HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY: WHY ME?

Book ID/图书代码： 03235011B49454

English Summary/英文概要： When I finally got pregnant with Jacob after six years of trying, I was terrified that something come along and snatch away my “dream come true.” My first two trimesters were practically straight out of a pregnancy text-book, complete with insane morning sickness during weeks 8-13, heartburn, constant peeing, random food cravings that send me all over town looking for the perfect strawberry shortcake parfait- you know, the normal stuff. I loved every minute of it, even the uncomfortable ones. Then, at 7 months, I swelled up like a balloon, gained 35lbs in once week, and started getting horrible headaches. My pre-eclampsia was caught late because an on-call doctor blew off my symptoms before they got to that point. By the time they caught it at a routine appointment, I was dumping +3 protein in my urine (it should be 0), and my blood pressure was 185/110.

The point is, I never suspected back when those two lines appeared on the stick that I would become a high-risk pregnancy. I don’t think any first-time mom does. If I ever decide to have another child, I’ll have to be monitored closely because I have about a 60% chance of developing preeclampsia again. I’m too scared to go through that again, and my current circumstances make it impossible and impractical anyway. But High Risk Pregnancy Why Me? would be my go to book if I ever did change my mind, and it’s actually made me feel a little better about what I went through.

Kelly Whitehead wrote the book after going through her own high risk pregnancies. She lost her first baby at 22 weeks, and delivered her second at 28 weeks. Against the odds, that baby thrived and grew into a vivacious little girl. Kelly knows about high risk pregnancy because she lived through it, and her book clearly reflects that. With the help of Dr. Vincenzo Berghello, she wrote an extensive, amazing resource for other women going through the same thing. The 414 page book (not including the index) outlines everything from causes and risk factors of high risk pregnancy (of which there are a lot) to the different treatmetns to the emotional impact. Throughout the book, others going through the same situation share their own stories.

Kelly’s non-nonsense, blunt, totally non-sugarcoated writing makes this book an invaluable resource. She doesn’t coddle the reader, but rather tells you straight out what you need to do and how to be more assertive when it comes to getting what you need from your doctor. She set out to write the definitive resource on high risk pregnancy, and she definitely succeeded.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 经过六年的不懈努力，我终于怀上了雅各布的孩子。但我一直处于一种忧虑当中：我害怕某种厄运降临，会夺走我“将要实现的梦想”。事实上，我怀孕的前两个阶段简直就是一本妊娠反应教科书：从第8到第13周，每天清晨疯狂地呕吐，心痛，不停地排小便以及有着胡乱膨胀的食欲，这会让我跑遍整个小镇寻找美味的草莓酥饼和冷糕点---你知道的，那种常见的甜点。我喜欢这些感觉，虽然有些会让人倍感难受。第7个月时，我的身体鼓得像个皮球，一星期增重35磅并伴有严重的头疼。我的妊娠毒血症发现的比较迟，这是由于我的家庭医生忽视我的病情。后来在一次常规约定的检查中发现了我的病。那时我的尿液中已含有+3的蛋白（正常应为0），血压突升到185/110。

问题是，当出现以上两种症状时，我从未怀疑自己会成为一名高危孕妇。我认为第一次怀孕的母亲都不会出现此种状况。如果我决定再孕育另一个孩子，我一定会进行仔细地孕检，因为我有百分之六十的可能性再次患有妊娠毒血症。我实在害怕再次经历妊娠毒血症，而且我目前的情形也不可能允许我再怀上另一个孩子。如果我曾经改变了自己的决定，那么这就是《高危孕妇：为何是我？》的功劳，它让我的经历变得不再那么痛苦不堪。

凯特•怀特海德是在经受了高危妊娠之后着手写的这本书。在怀孕22周时，她流产了，失去了她的第一个孩子。第二个孩子是她在怀孕28周时诞生的。冲破万般艰辛，这个小女孩成活了，并着茁壮成长，充满生气。亲身经历过高危妊娠，所以凯特深知它的种种，她的这本书亦反应了这些情形。在文森佐博士的帮助下，这本书是所有有相同经历的女士的良师益友，为其提供了广泛的，惊人的信息与资源。此书共414页（不包括索引），囊括了高危妊的种种起因、风险因素及不同情绪反应的应对治疗法。此外，贯穿此书，其他有过相同经历的女士分享了自己的故事。

凯特写作态度严谨，语言通俗，毫不做作，此书必定是读者们的福音。她不奉承读者，反而坦率直白地告诉读者在医生那里获取不好信息时，应该做什么以及如何变得更加自信和坚定。凯特的书在应对高危怀孕方面是权威性资源,毫无疑问她成功了。(兼职翻译-XMM)

Awards/获奖情况："虽然这个话题（高危怀孕）会经久不衰的谈论下去，但是在你一生的幸福中这只是一个小问题，那个小生命就是你生命中的奇迹！“

国外告知以下新闻：Just to let you know, a review last month by Library Journal said it is “one of the best high-risk pregnancy books available today. An outstanding contribution to the literature of pregnancy that is ultimately hopeful, despite the heartbreak of the subject.”

About the Author/作者介绍： 凯特的两个孩子：麦迪逊，6岁，德鲁，2岁，一直向我们昭示着生命有着奇迹。孕育这两个孩子时凯特都经历了高度情绪化的高危妊娠，两次孕育的道路都充满了坎坷艰辛和惊心动魄，她甚至丧失了一个早产的儿子。这些经历都促使她写作《高危怀孕：为何是我？》这本书。
凯特是一名微生物学家和滤过性病原体学者，过去的十年一直在Lysol’s研究和发展部门工作。所以和我们这些对怀孕事宜仅略知一二的人不同，凯特在这方面可以说造诣颇深。

Her two joys, Madison, 6, and Drew, 2, are constant reminders of life’s miracles. Both were born after highly emotional high-risk pregnancies, and both tumultuous — yet thrilling — journeys, along with the loss of a premature son, sparked her desire to write High-Risk Pregnancy: Why Me?
Kelly has spent the past ten years working as a microbiologist and virologist for Lysol’s research and development department. So unlike the rest of us who spent portions of our pregnancies nose deep in the glossary section, she already had the science stuff down.

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