The last two things she ever expected—a man and a baby! Sacrificing her personal life to become a high-flying surgeon has left Joanna Martin with few regrets. She has learned not to risk heart for any man—including her new senior registrar, Dylan Archer, even though her secret desire for him is as strong as her drive to succeed… Dylan's determination to impress and break throughhis beautiful boss's cool exterior, both in and out ofthe operating theater, finally results in one nightof passion. But convincing her that theycould have a future together remains achallenge. Then Joanna discoversshe is pregnant…

A father for her child? General practitioner and local police surgeon Dr. Imogen Rossiter is impetuous, fiery, beautiful… and pregnant! When she meets fellow G.P. and police surgeon Dr. Blair Nesbitt, sparks fly between them. Until Imogen tells him she is carrying another man’s child. Blair is devastated, yet filled with a desire to protect Imogen and her unborn child—he even proposes marriage! They are both thrown into an emotional turmoil making any relationship between them seem impossible, except fate takes a hand and tests the strength of their love for each other once and for all.…

As minimally invasive surgical techniques evolve, the outlook for patients continues to brighten. This is also true for pregnant women experiencing conditions requiring surgical intervention during gestation. A physician’s ability to identify potential risk factors in pregnant patients that present pre-op directly corresponds with their success in monitoring patients in post-op for adverse obstetric outcomes from non-obstetric surgeries. The utilization of laparoscopic techniques during surgery for pregnant patients has decreased the risk of fetal complications and increased the positive outlook for the duration of the pregnancy. This text is designed to present a minimally invasive approach to surgery that is non-obstetrics related and to educate readers on the potential risk factors and negative outcomes on pregnant patients following non-obstetric surgery. The various sections of this book will address issues faced by surgeons who undertake the task of operating on the pregnant patient. When performing non-obstetric surgery on a pregnant patient the ability to identify possible risk factors for adverse obstetric outcomes is important. Risk factors can be maternal-, surgical-, obstetrical-, or disease-associated. Common adverse obstetric outcomes following non-obstetric surgery include preterm delivery, preterm labor without preterm delivery, and miscarriage. Fetal well-being is an additional risk-benefit factor to be considered when weighing options before conducting non-obstetric surgeries on pregnant patients. This book will provide physicians with the knowledge and tools to identify common risk factors and successfully apply evidence-based risk reduction. To date, no comprehensive resource is available for non-obstetric surgery during pregnancy. Types of pregnancies, potential complications, proper use of anesthesia, types of risk factors (maternal-, surgical-, obstetrical-, and disease-associated), etc. will be thoroughly explained and depicted within these pages. All chapters will be written by subject matter experts in their fields. All information communicated will be comprised of the most currently available knowledge

It is now possible for physicians to recognize that a pregnant woman's fetus is facing life-threatening problems, perform surgery on the fetus, and if it survives, return it to the woman's uterus to finish gestation. Although fetal surgery has existed in various forms for three decades, it is only just beginning to capture the public's imagination. These still largely experimental procedures raise all types of medical, political and ethical questions. The Making of the Unborn Patient examines two important and connected events of the second half of the 20th century: the emergence of fetal surgery as a new medical specialty and the debut of the unborn patient.

One magical night They were strangers—but in his arms, Beth Rogers forgot her past for one amazingnight. She never expected to see her sexy English lover again. One gorgeous new colleague However, he turns out to be hotshot surgeon Gabe Fallon—and nursing manager Beth willbe working with him to save the lives of two little girls! One precious new baby Then Beth discovers she’s pregnant! And Gabe makes it clear that no child of his will grow up without a father.…