating a Healthy Pregnancy and Birth for Mother and Baby Jeanne Faulkner

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; This guide for modern parents-to-be is chock full of comprehensive, medically sound, and empowering insider advice on pregnancy and birth. Faulkner provides practical, no-drama advice on topics such as how to prepare one's body for getting pregnant, how to navigate the postpartum period, and everything in between. Biographical Note: JEANNE FAULKNER has worked in women's health for 30 years, first in doctor's offices, free clinics, and classrooms and then as a registered nurse, specializing in obstetrics, labor and delivery, and neonatal care. She began her career as a journalist in 2002 and currently writes the weekly column Ask the Labor Nurse for FitPregnancy.com. She contributes articles about health, medicine, food, parenting, travel, and lifestyle issues to such publications as"Fit Pregnancy," "Pregnancy, Shape, Better Homes & Gardens," and the Huffington Post and"Oregonian"newspapers. She's also the senior writer/editor for Every Mother Counts, a global maternal health advocacy organization founded by Christy Turlington Burns."Publisher Marketing: "Become a mama without the drama" When you re pregnant, your friends, the Internet, and even your doctor often give advice that leaves you anxious and overwhelmed. You deserve a calm, straightforward, no-nonsense pregnancy. It s time to dial down the stress and dial up the common sense. "Common Sense Pregnancy"is a breath of fresh air: accessible, authoritative, funny, reassuring, and personable, while still chock-full of comprehensive, medically-sound advice. Women's health expert, labor nurse, mother of four, and"Fit Pregnancy.com"columnist Jeanne Faulkner has been at the bedside for thousands of deliveries and provides the honest insider advice you need during pregnancy, labor, birth, and beyond, including straight talk on: . Which prenatal tests you "actually" need, and which you don t. . Who s on your labor team and how to keep your labor room drama free. . What about sex? . How to deal with feeling lousy. . What works and what doesn t for starting labor naturally. . How to avoid unnecessary and risky medical interventions. Whether you want your pregnancy and birth to be all natural, all medical, or something in between, "Common Sense Pregnancy" eliminates the fear and puts you in charge of your body and prenatal experience, and helps you make the right choices for you and your baby." Contributor Bio:  Faulkner, Jeanne Jeanne Faulkner, R. N., has a 20-year history as a labor and delivery, postpartum, neonatal, and NICU nurse and a ten-year history as a health writer. She studied nursing at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center School of Nursing and California State University, Los Angeles. She's helped thousands of parents through every possible birthing scenario from the most natural to the most complicated. She shares her real world perspective and practical advice on the obstacles and opportunities parents face both inside and outside the hospital in her weekly column for Fit Pregnancy magazine online called "Ask the Labor Nurse," and contributes regularly to Fit Pregnancy magazine, the Oregonian newspaper, The Huffington Post, QualityHealth.com, and MyRegence.com. Her work has appeared in Better Homes and Gardens, Real Simple, Shape, Northwest Healthy Living, and many other publications and websites. Jeanne's kids range in age from middle-school to mid-20s, via four vaginal deliveries, three epidurals, and one out-of-hospital, natural birth in her midwife's office. She's also an advocate, writer, speaker, and lobbyist for global women's and maternal health issues and has traveled with CARE (a global humanitarian organization) to work with mothers around the world. Contributor Bio:  Turlington, Christy Christy Turlington is one of the best-known models of our time. She has appeared on magazine covers as diverse as Time, on which cover she appeared in its yoga issue; O; and Vogue, among many others. She has appeared on The Today Show, Oprah, and many other national television shows. She has been the model for Calvin Klein for many years, and has millions of fans worldwide. She has practiced yoga for 14 years, and is a contributing editor for Yoga Journal.