childbirth

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The guest house

2023
Jamie and Victoria are off for a last quick vacation before the arrival of their first baby. The remote country guesthouse Victoria chose seems like the perfect retreat; miles away from the distractions of work and their regular life. And the older couple that run the establishment, Barry and Fiona, are more than accommodating. But when Jamie and Victoria awake on their first morning, they find the house deserted. Barry and Fiona are nowhere to be seen. All the doors are locked. And their cell phones and car keys have disappeared. They have no way out and no way to call for help and the contractions are getting stronger.

Anesthetics

2019
Curious readers step into the operating room to find out the exact biological mechanisms that make anesthetics work.

The light pirate

2022
"Florida as we know it is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state's infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern coast. Kirby Lowe, an electrical line worker for the local utility municipality, his pregnant wife, Frida, and their two sons, Flip and Lucas, prepare for the worst. When the boys go missing just before the hurricane hits, Kirby heads out into the high winds in search of his children. Left alone, Frida goes into premature labor and gives birth to an unusual child, Wanda, whom she names after the catastrophic storm that ushers her into a society closer to collapse than ever before. As Florida continues to unravel, Wanda grows. Moving from childhood to adulthood, adapting not only to the changing landscape, but also to the people who stayed behind in a place abandoned by civilization, Wanda loses family, gains community, and ultimately, seeks adventure, love, and purpose in a place remade by nature"--Provided by publisher.

What's in there?

all about you before you were born
2013
Illustrations and simple text explains facts and answers common questions about pregnancy and how babies develop.

Where are you from?

the wonderful story of your birth
2016
Pictures and simple text describe the miracle of life, from conception up to birth.

Where do babies come from?

1991
Text and pictures explain how a baby develops and is born.

An ordinary day

2020
"An ordinary day in an ordinary neighborhood turns out to be extraordinary in this story about new life, death, and family"--Provided by publisher.

The quilt

During World War II, while his father is in Europe fighting and his mother is working in Chicago, a five-year-old boy goes to live with his grandmother in a rural Norwegian American community in Minnesota. Based on events from the author's life.
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The women who caught the babies

a story of African American midwives
2019
". . . highlights important aspects of the training and work of African-American midwives and the ways in which they have helped, and continue to help, so many families by 'catching' their babies at birth"--Provided by publisher.
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[On the night you were born

Presents a children's book for early readers that describes how the moon, stars, and all of nature reacted on the night a baby was born.
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