Dr. Ruth's Pregnancy Guide for Couples: Love, Sex and Medical Facts
Dr. Ruth's Pregnancy Guide for Couples: Love, Sex and Medical Facts by Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, Amos Grunebaum M.D.
PDF | 1999 | 256 pages | ISBN: 041591972X | English | 32 MB
PDF | 1999 | 256 pages | ISBN: 041591972X | English | 32 MB
Coming from Dr. Ruth, this pregnancy advisor contains more about sex than many others, but with obstetrician-gynecologist Grunebaum as coauthor, it provides plenty of medical information, too. Accompanied by insertions of cases "From Our Files" and periodic "Ask Dr. Ruth" question-and-answer features, the main text proceeds through the stages of pregnancy from preparation to delivery and life after the birth.
Sexual and medical information and advice are dispensed throughout, and clear line drawings illustrate the physiological stages of pregnancy as well as many recommended positions for sexual intercourse throughout pregnancy. It is odd that the "Dr. Ruth and Dr. Amos Position," said to "improve the odds of conception," appears in the second trimester chapter, but the position is also said to be more comfortable for both partners, so it fits. The emphasis on sex is rationalized in terms of keeping the prospective parents' relationship strong and loving, and it never seems that that is just a rationalization. Fine of its kind.