DeSiato, Alexandra
Summary: "A unique way to see and process the motherhood experience through the lens of yoga, Whole Mama Yoga covers all phases and stages of becoming and being a mother or birth parent-offering a way to extend yoga's gifts and tools for all who parent. Women are drawn to yoga for its physical benefits, its ability to induce calm and presence, and its offering of spiritual depth. Whole Mama Yoga offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.2 DESTrainor, Meghan
Summary: "Meghan Trainor has wanted to be a mom since before she even knew how babies were made. From the moment she discovered she was pregnant with her first child--her son, Riley--she was fascinated by the entire experience. Yes, pregnancy and motherhood are miracles--but even a miracle can freak you out sometimes. Everyone has an opinion on what an expectant mother should feel, think, or do during...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Horizon, an imprint of HarperCollins Focus 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.2 TRAFlower, Hilary.
Summary: "In this, the first full-length book ever on the topic of tandem nursing, Hilary FLower gives comprehensive and in-depth answers to a wide range of questions related to breast-feeding during pregnancy and tandem nursing."--Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: La Leche League International 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.33 FLOWoods, Sherryl
Summary: "After years of working in publicity, Gabriella Castle's dreams of becoming a VP are within reach. But then an unexpected pregnancy forces her to return to the North Carolina coast--and to the welcoming arms of her family. In Sand Castle Bay, ambitious and driven Gabi finds herself adrift and with difficult decisions to make about her future. Coming home means reuniting with carpenter Wade...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOOAdamo, Courtney
Summary: Explains human reproduction, including how an egg is fertilized, when the baby starts kicking, and at what point the baby can hear people talking to it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 618.2 ADAParker, Emese C.
Summary: "To Carry Wonder" is a curated blend of story and evidence-based insight--a nurturing companion and guide for mamas and mamas-to-be. Keeping mothers' unique and varied needs in mind, Parker draws from her own personal and clinical experiences with pregnancy, providing practical support via candid memoirs and conversational heart-to-hearts. In each chapter, she weaves art with science and humor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Larkwell Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.24 PARRoberts, Nora
Summary: Gabriel's angel: All artist Gabriel Bradley wants is solitude. But when a very pregnant--and very beautiful--woman ends up at his remote cabin during a blizzard, desperate, alone and on the run, the modern-day Scrooge can't bring himself to turn her away. Despite her intrusion, Laura Malone brings Gabriel the gifts of passion, hope and life--he just needs to find the courage to reach for them....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silhouette Books 2018
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Summary: From USA Today bestselling author and Christy Award Hall of Fame inductee Tamera Alexander comes the story of two women from different centuries living in the same house who share strikingly similar journeys. Claire Powell's life is turned upside down when her beloved husband admits to a "near affair." But when Stephen accepts a partnership with an Atlanta law firm without consulting her and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ALEKnisley, Lucy
Summary: "If you work hard enough, if you want it enough, if you're smart and talented and "good enough," you can do anything. Except get pregnant. Her whole life, Lucy Knisley wanted to be a mother. But when it was finally the perfect time, conceiving turned out to be harder than anything she'd ever attempted. Fertility problems were followed by miscarriages, and her eventual successful pregnancy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 KNISummary: A newly pregnant housewife, she seems content to spend her time tending to an immaculate home and doting on her Ken-doll husband, Richie. However, as the pressure to meet her controlling in-laws and husband's rigid expectations mounts, cracks begin to appear in her carefully created facade. Hunter develops a dangerous habit, and a dark secret from her past seeps out in the form of a disorder...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shout Factory 2020
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2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER SWALourey, Jess
Summary: "In a tale inspired by real events, pregnant journalist Joan Harken is cautiously excited to follow her fiancé back to his Minnesota hometown. After spending a childhood on the move and chasing the screams and swirls of news-rich city life, she's eager to settle down. Lilydale's motto, "Come Home Forever," couldn't be more inviting. And yet, something is off in the picture-perfect...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LOUStone, Kyla
Summary: In the middle of the coldest winter on record, an EMP destroys the nation's power grid. No electricity. No cars or phones. Worst of all: No heat. The country is plunged into instant chaos. But for twenty-six-year-old Riley Sheridan, it's the best day of her life. For the last four years, she's been the captive of a sadistic psychopath--until the EMP releases the lock of her prison. Battered but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Five (1951) Black and White 93 minutes Not Rated Starring: William Phipps, Susan Douglas, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin, Earl Lee When a nuclear bomb destroys the world, only five survivors remain. A pregnant woman, a philosopher, a black man, a banker and an explorer seek shelter in an abandoned house. As the last living human beings, they must work together. However, their clashing visions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR CLAMiddleberg, Stephanie
Summary: "The only guide you need to nourishing yourself and your baby from the first through fourth trimesters, from the bestselling author of The Big Book of Organic Baby Food. When you found out you were pregnant, you were probably given a long list of things you were no longer 'supposed' to do. But what you really need is a practical guide to all the things you can do to feel as empowered and strong...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.2 MIDDavis, Eleanor
Summary: "Hannah is a thirty-something wife, home-health worker, and antiwar activist. Her husband, Johnny, is a stay-at-home pothead working--or 'working'--on building them a house before the winter chill sets in. They're currently living and screwing in the back of a truck, hoping for a pregnancy, which seems like it will never come. Legs in the air, for a better chance at conception, Hannah scans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DAVSummary: Ben is a 23-year-old slacker who meets up and coming career girl Alison at a bar. They end up having a one night stand. Eight weeks later, Ben is shocked when Alison meets him and reveals that she is pregnant. Despite having little in common, the two decide that they have to at least try to make some kind of relationship work for the baby's sake.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY KNOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KNOPatterson, James
Summary: Mother-to-be Emily Atkinson leads a complicated life in New York City. Women in her social circle have gone missing, and she's sure she's being stalked. But without proof, will anyone trust her mother's intuition?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PATKoppelman, Amy
Summary: We meet Julie several weeks after her suicide attempt, on the eve of her son's first birthday. Grateful to be alive, Julie tries her best to appreciate every moment. She has, for whatever reason, been given a second chance, but her emotional demons are unrelenting, and she is slowly and quietly losing the battle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 813 KOPSummary: A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-year- old Tish and her fiance Fonny who have a beautiful future ahead. But their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Now the pair and their families must fight for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie If 2019Summary: Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London in the late-1950s to mid-1960s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Call 2019Summary: Theo Faron is a bureaucrat in a Britain gone despotic. It is 2027 and the entire planet has gone infertile. Women no longer have babies, and chaos has erupted: war, rebellion, mass destruction, and a huge refugee problem, with the imposition of martial law. One day, Theo is kidnapped. His ex-wife Julian has a proposition for her former spouse, and because of their relationship, she thinks Theo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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2 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI CHISummary: Although they are both heavily pregnant and due at the same time, their lives could not be more different. Both women have secrets. And both will risk everything to conceal the truth. But their worlds are about to collide in one shocking act that cannot be undone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SECErdrich, Louise
Summary: A tale set in a world of reversing evolution and a growing police state follows pregnant thirty-two-year-old Cedar Hawk Songmaker, who investigates her biological family while awaiting the birth of a child who may emerge as a member of a primitive human species.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ERDCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Erdrich 2017Summary: The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020