The Smart Mother's Guide to a Better Pregnancy: How to Minimize Risks, Avoid Complications, and Have a Healthy Baby

The Smart Mother's Guide to a Better Pregnancy: How to Minimize Risks, Avoid Complications, and Have a...

From conception to birth and beyond, this helpful guide teaches expectant mothers and fathers how to avoid preventable medical errors and have a successful childbirth experience. The guide includes tips on how to investigate healthcare providers, what to insist on for a high-risk pregnancy, how to recognize and avoid labor-room problems, why "keepsake ultrasounds" are dangerous, how to cope with insurance companies that refuse procedures ordered by providers, and how to make a hospital accountable during admission. This important resource will transform pregnant couples from passive patients into empowered consumers in the medical market and will increase their chances of bringing home healthy and happy babies.

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Posted: May-30-2009

Medically Knowledgeable yet Limited Perspective on Birth

This book is well-intentioned but has a pretty limited, strictly medicalized point of view on birth. Any reference to midwifery and/or home birth seemed misleading and dismissive. For example, the author writes that women who have had their vaginal muscles massaged with oil by their midwives, in...

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Posted: Nov-02-2008

Great book!

This book provides a perspective unique to most pregnancy books--that of a medical malpractice consultant. The tone is never alarming (like the most popular book on pregnancy) but clear and empowering. There are many instances of "if your doctor tests you for 'z' and it is positive, he must...

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Posted: Sep-11-2008

"It is a must read!"

The Smart Mother's Guide to a Better Pregnancy: How to Minimize Risks, Avoid Complications, and Have a Healthy BabyA Review byStephen Matseoane, MD, FACOG, FACSFormer Director of Obstetrics and GynecologyHarlem Hospital CenterClinical Professor of Obstetrics and GynecologyColumbia UniversityI am...

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Posted: Aug-30-2008

Simply wonderful!

Dr. Burke-Galloway's book is clear, concise, and comprehensible. When I was pregnant with my first-born over 31 years ago, I was unaware of such a text that could be easily understood and applied. Her note on first becoming the best person you can be and partnering with health care providers is...

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Posted: Aug-26-2008

Understandable Information for a Healthy Baby

I found Dr. Burke-Galloway presents the information in a format that is easy to read and understand. I found her ability to take such an enormous topic and allow the average person to digest it without feeling overwhelmed was very reassuring. I found the book a real treasure for a mother-to-be.

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