Coping
with Postnatal Depression
by
Dr Bryanne Barnett |
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The medical
psychological and social implications.
Includes practical self help and personal accounts. |
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Don't
Panic! Overcoming Anxiety, Phobias and Tension
by Dr. Andrew Page
USA 1980 |
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| From
the back cover:“Anxiety expert, Dr. Andrew
Page describes how to recognise problem anxiety,
and how it can be controlled by a combination
of slow breathing, facing fears, straight thinking
and whole body relaxation” |
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Endometriosis
by Dr Lyle Breitkopf
& Marion Bakoulis
Great Britain 1998 |
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A guide
to one of the most common causes of period pain
and infertility
From the back cover: “In this book [the
authors] explain what endometriosis is and what
the causes may be, and discuss diagnosis, treatment
and management. There is real hope for the future. |
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Everywoman
by Derek Llewellyn-Jones
UK 1971 |
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| From
the back cover: “ A Gynaecological Guide
to life. It contains much new material on important
subjects such as contraception and human sexuality.” |
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Making
Up Your Mind About Motherhood
by
Dr. Silvia Feldman
USA 1985 |
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| From
the back cover:“[This book] offers invaluable
help in making the crucial decision of Motherhood
- advice, insight and support based on more
than twenty-five years of professional expertise. |
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Miscarriage
: The Facts
by
Gillian C. L. Lachelin
USA 1985 |
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| From
the back cover: “Miscarriages are common,
and cause considerable distress to the couples
concerned. This book clearly explains the causes
of miscarriage, the effects on the family, and
what can be done to prevent further miscarriages
and to plan for a successful subsequent pregnancy.
It has been written for women who have had one
or more miscarriages, and their partners.” |
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Mothers
& Fathers Speak on the Drama of Pregnancy, birth
and the First Year of Life
by
Norma Tracey
Australia 1993 |
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From the back cover: “This
book discusses the experiences of pregnancy,
birth and motherhood, as seen through the eyes
of forty parents... [The author] examines carefully
and compassionately the many different outcomes
of this normal life process. Being a parent
is hard and demanding work. Popular idealisation
denies its intensity and difficulties.” |
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Mothers
Matter Too
by Jenny
Phillips
N.Z. 1983 |
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A positive
approach to life for mothers at home
How to take charge of your life...recognise
and accept your own needs...increase your physical
and mental well-being.
Introduce changes to your daily routine...discover
how to find help and support...learn how you
can help others. |
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Mothers
Growing up
by June
E deVaus
Australia 1992 |
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Understanding
the heartaches of motherhood
From the back cover: “Many women experience
constant heartache with their children. Anger,
rage, depression, guilt and painful relationships
are common, and for years women have struggled
to find ways of understanding these problems.
This book tells the stories of women who found
themselves caught in the bewildering process
of mothering and describes how many of them
came to understand their experience and change
it.” |
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PCOS
by Colette Harris with Dr
Adam Carey
United Kingdom 2000 |
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A
Women's guide to dealing with Polycystic Ovary
Syndrome
PCOS often goes undiagnosed
because the symptoms are like PMS. So despite
being so common PCOS isn't well-know. This is
the first book to focus on the condition and
is packed with essential advice for women on
how to deal with PCOS and the impact it can
have on their health, relationships and self-image. |
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Painful
People
by Joseph
Dunn
Australia 1997 |
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| From
the back cover:“Learn... how to deal with
the strange people we all meet as we go through
the daily grind in this engaging look at our
odd, and not so odd, personalities. Dr. Joseph
Dunn answers our most puzzled questions about
how we become a particular type of personality.
He explains how we can understand and interpret
personality types , our own and others, and
how this will benefit our lives.” |
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Should
We Have a Baby?
by
Candida Peterson
Australia 1982 |
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| From
the back cover: “This book brings together
a wealth of researched evidence to analyse,
without bias, some of the major pros and cons
involved. The problems dealt with range from
personal fears...to worries about hereditary
genetic conditions, the difficulty in choosing
between a baby and a career, and whether to
stop at one child or have several.” |
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Someone
Else to Love
by
Susan Schultz
U.S.A. 1976 |
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| A poetic journal
recording the feelings of the author before, during
and after pregnancy. |
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Sperm
Wars
by Robin
Baker
UK 1996 |
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| Infidelity,
sexual conflict and other bedroom battles
From the back cover: “Whatever we may
think we feel, men are programmed to conquer
and monopolise; women deep down to diversity
their genetic input...some dramatic facts of
life:
- 10% of children aren't fathered by their
'fathers'
- less than 1% of a man's sperm could ever
fertilise anything; the remainder is designed
to fight off other men's sperm;
- 'smart' vaginal mucus encourages some sperm,
blocks others;
- a woman is more likely to conceive through
a casual fling than through sex with her regular
partner.”
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Still
to be Born
by Pat
Schwiebert and Dr. Paul Kirk
USA 1993 |
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| This
book is a guide for bereaved parents who are
making decisions about their future. The book
discusses grief, how to make decisions for the
future, how to live through another pregnancy
and beyond birth. |
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The
Heartache of Motherhood
by
Joyce Nicholson
UK 1983 |
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| From the
back cover: “Joyce Nicholson is the mother
of 4 grown-up children. After 35 years of devoted
marriage, she left the family home to live alone
— happily.
This book is a deeply personal account of her
feelings about being a mother; her honesty is
extraordinary and very moving, her conclusions
startling.” |
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Understanding
Endometriosis
Foreword by Dr Stephen Kennedy
Published in conjunction with the National Endometriosis
Society (UK) |
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| From the back
cover: “Endometriosis is an increasingly
common gynaecological disorder, affecting an estimated
1 to 2 % of all women of childbearing age. Left
untreated it is a chronic cause of pain, menstrual
disorders and infertility...[this book] provides
the most up-to-date summary of the disease and
all that is known about its cause, diagnosis and
treatment.” |
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Why
Children?
by Stephanie
Dowrick and Sibyl Grundberg
Australia 1980 |
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| In
this book, eighteen women speak out about why
they have chosen to have - or not have, children. |
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Women
as Wombs
by Janice
Raymond |
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| Reproductive
technologies and the battle over women’s
freedom. Janice asserts that, far from being liberatory
issue of ‘choice’ these techniques
are actually a threat to women’s basic human
rights. |
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Women
and Health
by The Haworth Medical Pres
USA, 2003 |
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Contents
include articles on:
- Egg and embryo donation and the meaning
of motherhood
- The cancer screening project for women:
experiences of women who partner women and
women who partner men
- Do attitude toward cancer, sense of coherence
and family high risk predict more psychological
distress in women referred for a breast cancer
examination
- "At risk" women who think that
they have no chance of getting HIV: self-assessed
perceived risks
- Measures and correlates of resilience
- Use of VA Health care services by women
veterans: finding from a national sample
- Attitudes toward menopause in relation to
symptom experience in Puebla, Mexico
- Survey on the programs of Sanhujori centers
in Korea as the traditional postpartum care
facilities
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Your
Body, Your Baby
by
Redfern Legal Centre Publishing
Australia 1996 |
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| From
the back cover:“[this book] provides information
to help you assert your legal rights when making
choices about contraception, fertility, abortion,
pregnancy and birth...It provides accurate and
comprehensive information about consequences
and risks, alternatives, sources of support,
legal rights and responsibilities.” |
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