"This essential reference should have a prominent place on your bookshelf while you're pregnant--and way beyond." --Nancy W. Hall, author, Balancing Pregnancy and Work: How to Make the Most of the Next 9 Months on the Job

In Your Practical Pregnancy Planner, family law attorney and ePregnancy contributor Brette McWhorter Sember provides essential information to help you understand your rights and responsibilities, guides you through the decisions that need to be made, and helps you protect yourself and your new family. Your Practical Pregnancy Planner also:

• Explains everything from maternity/paternity leave to estate planning, pregnancy discrimination, cord blood banking, birth plans, breastfeeding rights, and more
• Helps you budget for expenses, learn about tax breaks for new parents, and plan for child care emergencies
• Offers information about health insurance, choosing the right pediatrician, and background checks on nannies and day care providers
• Explains flextime, job sharing, elective C-sections, and home safety

"Wondering when--and how--to announce your pregnancy at work? Eager to get the lowdown on medical consent forms, guardianships, wills, and other important legal issues related to pregnancy and parenthood? Sember has written a no-nonsense, plain-English guide to all the financial and legal issues you need to think about now that your baby's on the way." --Ann Douglas, author, The Mother of All Pregnancy Books and The Mother of All Baby Books

"Sember offers savvy advice that covers a host of topics that parents-to-be might not even think of. Packed with resources where readers can go to find more information on a wide range of important subjects, it is a valuable guide." - Sally Wendkos Olds, author, The Complete Book of Breastfeeding

An indispensable legal guide, financial planner, and organizer for your journey through pregnancy and into parenthood<P>There are dozens of good books telling you what you need to know about the physical and emotional aspects of having a baby. But until now there were none devoted to the many financial and legal concerns of expectant parents, issues such as: "What are my rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act?" "Can the hospital run tests on my newborn without my permission?" "Should I take out a life insurance policy on my newborn?"<P>Written by family law attorney Brette McWhorter Sember, this book answers all those questions and more. "Your Practical Pregnancy Planner": Fills you in on what you need to know about everything from maternity leave to estate planning, pregnancy discrimination to cord blood banking Features a handy, month-by-month format that provides you with the answers you need, as you need them Includes valuable links to organizations, agencies, and websites for expecting and new parents

Brette McWhorter Sember is a retired family law attorney, parenting journalist, mother of two, and author of sixteen acclaimed self-help books. Parenting magazine selected her Visitation Handbook as an Editors Pick in 2002, and she was awarded the Mothers at Home Media Award in 1999. Visit the author at www.brettesember.com.