1: Introduction 2: Your journey through pregnancy 1: The very beginning 2: Conceiving a baby 3: Staying safe in pregnancy 4: Diet and exercise 5: Work and maternity rights 6: The first trimester 7: Weeks 0-6 8: Antenatal care and birth choices 9: Weeks 6-10 10: Weeks 10-13 11: Antenatal tests 12: The second trimester 13: Weeks 13-17 14: Weeks 17-21 15: Weeks 21-26 16: The third trimester 17: Weeks 26-30 18: Shopping for your baby 19: Weeks 30-35 20: Specialist antenatal monitoring 21: Weeks 35-40 3: Labour and birth 1: The stages of labour 2: The first stage 3: Pain relief in labour 4: The second & third stages 5: When help is needed 6: Premature labour 7: Multiple births 8: Assisted deliveries 9: Caesarean birth 4: Life after birth 1: Your newborn baby 2: The hours after birth 3: The first six weeks 4: Your physical recovery 5: Your emotional recovery 6: First days and weeks at home 7: Feeding your baby 8: Family adjustments 9: The six-week postnatal check 5: Concerns and complications 1: Existing medical conditions 2: Infections and illnesses 3: Fetal abnormalities 4: Problems in pregnancy and labour 5: Concerns after birth 6: Useful contacts 7: Index 8: Acknowledgments.