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The First Year, Day by Day

From giving birth to your baby's first birthday

Giving birth, the fourth trimester, and every week of the first year, day by day.

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Part One: Giving birth
  3. Getting ready for birth
  4. How labour starts
  5. The first stage: early and active labour
  6. Transition, pushing and the birth
  7. The third stage: the placenta and checking your body
  8. Coping with pain without medicine
  9. Pain relief with medicine
  10. When labour needs help: induction, speeding things up and assisted birth
  11. Caesarean birth
  12. Special situations
  13. The partner's guide to labour and birth
  14. The first hours after birth
  15. When birth doesn't go as hoped
  16. Part Two: The fourth trimester
  17. Week 1
  18. Week 2
  19. Week 3
  20. Week 4
  21. Week 5
  22. Week 6
  23. Week 7
  24. Week 8
  25. Week 9
  26. Week 10
  27. Week 11
  28. Week 12
  29. Week 13
  30. Part Three: Months 3 to 6
  31. Week 14
  32. Week 15
  33. Week 16
  34. Week 17
  35. Week 18
  36. Week 19
  37. Week 20
  38. Week 21
  39. Week 22
  40. Week 23
  41. Week 24
  42. Week 25
  43. Week 26
  44. Part Four: Months 6 to 9
  45. Week 27
  46. Week 28
  47. Week 29
  48. Week 30
  49. Week 31
  50. Week 32
  51. Week 33
  52. Week 34
  53. Week 35
  54. Week 36
  55. Week 37
  56. Week 38
  57. Week 39
  58. Part Five: Months 9 to 12
  59. Week 40
  60. Week 41
  61. Week 42
  62. Week 43
  63. Week 44
  64. Week 45
  65. Week 46
  66. Week 47
  67. Week 48
  68. Week 49
  69. Week 50
  70. Week 51
  71. Week 52
  72. After day 365
  73. Quick reference: when to get help
  74. Milestones at a glance
  75. Glossary