Pregnancy Relationships

Michael avoids going to the doctor until it's too late, and he's so swollen that he can barely walk. The pressure is constant, throbbing until he can't even think straight. He gets to the hospital, and finds the scantily clad nurses more than eager to relieve him. The treatment makes him feel vulnerable, but it's the only way to cure his aching ailments.

How many concussions have I had this year? That's the only explanation for the news I just received. It’s been a crazy year. I’ve been shot at, blown up, and knocked out more times than I can count. But this next phase takes the cake. Now - you can also add knocked up to that list. Sweet Oprah! If you think a surprise pregnancy at the age of 40 was a shock to me, you should see what happened to Luke. But adding a baby into our lives is going to be a challenge. My cottage is barely big enough for the two of us. Especially since he’s one of those dreaded morning people. Sometimes I ...

Expert hypnobirthing teacher and founder of The Positive Birth Company, Siobhan Miller has made it her mission to change the way women around the world approach and experience birth. Through her teaching she seeks to educate and empower women—and their birth partners—so that they can enjoy amazing and positive birth experiences, however they choose to bring their babies into the world. Siobhan debunks common myths about hypnobirthing and explains why she believes it can make every type of birth a better experience—from a water birth at home to an unplanned caesarean in theatre.

He came to conquer. She swore to resist. But in the war of dominance and desire, only one will kneel. Elara I will never bow. Not to the monsters who burned my village. Not to the warlord who ripped me from my home. I am not his to command, to use, to break. No matter how my body betrays me. No matter how his golden eyes watch me like a beast ready to devour. He can drag me to his camp. He can chain me. But he will never own me. Varkash She fights me. Claws at me. Spits in my face. But I see it—the way her breath hitches when I get too close, the shudder she tries to hide when I touch her...

She survived shipwreck and pirates, but can she survive the monster who claims her? Selena I wake up drowning, saltwater choking me, my world crashing down in flames and waves. This wasn’t how it was supposed to end—captured by a savage orc pirate, Gothrak, whose tusks promise pain and dark pleasure. Every defiance I throw at him ignites his hunger. I despise him, yet my traitorous body aches for the brutal way he claims me. I must escape, but something deep and twisted inside me doesn’t want to leave him. Gothrak She fights like a beast, curses like a sailor, and fucks like a dream. ...

Last I checked, love wasn’t on the menu. Who needs it. Expectations with a side of white picket fence? Pass. My wife is my career. I treat her well and reap the rewards. You don’t get to be a hotshot lawyer with my reputation with a ball and chain. It’s simple math. So is lending a hand to someone who needs it. Like my friend’s sister, who’s down on her luck and in need of a second chance. Lucky for her, I’m in a position to give it. And I’m down for other positions too… if she’s willing to try them. She’s temptation and I’m the sucker. There’s so much more to her ...

This holistic guide offers practical advice to support women through postpartum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels - and provides women with a roadmap to this very important transition that can last from a few months to a few years. Kimberly Ann Johnson draws from her vast professional experience as a doula, postpartum consultant, yoga teacher, body worker, and women's health care advocate, and from the healing traditions of Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, and herbalism - as well as her own personal experience - to cover everything you need to know....

From From Fear to Joy: The First Mom is your all-in-one guide to navigating pregnancy with clarity, confidence, and calm. Created especially for first-time moms, this book delivers compassionate, expert-backed guidance to help you move from uncertainty to empowerment—step by step.

A new hockey team, a new location, a new family - what happens when a marriage of convenience becomes all too real? Barrett Coeur takes on a maid as a favor to a teammate, but he quickly finds himself in over his head. Having sworn-off marriage, focusing on hockey and gaming, he’s blindsided when he learns his new employee, Irene, is pregnant… and the stipulations laid before him by his agent. Irene is struggling to make ends meet, haunted by past mistakes and wary of trusting anyone with her deaf son—especially when it comes to the handsome man sporting a man-bun. When Barrett makes ...

A monster haunts her past. But a predator owns her future. Nicole has spent years looking over her shoulder, waiting for the past to catch up to her. She thought she was safe. She thought she was free. She was wrong. Her stalker is back, leaving warnings and staking his claim. But this time, she’s not facing him alone. Tanner Hayes is the campus Alpha, ruthless, untouchable, and used to getting what he wants. And right now, what he wants is her. He doesn’t just plan to protect Nicole. He plans to own her. She refuses to submit. She won’t be controlled, not by her past, not by her ...

