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Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
Brand: Workman Publishing
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Announcing a brand new, cover-to-cover revision of America's pregnancy bible. What to Expect When You're Expecting is a perennial New York Times bestseller and one of USA Today's 25 most influential books of the past 25 years. It's read by more than 90% of pregnant women who read a pregnancy book—the most iconic, must-have book for parents-to-be, with over 14.5 million copies in print.

Now comes the Fourth Edition, a new book for a new generation of expectant moms—featuring a new look, a fresh perspective, and a friendlier-than-ever voice. It's filled with the most up-to-date information reflecting not only what's new in pregnancy, but what's relevant to pregnant women. Heidi Murkoff has rewritten every section of the book, answering dozens of new questions and including loads of new asked-for material, such as a detailed week-by-week fetal development section in each of the monthly chapters, an expanded chapter on pre-conception, and a brand new one on carrying multiples. More comprehensive, reassuring, and empathetic than ever, the Fourth Edition incorporates the most recent developments in obstetrics and addresses the most current lifestyle trends (from tattooing and belly piercing to Botox and aromatherapy). There's more than ever on pregnancy matters practical (including an expanded section on workplace concerns), physical (with more symptoms, more solutions), emotional (more advice on riding the mood roller coaster), nutritional (from low-carb to vegan, from junk food–dependent to caffeine-addicted), and sexual (what's hot and what's not in pregnant lovemaking), as well as much more support for that very important partner in parenting, the dad-to-be.

Overflowing with tips, helpful hints, and humor (a pregnant woman's best friend), this new edition is more accessible and easier to use than ever before. It's everything parents-to-be have come to expect from What to Expect...only better?.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
Brand: Workman Publishing
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.24
EAN: 9780761148579
ISBN: 0761148574
Label: Workman Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 616
Publication Date: 2008-04-10
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Studio: Workman Publishing Company


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• The Expectant Father: Facts, Tips and Advice for Dads-to-Be, Second Edition
• What to Expect: Eating Well When You're Expecting
• What to Expect the First Year
• Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy
• The What to Expect Pregnancy Journal & Organizer


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Love this book...very informative
Comment: This book gave me a lot of great info as what to expect. I found it easier to deal with things(not to stress) when i read about symptoms i was experiencing were normal.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Not Helpful to a 1st Trimester 1st Timer
Comment: I really hate this book.

A friend lent it to me when she learned of my pregnancy, and I was so thrilled because I know that it is the old standby pregnancy guide. When I actually read it, though, I fount it wishy-washy, condescending, disorganized, and dishonest. I DO NOT recommend it.

This book isn't all bad, it certainly contains some good advice and information, but I gave it one star because that's my gut feeling about it. I would steer other expectant mothers away from this book and towards better ones.

First of all, I read it when I was in the midst of first-trimester morning sickness and heightened food aversions. It was so aggravating to read page after page after page telling me to eat my vegetables. I am a health freak, but in my first trimester, vegetables made me gag and I could not swallow them. There was little or no sympathy for that kind of reality. I completely realize that it's great to eat vegetables, and that their advice is good if you are capable of eating vegetables, but it was so discouraging to be reading the guilt-inducing message that I might be denying my baby something because I was gagging on my spinach. For someone who knows a lot about nutrition, it seemed so condescending. I wasn't a dummy, I just couldn't get through a decent meal because I was pregnant!

Then there was the time I tried to look up "mood swings." You would think that in a comprehensive guide to pregnancy, one that claims to inform you of "What to expect," they would give a few pages over to mood swings. You know what it says in the index? "Mood swings: see depression." Well, that's tough, because I wasn't depressed, I was just feeling rather insane and throwing tantrums all the time. A little bit of attention to this saying "You're normal, it's just the progesterone" would be helpful. Even in the "for men" section, it basically just says to be patient because this can be an emotionally trying time. It isn't exactly emotionally trying, it's more hormone-fueled insanity, and to know that it's normal and that it will pass would be WAY more helpful than to discreetly ignore such a widespread problem. You have no idea how many mommies have confided in me that they threw something at their husbands when they were pregnant: a glass, a sponge, a kitchen chair. As a first-time pregnant lady, I certainly wasn't expecting to experience rage like that, and this book totally ignores it for the sake of sweetness.

I could go on, but I'll spare you. I recommend the MAYO guide as a basic reference instead. Start on the MAYO website and see if you like it. Buy the book if you want to have it on hand. Skip "What to Expect" altogether.

Customer Rating:
Summary: This is exactly what is expected when someone is expecting
Comment: We performed the home pregnancy test, like so many others, and got the result positive. Oh wow!! Then next thing came in mind is OMG!! now what should we do and what not? We are in a different country and have no one to tell us things right when we need it. Then I talked to my boss, with whom I have friendly relation too, told me about "What to Expect When You're Expecting" he also did give me the link to buy the book.

Since the day it is in our hand we are living on it. There had been so many instance when we say thanks to the writter because we would worry about things which is common and ignore things which is not common without this book.

This book is exactly what is expected when someone is expecting.

Thanks a million!!

Rashmi Manish Pandey

Customer Rating:
Summary: I'd prefer an expert
Comment: I was hoping to read a book of valid, accurate information by an educated writer. Sadly, what I got was a book penned by an ill-informed, non-educated writer. I'd suggest picking up a book by someone with a medical degree (or even a degree of ANY kind).

Customer Rating:
Summary: Pregnancy Book Review
Comment: It is a great book if you are having a common pregnancy. However, if you are a high risk pregnacy there isn't a lot of information in there for you.

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