The Preemie Primer: A Complete Guide for Parents of Premature Babies -- From Birth Through the Toddler Years and Beyond

by Jennifer Gunter, Jennifer Gunter, Gunter Jennifer, et al.

Book Overview

Having a premature baby--a baby born before the thirty-seventh week of pregnancy-- can be a crash course in both medicine and health economics, not just in parenting. Parents face complex information, difficult decisions, and overwhelming grief and worry--with challenges that often extend well beyond those early days and weeks. As an ob/gyn, Dr. Jennifer Gunter has delivered hundreds of premature babies, but as a mother of preemie triplets, she also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738213934
• ISBN13: 9780738213934
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"