About the Editors ix Contributors x Preface xiv About the Companion Website xvii Part I Foundational Approaches to Prenatal and Postnatal Care 1 1 Health Equity 3 Noelene K. Jeffers and Karen Trister Grace 2 Ethics in Perinatal Care 22 Mary Broderick Donnelly 3 Reproductive Tract Structure and Function 29 LuVerda Sayles Martin 4 Conception, Implantation, and Embryonic and Fetal Development 42 LuVerda Sayles Martin 5 Physiologic Alterations during Pregnancy 55 Ella T. Heitzler 6 Physiologic Alterations during the Postnatal Period 69 Cindy L. Farley and Tanya Tringali Part II Preconception, Prenatal Care, and Postnatal Care 77 7 Preconception and Interconception Care 79 Cynthia Nypaver 8 Prenatal Care: Goals, Structure, and Components 101 Emma Clark 9 Nutrition during Pregnancy 122 Rhea Williams 10 Pregnancy Diagnosis and Gestational Age Assessment 147 Joyce D. Cappiello and Janet L. Engstrom 11 Risk Assessment during Pregnancy 171 Robin G. Jordan 12 Prenatal Ultrasound 183 Jenna Shaw-Battista 13 Genetic Counseling, Screening, and Diagnosis 197 Aishwarya Arjunan and Susan Hancock 14 Assessment of Fetal Well-Being 215 Jenifer Fahey 15 Common Discomforts of Pregnancy 233 Robin G. Jordan and Anne Z.
Cockerham 16 Oral Health 263 Julia Lange-Kessler 17 Medication Use during Pregnancy 270 Katie McDevitt 18 Substance Use during Pregnancy 289 Signy Toquinto 19 Culture and Community 321 Cindy L. Farley and Raven Fulton 20 Physical Activity and Exercise in the Perinatal Period 329 Meghan Garland and Tanya Tringali 21 Sexuality 346 Jenna Benyounes and Tanya Tringali 22 Occupational and Environmental Health in Pregnancy 355 Katie Huffling 23 Psychosocial Adaptations in Pregnancy 373 Cindy L. Farley 24 Health Education during Pregnancy 390 Kathlyn Albert, Lisa Hanson, and Emily Malloy 25 Preconception, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Care of LGBTQ+ Individuals 403 Signey Olson and Katie DePalma 26 Violence and Trauma in the Perinatal Period 418 Karen Trister Grace 27 Planning for Physiologic Birth 427 Carrie E. Neerland and Melissa D. Avery 28 Triage during Pregnancy 435 Catherine Ruhl 29 Assessment and Care at the Onset of Labor 443 Amy Marowitz 30 Components of Postnatal Care 450 Tia P. Andrighetti and Judith M. Butler 31 Lactation and Breastfeeding 470 Marsha Walker 32 Contraception in the Postnatal Period 499 Katie Daily Part III Complex Prenatal and Postnatal Conditions 517 33 Bleeding during Pregnancy 519 Sascha James-Conterelli 34 Amniotic Fluid and Fetal Growth Disorders 535 Victoria H. Burslem and Cindy L.
Farley 35 Spontaneous Preterm Birth 550 Esther Ellsworth Bowers 36 Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy 564 Melissa Kitzman 37 Gestational Diabetes Mellitus 579 Kimberly K. Trout 38 Multifetal Gestation 592 Heather M. Bradford 39 Postterm Pregnancy 600 Heather M. Bradford 40 Hyperemesis Gravidarum 606 Ella T. Heitzler and Jennifer Wolfe 41 Abdominal Pain 611 Karen Trister Grace 42 Pregnancy after Infertility 616 Melicia Escobar and Ebony Marcelle 43 Common Complications during the Postnatal Period 626 Deborah Brandt Karsnitz and Linda McDaniel 44 Common Lactation and Breastfeeding Problems 645 Marsha Walker 45 Perinatal Loss and Grief 668 Robin G. Jordan and Holly White 46 Obesity in the Perinatal Period 679 Cecilia M. Jevitt 47 Mood and Anxiety Disorders 691 Latrice Martin 48 Hematologic and Thromboembolic Disorders 703 Katie Daily 49 Respiratory Disorders 723 Lisa Hachey and Cynthia Nypaver 50 Urinary Tract Disorders 733 Rhonda Arthur and Nancy Pesta Walsh 51 Gastrointestinal Disorders 741 Debora M. Dole 52 Endocrine Disorders 747 Elizabeth Gabzdyl 53 Neurological Disorders 757 Lise Hauser 54 Dermatologic Disorders 767 Nell L.
Tharpe 55 Infectious Diseases 780 Lisa Noguchi 56 Sexually Transmitted Infections and Vaginitis 804 Gina M. Fullbright Index 819.