En este libro, Daniela Merchant Careaga brinda las fases fisiológicas de un plan de alimentación para mujeres embarazadas y las que amamantan, así como para el bebé hasta su primer año de vida. Describe paso a paso y con ejemplos cómo calcular los requerimientos energéticos y nutricionales para diseñar este plan. Los datos y recomendaciones que esta obra ofrece se basan en valores recomendados para la población mexicana y en consensos internacionales.

Your doctor gives you medical advice. Your mother buys you baby clothes. But who can give you the real skinny when you’re pregnant? Your girlfriends, of course - at least, the ones who’ve been through the exhilaration and exhaustion, the agony and ecstasy of pregnancy. Four-time delivery room veteran Vicki Iovine talks to you the way only a best friend can - in the book that will go the whole nine months for every mother-to-be.

My tormentor. My obsession. My ruin. Forced into an explosive partnership with her brutal bully, Olivia Summers faces an impossible choice—surrender to his twisted game or risk being destroyed by her own desires. Olivia Summers thought silence was her shield—until Jace Wilder shattered it. The alpha bully thrives on pushing her to breaking point, his brutal dominance a constant threat. But forced together by circumstances beyond their control, their mutual hatred twists into an uncontrollable desire. Every humiliating encounter drags Olivia deeper into Jace’s twisted games, each touch...

Count down your pregnancy day by day with advice from a team of experts for every stage of your baby's development. Including advice on non-invasive prenatal testing and ways to adapt special diets during pregnancy, The Day-by-Day Pregnancy Book provides a comprehensive look at every week of pregnancy. From early fetal development to how your hormones prepare you for birth, Q&As with experts and moms will help put your mind at ease.

Alpha sea dragon Kai has a problem with his impulses. He’d rather run his guesthouse or hit the waves with his brothers than worry about the unwanted expectations of his family and clan, who have him pinned as the island’s next great chief. However, after forgetting an offhanded promise he made to his ailing grandmother that he would have a fiancé by her big birthday reunion, Kai is now in panic mode trying to find an omega crazy enough for the task. Enter Visir, the stoic forest dragon bodyguard on a mission to paradise. When a riptide accident puts him in Kai’s debt, Visir is quick...

A comprehensive and judgement-free pregnancy companion: Nurture is the only all-in-one pregnancy and birthing book for modern mothers-to-be and their partners who want a more integrative approach. Author Erica Chidi Cohen has assisted countless births and helped hundreds of families ease into their new roles through her work as a doula. Nurture covers everything from the beginning months of pregnancy to the baby's first weeks.

When actor, director, and author Laura Prepon first became a mother, she felt raw, full of stress, and blindsided. She sought out resources to help navigate this huge life transition, but only found books about childcare with almost nothing on the shelves about momcare. So, Laura decided to write the book she was looking for.

A 360-degree guide to pregnancy for first-time parents—demystify your doubts and make healthy choices for yourself and your baby. From the wild surprise that brings tears of joy to a gradual, somewhat anxious, realization that things are going to change, pregnancy is a roller-coaster of emotions, expectations, and the promise of a new life.

Billionaire Boss ✔️ Best Friend’s Father ✔️Age-Gap ✔️ Enimies to Lovers ✔️ Off-Limits Love Has Never Been So Tempting... I never planned to clash with my best friend’s father on my first day as an intern. But when Ethan R.J. Blackwood, the billionaire CEO, turns out to be a total jerk with an ego as big as his bank account, I can’t help but challenge him. And oh, how I love pushing his buttons. But when a snowstorm strands us together in his luxurious mountain home, all bets are off. What started as a battle of wits ignites into a steamy night of passion I can’t ...

Awakening Fertility is a loving guide to accompany you along the road to whatever is next for you - whether it be a child or a deeper understanding of what it means to be a woman and the power that lies in your heart and in your womb. Including 25 healing recipes, Awakening Fertility is a source of connection, nourishment, and guidance to those desiring to become mothers. As opposed to the countless other books on "trying to conceive," Awakening Fertility looks at this time before motherhood as a chance for discovery and growth.