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When fifteen-year-old Lance Covington finds an abandoned baby in the backseat of a car, he knows she's the newborn daughter of a meth addict he's been trying to help. But when the police arrest him for kidnapping, Lance is thrust into a criminal world of baby trafficking and drug abuse. His mother, Barbara, looks for help from Kent Harlan - the man whom she secretly loves and who once helped rescue her daughter from a mess of her own. Kent flies to...
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Health watch volume no. 91
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2014.
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Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used by pregnant women in the U.S., with nearly 4.6 percent reporting recent use during their first trimester and 1.4 percent in the third trimester. A number of studies have evaluated the impacts of marijuana exposure on the developing fetus. However, few have looked at postnatal exposures to marijuana through breastfeeding, and much less is known about the effects of pediatric exposures to sidestream smoke....
14) The strange case of Dr. Couney: how a mysterious European showman saved thousands of American babies
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[2018]
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"The extraordinary tale of how a mysterious immigrant "doctor" became the revolutionary innovator of saving premature babies-by placing them in incubators in World's Fair side shows and on Coney Island and Atlantic City. What kind of doctor puts his patients on display? As Dawn Raffel artfully recounts, Dr. Couney figured out he could use incubators and careful nursing to keep previously doomed infants alive, and at the same time make good money displaying...
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2002
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A breakthrough approach for a good night's sleep—with no tears
There are two schools of thought for encouraging babies to sleep through the night: the hotly debated Ferber technique of letting the baby "cry it out," or the grin-and-bear-it solution of getting up from dusk to dawn as often as necessary. If you don't believe in letting your baby cry it out, but desperately want to sleep, there is now a third option, presented
...16) You belong
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[2020]
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A warm and loving message of welcome to newborn babies.
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2018
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As children, Lexie and Annie were incredibly close. Bonded by the death of their beloved father, they weathered the storms of life together. When Lexie leaves home to follow her dream, Annie is forced to turn to her leather-bound journal as the only place she can confide her deepest secrets and fears. As adults, sisters Lexie and Annie could not be more different. Lexie is a successful doctor and happily engaged. Annie is an addict-- a thief, a liar...
19) New Year's baby
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2014.
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Her newborn son was perfect. She had rugged cattleman Cade McGivern to thank for that. He'd delivered her baby when a New Year's snowstorm stranded her at his ranch. There's just one problem: she doesn't know who she is. Cade believes she is Sara McGivern--his estranged brother's wife. But as his feelings for Sara grow, he doesn't want it to be true. Snowbound with her newborn son, Sara and Cade will have to face their fears to find the truth.
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[2018]
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Finding out you are pregnant, particularly as a teen, can be a frightening and disorienting experience. This text guides readers through important first steps to taking on a potential journey to parenthood, from telling your parents, to finding a medical practitioner, or deciding to terminate a pregnancy. Readers are encouraged to build a support network and to forge a path forward that is comfortable for them, whatever it may be. This text includes...