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This is the moving and thought-provoking story of a premature baby born when the mother was just 23 weeks pregnant who survived against all the odds. Renowned gynaecologist and obstetrician Jim Dornan tells the story of miracle baby Maisie, who was born in 1929, and explores the issues of miscarriage, fetal viability and when babies can survive outside the womb. This story was originally published as A Tiny Miracle in Jim Dornans bestselling book...
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Should women be induced when they reach their due date? Attitudes toward the induction of labour, c-section, and stillbirth have changed radically since the 1970s, but are still controversial topics. Renowned obstetrician Jim Dornan tells the compelling, moving and true story of Paddy and Marie as a way of exploring some of the arguments for and against induced labour. This story was originally published as Paddy and Marie in Jim Dornans bestselling...
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In An Everyday Miracle, doctor Jim Dornan gives a unique insight into the world of pregnancy, giving birth and women's health. Drawing on his forty-year career as an obstetrician and gynecologist, he talks openly and controversially about working in a busy maternity unit, and about the immense joy, and sometimes heartbreak and loss, that women experience during pregnancy and birth. In an accessible way, the book covers subjects such as premature babies,...
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