Getting Ready to Be a Mother

About this eBook

Author

Van Blarcom, Carolyn Conant, 1875-1961

Title

Getting ready to be a mother : a little book of information and advice for the young woman who is looking forward to motherhood

Original Publication

United States: The Macmillan Company,1922.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

RG: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics

Subject

Obstetrics

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67971

Release Date

May 2, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GETTING READY TO BE A MOTHER A Little Book of Information and Advice for the Young Woman Who is Looking Forward to Motherhood
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.CHAPTER I GETTING READY TO BE A MOTHER
7. 7.CHAPTER II SIGNS THAT A BABY IS COMING
8. 8.CHAPTER III WHERE THE BABY’S LIFE BEGINS
9. 9.CHAPTER IV HOW THE BABY DEVELOPS BEFORE HE IS BORN
10. 10.CHAPTER V TAKING CARE OF THE BABY BEFORE HE COMES — COMMON DISCOMFORTS DURING PREGNANCY — HELPING TO PREVENT COMPLICATIONS
11. 11.CHAPTER VI MAKING READY FOR THE BABY
12. 12.CHAPTER VII THE BABY’S ARRIVAL — THE MIRACLE [1]
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII THE BABY’S MOTHER
14. 14.CHAPTER IX THE MOTHER’S CARE OF HERSELF—FOR THE BABY’S SAKE
15. 15.CHAPTER X THE MOTHER’S CARE OF HER BABY — YOUR BABY’S FOOD — COMMERCIAL BABY FOODS — ARTICLES OF FOOD WHICH ARE SOMETIMES INCLUDED IN THE BABY’S DIETARY — BATHING AND DRESSING YOUR BABY — YOUR BABY’S CLOTHES — AIRING YOUR BABY — EXERCISING YOUR BABY — TRAINING YOUR BABY — KEEPING YOUR BABY WELL IN SUMMER — KEEPING YOUR BABY WELL IN WINTER — RELIEVING COLIC, CONSTIPATION AND CONVULSIONS — THE PREMATURE BABY — TRAVELING WITH YOUR BABY
16. 16.CHAPTER XI THE NUTRITION OF MOTHER AND BABY

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