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    Pregnancy—Pitfalls, Principles, and Pearls
    Pregnancy—Pitfalls, Principles, and Pearls
    Pregnancy—Pitfalls, Principles, and Pearls
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    Pregnancy—Pitfalls, Principles, and Pearls

    By Tobe Momah

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    Maternal mortality has barely improved in the last thirty years, in spite of cutting-edge technology and trillions of dollars invested. The global maternal mortality ratio declined by 2.3 percent between 1990 and 2008, and more than a thousand pregnant or recently post-partum women die daily from pregnancy-related complications.

    Most of these deaths are sadly preventable and this book covers these possible complications with a common-sense approach to managing pregnancy successfully.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateAug 29, 2012
    ISBN9781449762117
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      Pregnancy—Pitfalls, Principles, and Pearls - Tobe Momah

      Copyright © 2012 by Tobe Momah MD, MSc, DABFM.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      WestBow Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

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      The information, ideas, and suggestions in this book are not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice. Before following any suggestions contained in this book, you should consult your personal physician. Neither the author nor the publisher shall be liable or responsible for any loss or damage allegedly arising as a consequence of your use or application of any information or suggestions in this book.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-6210-0 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-6211-7 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012914371

      WestBow Press rev. date: 08/23/2012

      Contents

      Preface

      Foreword

      Acknowledgments

      Chapter 1      The Newly Pregnant Patient

      Chapter 2      Preconception Care

      Chapter 3      The First Month

      Chapter 4      Causes of Miscarriage

      Chapter 5      Where Not to Go in Pregnancy!

      Chapter 6      When the Treatment Is Worse Than the Disease!

      Chapter 7      100 Simple Steps to a Successful Pregnancy

      Chapter 8      Blunders in Birthing!

      Chapter 9      Starting a House

      Chapter 10      When All Else Fails

      Preface

      Maternal mortality has barely improved in the last thirty years. This is in spite of cutting-edge technology and trillions of dollars invested. The global maternal mortality ratio (that is the number of maternal deaths per one hundred thousand live births) declined by only 2.3 percent between 1990 and 2008, and over one thousand pregnant or recently post-partum women die daily from pregnancy-related complications. Most of these deaths could have been prevented if the simple concepts discussed in this book were applied.

      From my medical tutelage in Nigeria, to my mission trips in Ethiopia, and now in modern America practicing full-spectrum family medicine, I have seen a needless waste of pregnant women’s lives from inadvertent and preventable causes—but it doesn’t have to be this way. If the three hundred fifty-eight thousand women, who died following pregnancy or childbirth in 2008, had access to the information in this book many would still be alive today!

      This book covers the entire nine-month pregnancy and teaches mothers-to-be how to apply simple, down-to-earth principles, laced with medical pearls, and avoid the common pitfalls many make in pregnancy.

      Foreword

      I am one of the oldest family medicine doctors still delivering babies and taking night calls. I was an academically tenured professor for over twenty years, but I started a bilingual private practice in 1999. Our focus is family care including obstetrics. The need and opportunity for obstetrical family medicine is so great that, even in an over-doctored American urban area, our coalition of family physicians in private practice has grown to over two thousand deliveries per year. But it took the political support of the Dean and Chair to achieve our hospital privileges. If you can unlock these, there is a bright future for obstetrical family medicine and the material included in this book by Dr. Momah.

      Generic primary care skills

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