The Prospective Mother: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Prospective Mother, credited to J. Morris Slemons, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Prospective Mother by J. Morris Slemons. A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy. This book, written for women who have no special knowledge of medicine, aims to answer the questions which occur to them in the course of pregnancy. Directions for safeguarding their health have been given in detail, and emphasis has been placed upon such measures as may serve to prevent serious complications. (Introduction by J. Morris Slemons)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Prospective Mother
• Author credits: J. Morris Slemons
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Listed recording duration: 9:31:11

Catalogue topics

• instruction
• science

Track guide

1. 01 - Preface — 2:59
2. 02 - Introduction — 7:14
3. 03 - Chapter 1 - The Signs of Pregnancy and The Date of Confinement — 33:14
4. 04 - Chapter 2 - The Development of the Ovum — 39:18
5. 05 - Chapter 3 - The Embryo — 40:24
6. 06 - Chapter 4 - The Food Requirements During Pregnancy — 47:37
7. 07 - Chapter 5 - The Care of the Body — 41:57
8. 08 - Chapter 6 - General Hygienic Measures — 36:25
9. 09 - Chapter 7 - The Ailments of Pregnancy — 41:12
10. 10 - Chapter 8 - Miscarriage — 48:59
11. 11 - Chapter 9, part 1 - The Preparations for Confinement — 40:47
12. 12 - Chapter 9, part 2 - The Preparations for Confinement — 28:18
13. 13 - Chapter 10, part 1 - The Birth of the Child — 32:22
14. 14 - Chapter 10, part 2 - The Birth of the Child — 26:54
15. 15 - Chapter 11 - The Lying-In Period — 45:40
16. 16 - Chapter 12 - The Nursing Mother — 44:10
17. 17 - Glossary — 13:46

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