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English
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"An unexpected teenage pregnancy pulls together two families from different social classes, and exposes the private hopes, disappointments, and longings that can bind or divide us from each other. Moving forward and backward in time, [the] novel uncovers the role that history and community have played in the experiences, decisions, and relationships of these families, and in the life of the new child"--Publisher marketing.
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English
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As children, Lexie and Annie were incredibly close. Bonded by the death of their beloved father, they weathered the storms of life together. When Lexie leaves home to follow her dream, Annie is forced to turn to her leather-bound journal as the only place she can confide her deepest secrets and fears. As adults, sisters Lexie and Annie could not be more different. Lexie is a successful doctor and happily engaged. Annie is an addict-- a thief, a liar...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Life Long
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xii, 463 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this completely revised edition, parents-to-be will find the latest information on preparing for their baby's birth while addressing today's most pressing questions and concerns,...including weekly development charts, up-to-date information about medical tests and procedures, safe exercises for expectant moms, and helpful hints for the father-to-be. Now with a completely new design and updated illustrations."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Handmaid's tale volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the...
Author
Publisher
NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
xviii, 170 p.
Language
English
Description
A guide to alternative medicine by a respected herbalist provides information on each stage of pregnancy, along with a description of what aliments are possible, and what herbal treatments can counter them.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
vi, 266 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
BABIES. Maybe you’re thinking of having one. There might even be one inside you right now, draining nutrients from your system via a tube growing from its midsection. Or maybe you’ve already got one around the house, somewhere, and you’re responsible for its continued survival. You’re saddled with a helpless being whom you’ve agreed to house and feed and love with all your heart for the rest of your life, more or less. Either way, you’re...
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English
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It is the last season of high school life for Nadia Turner, a rebellious, grief-stricken, seventeen-year-old beauty. Mourning her own mother's recent suicide, she takes up with the local pastor's son. Luke Sheppard is twenty-one, a former football star whose injury has reduced him to waiting tables at a diner. They are young; it's not serious. But the pregnancy that results from this teen romance — and the subsequent cover-up — will have an impact...
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Publisher
Da Capo Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
vi, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Today, 1 in 5 women in the United States has her first child after age 35. When a woman becomes pregnant in her late thirties or forties, she has different needs than a younger mother-to-be. Now, after more than ten years, Your Pregnancy after 35 has been fully revised with cutting-edge information, addressing nearly every health and lifestyle concern pertaining to “older” mothers. From how age affects pregnancy to when to consider genetic counseling...
14) Making a baby
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book answers the Where did I come from? question no matter who the reader is and how their life began"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Superheroes have always been Leia Birch Briggs’ weakness. One tequila-soaked night at a comics convention, the usually level-headed graphic novelist is swept off her barstool by a handsome and anonymous Batman. It turns out the caped crusader has left her with more than just a nice, fuzzy memory. She’s having a baby boy—an unexpected but not unhappy development in the thirty-eight year-old’s life. But before Leia can break the news of her...
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Publisher
North Star Way
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 504 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mama Natural's Week to Week Guide to Pregnancy is the modern (and yet ancient) approach to pregnancy and childbirth. "Natural" recognizes that pregnancy and birth are normal, and that having a baby is a wondrous biological process and rite of passage--not a medical condition. This book draws upon the latest research showing how beneficial and life-changing natural birth is for both babies and moms. Full of weekly advice and tips for a healthy pregnancy,...
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English
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"It's a cover-to-cover revision of America's bestselling guide to getting pregnant, with updated information about genetic screening, ovulation tracking, fertility treatments, and risks like Zika. What to Expect Before You're Expecting, with over 250,000 copies in print, has everything that eager-to-be moms and dads need to know about getting pregnant, from getting their bodies ready to make a healthy baby to getting that healthy baby on board faster....
18) Heartbeat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.
19) Expecting better : why the coventional pregnancy wisdom is wrong-- and what you really need to know
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xxii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Debunking myths and explaining everything from the real effects of caffeine to the surprising dangers of gardening, Expecting Better is the book for every pregnant woman who wants to enjoy a healthy and relaxed pregnancy—and the occasional glass of wine.
20) The innocents
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
While assisting survivors of the German camps in 1945, a French Red Cross doctor discovers severeal nuns in advanced states of pregnancy at a nearby convent.
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