Dr. Amos' Fertility and Pregnancy e-Book

Read Dr. Amos' eBook about pregnancy, fertility, trying to get pregnant, and the postpartum period. Everything you need to know!

CHAPTER 1: GETTING PREGNANT

1. FERTILITY 101 - 12 LESSONS TO GET PREGNANT FAST

2. GETTING PREGNANT: UNDERSTANDING CONCEPTION

3. BEFORE PREGNANCY: THE PRECONCEPTION TO-DO LIST

4. BEFORE YOU GET PREGNANT: HEALTHY PREGNANCY STARTS BEFORE YOU CONCEIVE

5. BEST TIME FOR CONCEPTION 

6. GETTING PREGNANT AFTER BIRTH CONTROL  

7. GETTING PREGNANT AFTER HYSTERECTOMY

8. GETTING PREGNANT AFTER TUBAL LIGATION

9. GETTING PREGNANT AFTER VASECTOMY  

10. ANOVULATION - WHY SOME WOMEN DON’T OVULATE 

11. CHOOSING YOUR PREGNANCY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER  

12. FALLOPIAN TUBE ISSUES (ENDOMETRIOSIS ETC)  

13. FERTILITY MEDICATIONS (CLOMID ETC) 

14. FOODS TO IMPROVE FERTILITY  

15. GAY AND LESBIAN PREGNANCY  

16. IMPACT OF A MAN'S AGE ON PREGNANCY

17. IMPROVING HER FERTILITY  

18. IMPROVING HIS FERTILITY  

19. INFERTILITY TESTING  

20. IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION (IVF)  

21. IVF -OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

22. OVULATION PREDICTORS 

23. PLANNING A PREGNANCY WITH A MEDICAL CONDITION 

24. PRECONCEPTION COUNSELING

25. PREGNANCY AND MENOPAUSE

26. PREPARING FOR PREGNANCY EMOTIONALLY

27. SEX AND GETTING PREGNANT

28. SURROGACY AND PREGNANCY  

29. THE BIG O - HOW DO I KNOW I AM OVULATING?

30. TIMING PREGNANCY TO A CERTAIN MONTH 

31. SPERM COUNT HOW AND WHY

32. THE VERY FIRST PREGNANCY SYMPTOMS 

33. WHAT IS THE PREGNANCY TEST ABOUT AND HOW DO YOU DO IT? 

34. WHEN TO SEE THE INFERTILITY SPECIALIST

35. WHEN TO TAKE A PREGNANCY TEST  

36. WHEN YOU CAN'T GET PREGNANT - INFERTILITY

37. WHY PRENATAL VITAMINS AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT 

38. YOUR WEIGHT COUNTS

39. AM I PREGNANT? ALL FAQS

CHAPTER 2: LABOR & DELIVERY

1. HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN LABOR - SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF LABOR 

