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The First Breath: A Memoir of Motherhood and Medicine

by Olivia Gordon
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The First Breath: A Memoir of Motherhood and Medicine
The First Breath: A Memoir of Motherhood and Medicine

Motherhood intertwined with medical miracles.

“The First Breath” is more than just a memoir—it's a testament to the resilience of love amidst the marvels of modern medicine. If your heartstrings are easily tugged by stories of survival and parental devotion, Olivia Gordon's intimate exploration of her journey, melded with cases of high-risk births, showcases not only the science but also the profound emotional odyssey of becoming a mother against all odds. This book will enrich your understanding of neonatal care and the miraculous beginnings of life that once seemed impossible.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The First Breath: A Memoir of Motherhood and Medicine

by Olivia Gordon
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ISBN: 9781509871209
Authors: Olivia Gordon
Publisher: Bluebird
Date of Publication: 2021-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Science
Related Topics: Biography, Memoir, Mental Health, Medicine, Popular Science
Goodreads rating: 4.6
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This is a story about the cutting-edge medicine that has saved a generation of babies. It's about the love and fear a parent feels for a child they haven’t yet met. It's about doctors, mothers, fathers, and babies as together they fight for the first breath. The First Breath is the first popular science book about the pioneering fetal and neonatal medicine bringing a new generation into the world—a generation of babies without precedent, who would not have lived if they had been born only a few decades ago. Olivia Gordon explores the female experience of medicine through her own personal story and sensitive, intimate case histories of other mothers’ high-risk births. She details the relationship mothers develop with doctors who hold not only life and death in their hands, but also the very possibility of birth. From the dawn of fetal medicine to neonatal surgery and the exploding field of perinatal genetics, The First Breath tells of fear, bravery, and love. Olivia Gordon takes the reader behind the closed doors of the fetal and neonatal intensive care units, resuscitation rooms, and operating theaters at some of the world’s leading children’s hospitals, unveiling the untold story of how doctors save the sickest babies.
 

Motherhood intertwined with medical miracles.

“The First Breath” is more than just a memoir—it's a testament to the resilience of love amidst the marvels of modern medicine. If your heartstrings are easily tugged by stories of survival and parental devotion, Olivia Gordon's intimate exploration of her journey, melded with cases of high-risk births, showcases not only the science but also the profound emotional odyssey of becoming a mother against all odds. This book will enrich your understanding of neonatal care and the miraculous beginnings of life that once seemed impossible.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.