Nix, Megan
Summary: "An inspiring memoir and work of fierce advocacy by a mother whose child is born deaf, leading her to investigate and expose a preventable virus that causes more childhood disabilities than any other--but is kept quiet by the medical community. One virus causes more birth defects and disabilities in children than any other infectious disease, yet 93% of Americans don't know it exists. In 2015,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NIX, MEGAN NIXZuckoff, Mitchell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.3 ZUCSummary: Offers a reference guide to pregnancy and childbirth, discussing morning sickness, back pain, gestational diabetes, and breast-feeding with a week-by-week guide to changes in both mother and baby.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents HarmsSummary: Ten percent of babies born in the U.S. are preemies. But that one word, "preemie," encompasses a range of medical and cultural experiences. There are textbooks, medical-ish guidebooks, and the occasional memoir to turn to ... but no book that collects personal experiences from the many people who have parented, cared for, or been preemies themselves. Until now. In What We Didn't Expect,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 WHALinden, Dana Wechsler.
Summary: Updated to incorporate the latest neonatology advances, a comprehensive guide shares advice on everything from risk factors and progress monitoring to homecoming preparations and development prospects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Demos 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.3 ROGBeck, Martha Nibley
Summary: Describes how a mother struggled to cope when her unborn second child, Adam, was diagnosed with Down syndrome, her decision to keep her son, and his magical influence on her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BECK, MARTHA BECKarkowsky, Chavi Eve
Summary: "A doctor's revelatory account of pregnancy and the complexity of reproductive life-and everything we lose when we don't speak honestly about women's health. "My work offers a window into the darkest and lightest corners of people's lives, into the extremes of human experience," writes Dr. Chavi Eve Karkowsky in High Risk, her timely and unflinching account of working in maternal-fetal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.2 KARGwin, Minrose
Summary: "In the fall of 1957, Olivia McAlister is living in Opelika, Mississippi, caring for her two girls, June and Grace, and her husband, Holly. She dreams of living a much larger life--seeing the world and returning to her wartime job at a landing boat factory in New Orleans. As she watches over the birds in her yard, Olivia feels like an "accidental"--a migratory bird blown off course. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GWIMurkoff, Heidi Eisenberg
Summary: Offers advice, insight, and tips for moms and dads, discussing pregnancy and birthing practices, prenatal screenings, postpartum birth control, and nutrition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2016
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618 MUR1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 618 MUR