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• David Chamberlain, PhD, is a California psychologist, scholar, author, and international lecturer with over 60 publications and 27 years of leadership in the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH). In a landmark study of mother and child pairs in 1980, he demonstrated that birth memories were reliable and not fantasies. In 2003, Mothering magazine celebrated David as a \"Living Treasure.\" He was a founding faculty member of Santa Barbara Graduate Institute; in 2006 the institute conferred upon him an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. In 2007, he was honored at the Gentle Birth World Conference with the Mother Goose Award for his work with mothers and babies. The author lives in Nevada City, CA.

• Chicago Tribune Denise Austin probably could motivate a statue. Her nonstop encouragement and exercise expertise form the perfect combination.
• CHAPTER 1\"I Can't Believe It. I'm Pregnant!\"All I kept saying was, \"I can't believe it. I'm really pregnant.\"We were going to have our own little baby and become a family. I wanted to tell the whole world. I was so thrilled and excited. I know some people say you're supposed to wait until after the twelfth to thirteenth week, but I couldn't help myself.I'm from a big Catholic family. My mom and dad had four girls and one boy, and all my sisters and my brother had had children. I knew I always wanted to have kids. Having a family was the most important thing to me. I never wanted to be just a career woman. Jeff is from a big family, too; he's one of five kids. So we couldn't imagine life without building our own family.There were already lots of grandchildren on both sides, so my family was never pushing me to have a baby. It was usually my friends. I share everything with my sisters, so of course this was a \"big topic.\" Even before I went to the doctor, I called my sisters and told them the pregnancy test was positive. They screamed! They were so happy for us. Since I talk to my sisters almost every day, they got the details of both pregnancies, and I mean everything -- so let me share it with you!One of the fears I shared with them was having to get into a leotard for my work. But guess what! Some of my biggest career accomplishments and successes came while I was pregnant. So if you are a career woman, don't worry that motherhood will interrupt your career path. It won't. In fact, it will probably make you a more efficient, as well as happier, person. Nurturing a child will bring you the greatest rewards, and love will never seem richer.If you think you're in love with your husband now, just wait until you experience the complete joy of having a child together. It will enrich both your lives and your marriage.After I took the home pregnancy test, I went to the doctor for a blood test. It was positive. Wow! I'm going to be a mother. Now it was for real. He gave me my due date, which was August 11. I thought to myself, well, that would give me six weeks to get back into shape after delivery because I was scheduled to begin filming my television show on October 1.Like you, I had hundreds of questions for the doctor; he also had questions for me. He wanted to know about my medical history. I told him everything I knew, and fortunately there was nothing in my family background to suggest I would not have a healthy baby or healthy pregnancy.My biggest concern was whether I would be able to continue exercising and keep up my travel schedule while filming my television show. Would it be safe to do aerobics? I didn't want to do anything that would harm my baby, and I even told my doctor I would quit my job to have a safe pregnancy. He assured me that I did not have to stop everything. I could continue my regular 30-minute-a-day exercise routine and continue traveling as long as everything was going well.In fact, research by James F. Clapp, M.D., the world's foremost researcher in the area of exercise and pregnancy, has documented that exercise can reduce labor time by two hours. Exercise during pregnancy can decrease the incidence of C-section by 24 percent, reduce the usage of forceps by about 14 percent, and help babies have higher APGAR (responsiveness) scores when born. Dr. Clapp was also recently published in the Journal of Pediatrics documenting that children of women who exercised when they were pregnant had significantly higher general intelligence and better language skills! Exercise is not only healthy for the mother but also important for the child's future.One detail researchers now suggest is that obstetricians be aware of whether you were a premie. According to a recent University of Utah study, women born before thirty-seven weeks' gestation have nearly a 20 percent greater chance of delivering prematurely -- and the risk more than doubles for women born before thirty-two weeks. Since premature births account for nearly 70 percent of newborn deaths of otherwise normal babies, it's important for your doctor to monitor you. So remember, tell your doctor everything!I continued exercising on

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