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Summary: pregnancy bible!
Review: I looked to this book almost every day of my pregnancy. It helped to relieve some anxiety and prepare me for labor and delivery. A must have!
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Summary: Too negative
Review: I have to weigh in with the folks who said it was much too negative. I totally agree. I am in my 4th month of an easy pregnancy (knock wood) but in month one I was wondering if I had an eptopic pregnancy and kept looking to see if I was miscarrying. I get very tired of opening this book and seeing "I'm very worried about..." or "Am I normal if I have..." It gets old and depressing very fast. I am treating my pregnancy like a healthy, normal female activity and am enjoying it!
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Summary: The best pregnancy book I've ever read!!
Review: My doctor gave me this book when i was expecting my second child..even though i had already experienced pregenancy before, this book told me so many things i was never told of with my first child. My second pregnancy was a difficult one, and i was reassured by the words in the book, details of tests involved and procedures I was unfamiliar with. Definately worth buying!!
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Summary: Use this book for REFERENCE only!
Review: This is an informative reference book; however, it is very preachy. They basically tell you that if you don't consume six bushels of green leafy veggies and two chickens and ten glasses of milk each and every day, you're not doing right by your unborn baby. HELLO! This ain't necessarily so. Use this book as a reference book only, don't let it substitute for your doctor's advice, and buy The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy if you want a book that won't scare you and WILL inform and entertain you! My husband took one look into this book and said, I can't believe women actually buy this. No man would read a book written like this!
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Summary: Thorough but bossy
Review: This book gives you everything you need to know, and lots that you don't! And it's so bossy and opinionated. For a good laugh, I loved the parody of this book, "Expect the Unexpected When You're Expecting!" by Glick, et. al.
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Summary: Misguided and horrible.
Review: For anyone experiencing a less than perfect pregnancy, this is a horrible and upsetting book. I shared passages with my OB/GYN during my high risk pregnacy and she was befuddled regarding some of the advice offered -- particularly the comment about needing magnesium sulfate to prevent CP in pre-term births.
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Summary: Answered alot of my questions
Review: This book helped me through my pregnancy with alot of helpful advice. However, I was also convinced I was going into preterm labor because of it also. Most of the symptoms listed under preterm labor, I had! Overall, it was very helpful, and informative. I like how it tells you what is happening with you 'this month' and your baby. Everything is an average with this book so don't be alarmed if you have gained 20 pounds in month 3! Let your friends buy you this book early in pregnancy.
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Summary: It helped me a lot with my pregnancy!
Review: I'm only 14...and I've only been a mother for a few months. I hardly knew anything when I first found out I was pregnant. All of my friends were telling me to check out this book, so I finally did. It was great. I learned so much. I borrowed the book a few times, and finally bought my own. I've read it about 20 times...and I still go back to it every once in awhile.
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Summary: Nice Resource, But EXTREMELY Flawed
Review: Pregnancy and Birth are completely natural. This book treats you like a patient instead of a woman. While this book mentions most everything that can cause concern in pregnancy, and has symptoms that you can check out, its advice is not very practical or in-depth. It is convenient to refer to for complications and other side effects of pregnancy.The Diet is a joke. The section on morning sickness is a joke. The information on giving birth is sketchy at best. This book is slanted for those who give the responsibility of their care completely into the hands of the doctors instead of for those who want to research everything and find a doctor or midwife who suits them. I shudder at all the reviews that call this the Pregnancy Bible. There are many better books out there that encourage you to be a full participant in your pregnancy care and that describe labor fully so that it is no longer frightening.
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Summary: A good reference book to add to your collection
Review: I'm a second-generation reader of this book (my mom used it for a late-in-life pregnancy too), and I've found this book to be very informative. Rather than the touchy-feely pablum spooned out by those books with colorful pictures of baby but not much advice, WTEWYE offers more information than many mothers-to-be are probably comfortable with. And while the diet recommended in the book is best taken with a grain of salt, it is a must-have for health-conscious mommies like me who want to do the utmost to ensure their babies are totally healthy. Although I wouldn't make this my only pregnancy book, as it seems more of a general reference and informational guide, it is an important building block for any conscientous expectant parent. And to answer the people who felt depressed after reading the "what could go wrong" section: Wouldn't you feel a lot worse if this ended up happening to you -- and it hadn't been addressed in the books you read?!!
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