Pregnancy Day By Day

Pregnancy is an exceptional time when you enter one of your most significant life stages and need to quickly assimilate knowledge and understanding of the process of pregnancy and birth. In the past, when women traditionally gave birth at home, cared for by midwives and female relatives, pregnancy and birth was a familiar event. Today, it’s unusual to have such firsthand experience and a woman’s knowledge of pregnancy and birth is often nonexistent or limited to that which she gained in her first pregnancy. As a result, many, if not all, women contemplate pregnancy with a mixture of trepidation and curiosity. These feelings are often compounded by the recognition that their own lifestyle choices can have an enormous influence on their own and their baby’s health. For all these reasons, there is a great need for women to be able to access information about pregnancy that is accurate, balanced, and accessible.