Pilar Rubio nos trae este completísimo plan para cuidarnos durante y después del embarazo. Una guía que abarca un amplio abanico de temas a los que una mujer se enfrenta cuando le llega el momento de convertirse en mamá. «Este no es solo un libro para embarazadas, está pensado para mujeres que también son madres. Un libro que te ofrece las claves para cuidarte a ti y a tu bebé durante el embarazo, pero también para mimarte y recuperar tu figura después de la gestación. Así que, desde mi experiencia personal y aconsejada por los expertos maravillosos que me ayudaron en mis dos embarazos, intento dar respuestas a las muchas preguntas que nos hacemos cuando nos encontramos ante esta etapa única de nuestra vida: cómo alimentarme bien, qué ejercicios debo hacer, qué tratamientos estéticos son recomendables y cuáles no, o qué tipo de parto me gustaría tener. Todas aquellas dudas que nos planteamos alguna vez cualquiera de nosotras cuando nos preguntamos:¿qué hace una chica como yo con un embarazo como este?» Pilar Rubio Ha llegado el día: el test de embarazo ha dado positivo.¿Y ahora, qué?¿Puedo comer de todo?¿Engordaré hasta decir basta?¿Volveré a recuperar mi figura?¿Podré teñirme el pelo?¿Cambiará mi vida en pareja?¿Realmente me dolerá tanto el parto? Es probable que pienses:¿qué hace una chica como yo con un embarazo como este? Pero no entres en pánico: en esta guía está la respuesta a todas estas preguntas y mucho más. No te dejes de lado y reeduca tus hábitos: practica rutinas de ejercicios específicas para preparar el parto y recuperar tu figura, y sácate partido con los consejos de belleza y moda de Pilar. Aprende a detectar y combatir las molestias más comunes de cada trimestre, conoce las pruebas médicas que tienes que tener en cuenta y adáptate a estos nuevos cambios físicos, sin olvidarte de ti misma y tus propias necesidades. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The day has arrived: the pregnancy test came out positive. Now what? Can I eat everything? Will I just keep getting fat? Will I ever get my figure back? Can I dye my hair? Will my relationship change? Will giving birth really hurt that much? You are probably thinking: what is a girl like me doing with a pregnancy like this? But don't panic: in this guide, you will find the answer to these and many more questions. Don't forget about yourself, and re-educate your habits: practice routines of specific exercises to practice for giving birth and getting your figure back, and make the most of Pilar's beauty advice and fashion tips. Learn to detect and fight the most common problems in every trimester, get to know the medical tests you should take into account, and get adapted to these new physical changes, without forgetting about yourself and your own needs.

This revised edition offers expanded coverage of grammar and vocabulary, as well as idiomatic usage, irregular verbs, and conversational elements that will help readers improve their language skills in a variety of situations. In addition, a new workbook section specially designed to help readers practice and retain information has been included. • Includes a comprehensive review of beginning Spanish, plus simple strategies for memorizing cases, endings, and vocabulary • Features an easy-to-understand guide to Spanish idioms • Covers business and medical Spanish • Techniques for mastering vocabulary and grammar • New exercises and answers throughout

This book is the perfect guide for doctors, nurses, and other health care personnel who treat Hispanic patients who speak little or no English. It includes more than 1,400 useful lists of phrases and words that are most likely to be used in a medical setting. Readers can flip quickly to the appropriate section for help in asking and answering questions. This handy reference helps medical and administrative staff to: Make appointments Collect medical history and insurance information Describe procedures Ask about symptoms and pain Reassure and comfort patients This pocket-sized guide even features the basics of Spanish grammar and punctuation. Complete with Spanish and English glossaries, and is all health care workers need to communicate effectively with their Hispanic patients and family members.

This book and accompanying CD are designed for health care professionals who are rusty in their speaking and listening skills or who studied Spanish for a semester or two many years ago. Hundreds of novice learners have found the handbook and CD extremely effective because, after six weeks, they are able to speak and understand short Spanish phrases and sentences in health-related environments. This handbook helps agencies and individuals respond to recently issued national standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services in health care issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2001. If you want to learn how to communicate with Spanish-speaking clients, this book and CD are for you. The handbook is organized into a series of sixpasos, or steps, each designed to be a lesson. Eachpasopresents seven exercises or activities designed to engage the novice in learning, practicing, and using health care Spanish. The accompanying CD presents a series of dialogues that occur frequently in both administrative and clinical settings. Developed through the Spanish for Health Professionals workshops at the University of North Carolina's School of Public Health, this handbook and CD follow the principles of Communicative Language Learning in which the primary emphasis is placed on speaking and listening. These materials have proven highly successful in training health professionals in Spanish and cultural competencies to improve the quality of care provided to the immigrant Latino population.

Fully revised and updated, the second edition of this best-selling Rough Guide gives you the up-to-date lowdown on pregnancy, birth and coping when you first get home. A week by week guide to what's happening to you and the baby, from choosing where to give birth, coping with nausea and understanding the tests you will need to dealing with stretch marks, breastfeeding for the first time and adapting to life with a new born. There are no bossy-boots rules, just the sanest, wittiest advice you'll ever get, plus lots of cartoons. This complete guide has everything you will need to know about the scary parts, the funny parts and your private parts.

Every English-speaking health professional who works with Spanish-speaking patients will appreciate this handy resource. Two of California's leading Spanish language educators present a wide variety of questions dealing with a full range of health issues -- from medical to administrative, from psychiatric to nutritional, from greetings and social amenities to medical forms. Designed to elicit a 'yes or no' answer, these questions are ideal for users with no knowledge of Spanish. The new 4th Edition offers updated and expanded coverage of mental health and psychiatry, workplace injury and occupational health, AIDS/HIV, child and adult vaccinations, environmental toxins, sun exposure, sports medicine, cancer, and much more. Offers a user-friendly organization that makes the right content easy to find quickly. Covers both emergency and routine situations. Includes cultural considerations, highlighting cultural and religious issues that can affect health care. Provides a Glossary of commonly used terms. Presents updated and expanded material on mental health and psychiatry - workplace injury and occupational health - AIDS/HIV - child and adult vaccinations - environmental toxins - sun exposure - sports medicine - cancer - and many other important topics.