CONTENTS

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  Preface xi
     
  Introduction, by J. Clifton Edgar, M.D., and Frederick W. Rice, M.D. xiii
     
CHAPTER    
I Getting Ready to Be a Mother 1
     
II Signs that a Baby is Coming 11
     
III Where the Baby’s Life Begins 20
     
IV How the Baby Develops Before He is Born 34
     
V Taking Care of the Baby Before He Comes 46
     
VI Making Ready for the Baby 82
     
VII The Baby’s Arrival 98
     
VIII The Baby’s Mother 114
     
IX The Mother’s Care of Herself—for the Baby’s Sake 138
     
X The Mother’s Care of Her Baby 148
     
XI The Nutrition of Mother and Baby 226