1000 Questions about Your Pregnancy

by Jeffrey Thurston

Overview

You are pregnant! You are excited, scared, and apprehensive you have questions whether this your first baby or fourth. Some of your questions are based upon personal experience, some you have been afraid to ask, and some are brand new as medical science continues to advance. In this comprehensive, yet easy-to use reference book, Dr. Jeffrey Thurston provides straightforward and sometimes humorous answers to the 1,000 most common questions facing the mother-to-be. If you have ever wondered: Can I safely have sex during pregnancy? (Questions 109-114); Should I have an epidural in labor? (Questions 560-569); or Should I bank my baby's cord blood? (Questions 336-338), you will find the answers to these questions and many more! This is an essential must-have guide for every woman who is expecting. It also has a cut-out, fold-out wall chart to help you manage your life and pregnancy each week from before conception to after delivery. This book will be your companion through the miraculous process of creating a new life.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013607033
Publisher:	JT2 Books, Inc.
Publication date:	07/06/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	880,678
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Doctor Thurston is a Board Certified obstetrician and gynecologist in the private practice of medicine at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas, with Walnut Hill Ob/Gyn Associates. He currently serves as an Associate Clinical Professor of Ob/Gyn at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and is actively involved in teaching medical students and residents. Doctor Thurston is a cum laude graduate of Rice University and a magna cum laude graduate of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He is past President of the Beta Texas Chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (AOA). His postgraduate training was at the University of California, San Francisco, where he served his internship and residency, and then served as the Administrative Chief Resident in 1985. Thus far, he has attended the delivery of more than 7,000 babies. Doctor Thurston lives in Dallas with his wife Pat and their four children. He is also the author of Death of Compassion (WRS Publ., Waco, TX, 1996) and Disrobe Completely (Brown Books, Plano, TX 2006), in which he discusses the detrimental effects of managed care on the doc­tor-patient relationship. Doctor Thurston is currently pursuing his Master of Biblical Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary and worships at Bent Tree Bible Fellowship in Carrollton. His hobbies include reading, shooting, writing, and he is an avid sailor having recently earned his Merchant Marine Captain's License through the U.S. Coast Guard rated at 100 Ton Master. Doctor Thurston sails a Catalina 350 on Lake Texoma.

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Thurston, whom I have known since medical school, has asked and answered 1,000 questions about your pregnancy in a book that is easy to read, comprehensive, and scientifically founded; patients as well as physicians can benefit from his sound advice. --Susan M. Cox, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. I had the pleasure of knowing Dr. Thurston during his years as a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine. Without a doubt, he was one of the finest and brightest students with whom I have had contact dur

Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine - Raymond H. Kaufman, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.