2. ABNORMAL LABOR

3. ANESTHESIA DURING LABOR AND DELIVERY

4. CESAREAN SECTION 

5. CHORIOAMNIONITIS

6. DOULAS AND THEIR ROLE IN PREGNANCY

7. ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITORING

8. FETAL DEATH/STILLBIRTH

9. INDUCTION OF LABOR

10. OPERATIVE PROCEDURES IN PREGNANCY - FORCEPS, VACUUM, EPISIOTOMY 

11. PLACENTA CRETA

12. PLACENTA PREVIA

13. POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE

14. SHOULDER DYSTOCIA

15. VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN SECTION - VBAC  

16. VAGINAL DELIVERY 

17. HOMEBIRTH - WHY NOT?

CHAPTER 3: PREGNANCY ISSUES

1. ABDOMINAL PREGNANCY

2. ACUTE ABDOMEN IN PREGNANCY

3. AMNIOTIC FLUID ISSUES - TOO LITTLE, TOO MUCH  

4. AMNIOCENTESIS AND CVS  

5. ANATOMY ULTRASOUND IN PREGNANCY 

6. PRENATAL TESTING

7. ASTHMA

8. BEAUTY TREATMENTS DURING PREGNANCY

9. BLEEDING IN PREGNANCY 

10. BREAST CANCER 

11. CANCER

12. CERVICAL INSUFFICIENCY

13. COMMON TESTS DURING PREGNANCY

14. CONSTIPATION AND PREGNANCY  

15. DIABETES AND SCREENING IN PREGNANCY

16. DIETING AND PREGNANCY  

17. DIABETES

18. DOWN SYNDROME AND OTHER PREGNANCY ANOMALIES  

19. DR. AMOS PREGNANCY: 101 TTC AND PREGNANCY Q&AS

20. ECTOPIC PREGNANCY

21. EPILEPSY

22. GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE

23. HEART DISEASE

24. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND PREGNANCY 

25. FIRST TRIMESTER SCREENING  

26. FOODS TO AVOID  

27. FETAL GROWTH ISSUES  

28. FIRST TRIMESTER MISCARRIAGE

29. ECTOPIC PREGNANCY  

30. EMOTIONAL CHANGES AND PREGNANCY

31. EXERCISE IN PREGNANCY - DO'S AND DON'TS

32. GAS AND BLOATING IN PREGNANCY

33. HYPERTENSION IN PREGNANCY

34. HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM

35. INFECTIONS IN PREGNANCY

36. JUNK FOOD IN PREGNANCY  

37. KIDNEY PROBLEMS AND PREGNANCY

38. LEIOMYOMA FIBROID UTERUS: AN OVERVIEW

39. LUNG, LIVER, KIDNEY DISEASE

40. LUPUS

41. MACROSOMIA

42. MATERNITY CLOTHES 

43. MISCARRIAGE

44. MORNING SICKNESS AND PREGNANCY

45. MOOD DISORDERS AND DEPRESSION

46. MULTIPLE PREGNANCY - TWINS, TRIPLETS

47. NORMAL HCG LEVELS  

48. OBESITY AND PREGNANCY

49. PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE - PID

50. PLACENTA ACCRETA, INCRETA, PERCRETA  

51. POST TERM PREGNANCY  

52. PREGNANCY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STD)  

53. PREGNANCY BACK PAIN  

54. PREGNANCY DEPRESSION  

55. PREMATURE RUPTURE OF FETAL MEMBRANES 

56. PRENATAL CARE - FIRST DOCTOR'S VISIT

57. PRETERM LABOR

58. PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS

59. RHESUS DISEASE AND ISOIMMUNIZATION

60. SECOND TRIMESTER MISCARRIAGE 

61. SEIZURE DISORDER

62. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

63. SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION

64. SLEEP DURING PREGNANCY

65. STRESS RELIEF IN PREGNANCY  

66. SUPERFECUNDATION

67. SUPERFETATION

68. TERATOGEN EXPOSURE - IS THIS SAFE

69. THROMBOCYTOPENIA

70. THROMBOEMBOLISM - VENOUS

71. TRANSGENDER PREGNANCY

72. TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE

73. THYROID DISEASE

74. ULTRASOUND AND PREGNANCY

75. YOUR FITNESS DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY  

76. YOUR PREGNANCY TO-DO CHECKLIST 

77. TAKING CARE OF YOUR TEETH DURING PREGNANCY  

78. URINARY TRACT INFECTION - UTI

79. VIRAL DISEASES

80. VULVOVAGINITIS

81. TESTS DONE LATER IN PREGNANCY  

82. YOUR SKIN AND PREGNANCY 

83. THE QUAD SCREEN TEST  

84. TRAVELING IN PREGNANCY

CHAPTER 4: POSTPARTUM

1. ALL ABOUT BREASTFEEDING

2. BREASTFEEDING BASICS FOR MOM  

3. BREAST IMPLANTS IN PREGNANCY AND BREASTFEEDING

4. BABY AND NEWBORN "HOW TO"

5. CONTRACEPTION 

6. HAIR LOSS AFTER PREGNANCY  

7. LOSING BABY FAT QUICKLY 

8. URINARY INCONTINENCE

9. RECTOCELE

10. CYSTOCELE