Pregnancy Relationships

Learn from a whole community of dads so you're fully prepared to be a great first time dad and partner. The moment you find out you're going to be a dad is one of incredible joy, shock, and anxiousness - often all the same time! This detailed guide, from the writers and dads at DaddiLife - the worlds leading online platform for fathers - provides the reassurance and practical advice needed for modern day dads. It addresses the real challenges that new dads and dads to be go through, while also providing the answers at every step of the way.

Making Babies offers a proven three-month program designed to help any woman get pregnant. Fertility medicine today is all about aggressive surgical, chemical, and technological intervention, but Drs. David and Blakeway know a better way.

Get some headspace is the ultimate guide to improving your life with just 10 minutes of meditation each day. Now founder of Headspace, Andy Puddicombe, teaches you how to remain mindful during pregnancy, childbirth and the early days of parenthood. The Mindful Pregnancy is the concise and practical guide to achieving and maintaining mindfulness throughout every stage of having a baby.

The first six months with a new baby is a special and exciting time full of milestones and new experiences. This updated edition of Your Baby Week by Week explains the changes that your baby will go through in their first six months. Each chapter covers a week of their development so you’ll know when your baby will start to recognise you, when they’ll smile and laugh for the first time and even when they’ll be old enough to prefer some people to others!

From a leading pediatric sleep physician comes a revolutionary program that will have everyone in the house sleeping through the night. When Dr. Craig Canapari became a father, he realized that all his years of 36-hour hospital shifts didn't even come close to preparing him for the sleep deprivation that comes with parenthood. The difference is that parents don’t get a break - it’s hard to know if there’s a night of uninterrupted sleep anywhere in the foreseeable future. Sleepless nights for kids mean sleepless nights for the rest of the family....

Love - good and bad - forces three teens' worlds to tilt in a riveting standalone novel from #1 New York Timesbest-selling author Ellen Hopkins. Three teens, three stories - all interconnected through their parents' family relationships. As the adults pull away, caught up in their own dilemmas, the worlds of the teens begin to tilt.

Lily came to the ranch seeking peace, but she found herself caught in a whirlwind of desire and dominance. The ranch’s alphas—Sam, the steady leader; Dean, the charming protector; Cole, the brooding enforcer; and Ethan, the quiet strength—ignite something in her she can’t deny. As her heat rises and her secrets unravel, Lily must decide if she’s ready to let go of her past and trust these men with her future. Sam knows he should keep things professional, but the moment he scents Lily’s omega heat, every instinct demands he claim her. Dean’s playful charm hides a burning need ...

She went looking for forbidden power. Now she’s leaking for the god she accidentally bound to her soul. Lina I’m the Voss heiress, primped and programmed for control. But all of that shattered the second I stepped into The Abyss. The moment I saw him. Varnok. Horned, towering, ancient and dark as sin. I didn’t mean to summon him. I just wanted to feel something real. But he saw me. Claimed me. Marked me with a sigil that burns through my chest and throbs between my legs. I hate how much I ache. How fast I leak. And how badly I want him to keep pushing. Varnok They thought they could ...

A much-needed antidote to our modern, assembly-line approach to childbirth, this new book is designed as a guide for all who wish to participate in the wondrous process of bringing new life into the world. Its ideas derive from two sources: the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, with its emphasis on body, mind, and spirit; and the latest Western scientific prenatal research.

Science has revealed that everything consists of energy; your emotions are energy in motion, and each thought produces a distinct energetic frequency. But have you ever thought about how this energy influences your pregnancy? As you delve into Mel Braun's innovative approach to pregnancy and motherhood, you will gain valuable insights into how energy and emotions impact not only you but also your baby. The essential practices outlined in this book will empower you to shift your mindset, motivate you to look beyond the surface, and help you release the obstacles that are holding you back.

Her shame was his leverage. His hunger was her prison. Their love was their redemption. Isla Ochoa, a struggling Omega at TBD University, fights to keep her head above water in the cutthroat academic world, but a rare, stress-induced condition—lactation—threatens to unravel her carefully guarded life. When Professor Dean Cooper, a commanding Alpha with a cruel streak, discovers her humiliating secret, he seizes it as the perfect weapon to bind her to him. Blackmailed into becoming his research assistant on a remote field trip, Isla is thrust into a twisted game of power and possession, ...

Hunter, Autumn, and Summer - three of Kristina Snow's five children - live in different homes, with different guardians and different last names. They share only a predisposition for addiction and a host of troubled feelings toward the mother who barely knows them, a mother who has been riding with the monster, crank, for 20 years.

This is a practical, relatable, and humorous guide to surviving the difficult, awkward, and rewarding job of being a breastfeeding, working mother. Drawing on the war stories, hacks, and humor of working moms and on her own stories from her demanding job and travel in developing countries, she gives women moral support for dealing with the stress and guilt that come with juggling working and breastfeeding. As she tells the listener in her witty, inspiring manifesto, "Your worth as a mother is not measured in ounces."

The fourth title in Dawn Dais' popular parenting series, The Sh!t No One Tells You About Pregnancy is quite possibly the funniest and most heartfelt yet. After all, pregnancy is not all about scanning Pinterest for baby shower themes and registering for ironic onesies, and sometimes the less flattering aspects of gestation have a way of dimming a bit of that so-called pregnancy glow. Not to worry! Dawn is here, ready to shepherd you through the experience of one human body taking on the task of growing another human body.

Best-selling author Naomi Wolf demythologizes motherhood and reveals the dangers of common assumptions about childbirth. With uncompromising honesty, she describes how hormones eroded her sense of independence, ultrasounds tested her commitment to abortion rights, and the keepers of the OB/GYN establishment lacked compassion. Wolf's courageous willingness to talk about the unexpected difficulties of childbirth will help every woman become a more knowledgeable planner of her pregnancy and better prepare her for the challenges of balancing a career, freedom, and a growing family.

Prepare your teen for life's important conversations in just 7 days without awkward dinner table moments! Are you worried about your teen navigating puberty, dating, and relationships without the right information? Do you wish there was a way to guide them without the discomfort of "the talk"? Are you eager to empower them with knowledge but unsure where to start? Don't worry, you're not alone. Many parents and guardians feel overwhelmed by the prospect of addressing these topics. Sex Education for Teenagers provides an approachable, comprehensive guide to help your teen make informed ...

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.

After a seemingly uneventful pregnancy, Megan Nix’s second daughter, Anna, was born very small and profoundly deaf. Megan and her husband, Luke, learned that Anna could have lifelong delays due to an infection from a virus they had never heard of: cytomegalovirus, or CMV, which Megan had unwittingly contracted from her toddler during pregnancy.

Elena I feel his presence before I see him. A shadow lingering in the periphery of my life, watching, waiting. I tell myself it's paranoia. That the powerful man who stands across the street every night, his gaze burning through the glass, isn’t really here for me. But I know better. Dominic Valenti doesn’t watch without reason. And when he finally steps out of the shadows and into my life, I realize too late that I was never meant to escape him. He doesn’t just want to own me. He wants to break me. And the most terrifying part? I think I want it too. Dominic She runs a failing ...

Camille couldn't be having a better summer - she kills it as Ophelia in her community theater's production of Hamlet, catches the eye of the cutest boy in the play, and nabs a spot in a prestigious theater program. But on the very night she learns she got into the program, she also finds out she's pregnant. She definitely can't tell her parents. And her best friend Bea doesn't agree with the decision Camille has made. Camille is forced to try to solve her problem alone - and the system is very much working against her.