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Discover the journey of motherhood with 'The First Breath,' a compelling medical memoir by Olivia Gordon. This must-read book dives deep into the realities faced when pregnancy encounters unexpected complications. Gordon's powerful narrative showcases how advances in fetal and neonatal medicine have changed the landscape of childbirth, transforming what was once deemed impossible into hopeful futures. With a gripping account based on her own experience of discovering her baby’s critical condition at twenty-nine weeks, this book illuminates the love, fear, and determination that define the journey to motherhood. The First Breath uniquely highlights the patient-doctor relationship and the cutting-edge techniques that bring infants into the world safely. It's a profound exploration of motherhood’s challenges through personal stories and sensitive case histories of other mothers navigating high-risk births. Perfect for parents, medical professionals, and anyone interested in the evolution of neonatal care, this book will resonate deeply with readers who wish to understand the advancements in medicine that support vulnerable lives. 'The First Breath' is not just a story of survival; it is a testament to love and hope in the face of adversity. ORDER NOW to secure your copy of this groundbreaking memoir. Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW, ISBN: 9781509871209, Format: B-format paperback, Year: 2020, Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK, Pages: 320.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509871209
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2020
Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK
Pages: 320
Description:
What happens when pregnancy and the first few weeks of a baby’s life don’t go as planned? How have advances in modern medicine and perinatal genetics redefined our perceptions of what is possible?
The First Breath by Olivia Gordon is a powerful medical memoir about the extraordinary fetal and neonatal medicine bringing today's babies into the world. Unveiling the intense patient-doctor relationship at work with every birth, this book reflects on the cutting-edge medicine that has saved a generation of babies, the combination of love and fear a parent feels for a child they haven’t yet met and what can happen before a baby’s first breath.
Olivia Gordon was twenty-nine weeks pregnant when a scan found that her baby was critically ill. Thanks to a risky operation in utero and five months in neonatal care, her son survived. The First Breath is the first popular science book to tell the story of the fast developing fields of fetal and neonatal medicine. It explores motherhood and the female experience of medicine through Olivia’s personal story and sensitive, intimate case histories of other mothers' high risk births.
The First Breath asks what it means to become the mother of a child who would not have survived birth only a generation ago, showing how doctors and nurses save the most vulnerable lives and how medicine has developed to make it possible for these lives to even begin.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781509871209
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2020
Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK
Pages: 320
Description:
What happens when pregnancy and the first few weeks of a baby’s life don’t go as planned? How have advances in modern medicine and perinatal genetics redefined our perceptions of what is possible?
The First Breath by Olivia Gordon is a powerful medical memoir about the extraordinary fetal and neonatal medicine bringing today's babies into the world. Unveiling the intense patient-doctor relationship at work with every birth, this book reflects on the cutting-edge medicine that has saved a generation of babies, the combination of love and fear a parent feels for a child they haven’t yet met and what can happen before a baby’s first breath.
Olivia Gordon was twenty-nine weeks pregnant when a scan found that her baby was critically ill. Thanks to a risky operation in utero and five months in neonatal care, her son survived. The First Breath is the first popular science book to tell the story of the fast developing fields of fetal and neonatal medicine. It explores motherhood and the female experience of medicine through Olivia’s personal story and sensitive, intimate case histories of other mothers' high risk births.
The First Breath asks what it means to become the mother of a child who would not have survived birth only a generation ago, showing how doctors and nurses save the most vulnerable lives and how medicine has developed to make it possible for these lives to even begin.