Pregnancy

This book looks at pregnancy, including its complications and losses, and argues that these subjects matter to everyone, not only to women. It explains how to stay physically healthy during pregnancy and how to look after emotional wellbeing and mental health along the way.

The book then moves on to birth and the period that follows, and considers what happens when pregnancy does not go as expected.

Part of the Issues series, this cross-curricular classroom resource is written in accessible language for teachers and students aged 11 and over. It presents its topic even-handedly and draws on newspapers, website fact sheets, magazine and journal articles, statistics and surveys, government reports, and material from special interest groups. Colour illustrations, statistics, infographics and assignment ideas support its use from Key Stage 3 upwards, and in Scotland from S1 to S6.