This inclusive guide to how every family begins is an honest, cheerful tool for conversations between parents and their young ones. To make a baby you need one egg, one sperm, and one womb. But every family starts in its own special way. This book answers the "Where did I come from?" question no matter who the reader is and how their life began. From all different kinds of conception through pregnancy to the birth itself, this candid and cozy guide is just right for the first conversations that parents will have with their children about how babies are made.
Geared to readers from preschool to age eight, What Makes a Baby is a book for every kind of family and every kind of kid. It is a twenty-first century children’s picture book about conception, gestation, and birth, which reflects the reality of our modern time by being inclusive of all kinds of kids, adults, and families, regardless of how many people were involved, their orientation, gender and other identity, or family composition. Just as important, the story doesn’t gender people or body parts, so most parents and families will find that it leaves room for them to educate their child without having to erase their own experience. Written by a certified sexuality educator, Cory Silverberg, and illustrated by award-winning Canadian artist Fiona Smyth, What Makes a Baby is as fun to look at as it is useful to read.
Discusses the causes of infertility, explores natural and medical therapies to increase fertility, and provides legal and financial advice to consider when undergoing treatment.
In the developing world, the choices available to couples for fertility treatments in the 21st century are wider than ever before. This is a time when most types of infertility can be treated by modern 'test-tube' methods, yet reproduction itself has become inextricably bound with social and political trends - declining birth rates, delayed first pregnancy, childbirth beyond the age of 40, the state funding of infertility treatment - fertility treatment is a hot topic, high on the agenda of politicians in their efforts to reverse declining national fertility rates. The range of new technologies is expansive, from embryo selection by genetic analysis to egg donation in the over-forties and cryopreservation. Today, the 'assistance' of conception with treatments such as IVF reflects a life-choice whose context is immediately social, cultural, personal, and political. Arguing that these new technologies allow the 'design' of babies in a way which is far beyond the spontaneity of nature, Bart Fauser and Paul Devroey describe the new treatments, consider what they can do, and look at how far they have come in shaping our everyday lives. Considering the wider implications of fertility treatment, they also look at the issues it raises, and evaluate how far treatments can, and should, go.
From the bestselling author of 'Everything You Need You Have'. In this book, Gerad Kite presents a unique, holistic approach to creating the right conditions for new life to take hold. Whether you are aiming to conceive naturally or undergoing fertility treatment, it is a must-read on your journey towards parenthood.
Are you looking to wean your baby to solid foods and make your own organic baby food at home? Weaning a baby should be interesting and fun. Always remember that during the process, the baby will still receive much of his or her nutrition from baby formula or breast milk so you get the opportunity to experiment with what your baby likes and what he doesn’t like. In "Introducing Solids & Making Your Own Organic Baby Food," we will talk about how to wean a baby, what foods to choose and how to make some really healthy organic baby foods for your baby to dine on. The process of weaning will take several months of trying and testing different foods. Soon, you’ll have a collection of organic foods that will be available for mealtime. We’ll also talk about some troubles you might have with weaning your baby and how to solve them. Every baby gets weaned sometime and will soon have a variety of organic foods that match your own at the supper table. Here are some of the things you will discover in this book: - Nutritional needs for babies... - Signs that your baby is ready for solids... - Simple techniques to wean your baby... - How to know if your baby is getting the right nutrients... - How to avoid food allergies... - How to make organic baby food at home... - Proper ways to store homemade organic baby food... - Graduating to toddler food... - Simple, easy-to-make, delicious, & healthy organic baby food recipes... - And much more...
Jordan Airesdale has been given twelve months home detention for breaking and entering. His angry - and concerned - mother and sister have bought a new bigger home in the country where her wayward child would rediscover discipline and parenting in a new way - wearing diapers. Desperate times require desperate measures. Did the book "Saving My Son" hold the clues and guidelines for taking her broken son and fixing him again? His mother is about to test out these new theories on rescuing wayward teenagers with baby treatment. She has the diapersand plastic pants and she has the will to enforce them. But will her son respond and more importantly, will he become happy and safe once again like he was as a young child? A second childhood is on offer as an alternative to continuing the trajectory to jail. Will he take the offer? But a surprise awaits them all. Jordan is not all they thought he was. He was something - someone - quite different.
Every expectant mother deserves good health and every baby deserves a good start in life. What is alarming today is that infant mortality is on the decline but the percentage of children born with birth defects is on the rise. Your body is going to be your baby's home for nine months so the best birthday gift you can give to your baby is to create a healthy environment well in advance of your pregnancy to reduce the risk of preventable birth defects and complications. This is as important as maintaining a healthy body during pregnancy. When you discover that you are pregnant you are already in your 10th to 12th week of pregnancy. By this time the organs of your baby are forming and the healthy growth of your baby depends on the state of your health then. So before you plan to have a baby it is vital to ask yourself whether your body is ready for pregnancy. This book outlines 15 important things all pregnant women, mothers-to-be as well as all women of reproductive age need to do if they want to have a safe pregnancy and a healthy baby. Not all birth defects can be prevented, but a woman who takes good care of herself long before her pregnancy increases her odds of a healthy pregnancy. Today, having a healthy baby is, most of the time, more up to us than up to chance.
What does motherhood mean today? Drawing on interviews with new mothers and intergenerational chains of women in the same family, this exciting and timely book documents the transition to motherhood over generations and time. Exploring, amongst other things, the trend to later motherhood and the experience of teenage pregnancy, a compelling picture emerges. Becoming a mother is not only a profound moment of identity change but also a site of socio-economic difference that shapes women's lives.
