Your Pregnancy Week By Week

How a Man Can Prepare for Pregnancy

Topics in this episode include • men prepare for pregnancy • healthy sperm • prepare for 3 months • man’s health is important • eat healthfully • supplement use • zinc • selenium • manganese • calcium • folate/folic acid • antioxidants • vitamins C and E • exercise • lifestyle choices • tobacco products • marijuana • alcohol • environmental pollutants • good health • medical issues • medication use • weight • soaking in hot water • wearing boxer shorts • age •
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How a Woman Can Prepare for Pregnancy

Topics in this episode include • prepare for pregnancy • examine lifestyle • see doctor • deal with medical problems • chronic medical conditions • consider pregnancy before taking medication • ask about folic acid • consider pregnancy before medical tests • check vaccination status • genetic counseling • genetic tests • older women • lifestyle issues • eat healthfully • weight • dieting • weight-loss surgery • supplement use • exercise • substances to avoid • smoking and tobacco • alcohol • cocaine • marijuana • medical marijuana • your job • sexually transmitted infections • insurance if self-employed • green tea • eating fats and morning sickness • take a multivitamin • medication use •   
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Week 40 & Being Overdue

This week’s topics include • waiting to go to the hospital • going to the hospital • pain relief  without medication • massage for pain relief • laboring positions  eating and drinking during labor • labor coach • after delivery • passing your due date • postterm pregnancies • take care of yourself • impact on baby • vaginal exam • kick count • ultrasound • nonstress test • contraction stress test • biophysical profile •  inducing labor • Bishop score • ripening the cervix labor • induction • 
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Week 39

This week’s topics include • partner’s help in grooming • can baby get tangled in the cord? •  feeding baby after birth • breastfeeding • bottlefeeding • pain of childbirth • pain relief during labor • analgesia • anesthesia • blocks • epidurals • spinals • spinal/epidural • general anesthesia • umbilical-cord-blood banking • 
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Week 38

This week’s topics include • labor check • tests during labor • fetal blood sampling • external fetal monitoring • internal fetal monitoring • breech and other presentations • delivery of breech baby • turning breech baby • vaginal delivery • assisted delivery–vacuum extractor and forceps • snacking • retained placenta • need to be shaved? • eating after baby’s birth • 
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Week 37

This week’s topics include • description of cervix • Cesarean delivery • reasons for Cesareans • elective Cesareans • who performs Cesarean? • vaginal birth after Cesarean • enema • back labor •
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Week 36

This week’s topics include • respiratory-distress syndrome • restless-leg syndrome • what is labor? • stages of labor • choosing baby’s doctor • eat and drink healthfully • how is baby presenting? • packing for the hospital • 
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Week 35

This week’s topics include • umbilical-cord prolapse • group-B streptococcus • energy drinks • ways to increase energy levels • foot changes • buying shoes • emotional changes • preparing to go to the hospital • elective delivery • eating well • lactation consultants • ultrasound in 3rd trimester • placenta previa • 
 
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