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Summary: Inaccurate, waste of money
Review: This book is an inaccurate, misleading load of garbage. The authors gloss over c-sections as a "minor" procedure, when in reality, c-sections result in 4 TIMES MORE maternal deaths than vaginal births. "What To Expect" makes bettter burning material than reading material.
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Summary: Expect To Learn and Grow
Review: I get so tired of people saying dumb things about this book. Very few books will have everything that you need. Surely you know this by now? This is a book that will teach a lot in a lot time or a little in a little time. This means, read a section and then let it sink in before you go on to get the maxium benefit. It will be around forever and I am very happy that it will be a treasure for ever more. There are certainly other books that will fill in other gaps for different areas in your life with your family: Gentle Baby Care, by an author who has been around, Elizabeth Pantley, and for when the baby goes into toddler hood and preschool stages, Mommy-CEO, revised edition, by Jodie Lynn. All of these authors are surely in every household as they should be especially for the first five years of life.
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Summary: Stupid Book
Review: This is a terrible book. Buy one of the many other books that provide helpful information. This book is competely unrealistic--like telling you that every time you put something in your mouth as a pregnant women you should think about whether it is the best possible nutrition for your baby. Give me a break.
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Summary: The Staple book for expecting mothers. GREAT book!!
Review: This book is a lifesaver. Keep one handy at all times during pregnancy. Nearly every expectant mom I know used this book because it is so good. Helps also to prepare you for doctor visits by making you more informed and helping you to ask good questions. Great! Also read EFFORTLESS WELLBEING: The Missing Ingredients for Authentic Wellness, by Evan Finer, for an amazing book about overall wellness -- can easily be applied to keeping calm and centered during pregnancy and parenting.... Highly recommended!! Great gifts!
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Summary: Great Primer to Parenthood
Review: There are more than 1000 titles in Amazon under parenthood, and I feel this is the best-written, most helpful guide to the beginner parent. Every Mom and Dad will have a few key chapters they return to over and over, and large portions of the book they ignore. Here are two more books you can't live without--first, the funniest and most insightful book ever written about parenting, "I SLEEP AT RED LIGHTS: A TRUE STORY OF LIFE AFTER TRIPLETS," by Bruce Stockler, a really amazing and unique book about how parenthood changes your life forever; and Operating Instructions, by Annie LaMott, the first and best-written of the parenting memoirs.
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Summary: Excellent book - well worth it
Review: I got this book when I was about a month pregnant and found it to be a really useful, compassionate, sensible and informative guide all the way through. I don't really understand the negative reviews - it seems to me people are a. immediately assuming just because the book discusses problems in pregnancy that the book is implying that you should be worried about these things, and b. upset because the book doesn't discuss in detail things that come at the end of the pregnancy like breast-feeding and C-sections (this is because it is a book largely about pregnancy!) The only reason that I gave it four stars rather than five was because of the relentless emphasis on their Pregnancy Diet, which I thought was ridiculous. Obviously, you don't want to be eating a lot of junk food through the pregnancy, but the diet they propose is completely unrealistic. Otherwise, I would recommend this book highly!!!
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Summary: Misleading - do not recommend!
Review: As a childbirth educator, I found that even though this book is well organized and is easy to read, it does not provide risks, side affects, and natural alternatives for many medical procedures presented. It encourages kind of a wait and see attitude in terms of preparing for labor and birth instead of really providing the information in a factual way so that women and think about and make the best informed decisions regarding procedures and meds. I found that to be quite irresponsible. I think this may be one of the reasons we have a 25% ceserean rate in the US.
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Summary: Don't get this book!
Review: This is a book that tells you evetything that can go wrong in your pregnancy. I found it to be filled with many questions that just indice fear. I asked my doctor and he said it is the worst pregnancy book ever written. He said "Pregnancy Weekly" is much better and I found it to be so helpful and informative,unlike this book. I know it is incredibly popular, but it scared me half to death with all of its do's and don'ts. I say get another book. This one is terrible.
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Summary: What to Expect from this book
Review: What to Expect from this book......... A simplistically written book which assumes the reader an ignoramus.
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Summary: Wordy, but lots of information
Review: I found this book to have a lot of useful information, but it starts off very wordy. I read a little bit each night, instead of sitting down and trying to read large sections of the book. I would get bored and forget what I'd read. The Pregnancy Diet
There is a recipe section, that if I had the time, may be of some use. However, making cream of tomato soup from scratch is time consuming and more expensive that buying the can and adding milk. All of the recipes in that section need to be made from scratch, even the French fries, not a practical suggestion for someone who has a job. Part 2 - Nine Months & Counting
The Question & Answer format was really helpful. Most of the questions give you about half a page of really useful information, with facts, but not overstating the answer to the question presented. Part 3
From postpartum to breastfeeding to Daddy, the section mixes the Q & A format with the informational format from the 1st section of the book. This section is very useful for understand your postpartum 1-6 weeks and tips for breastfeeding holds. The "Expectant Father" section is in the Q & A format, and may have some things that Mommy hasn't realized about Daddy. You're husband or partner may not read the whole book, but is 1 chapter really gonna hurt him? Part 4 - Special Concerns
This was something that had never even crossed my mind until I read this book. From common colds to measles, as well as how to deal with symptoms of illness. "I have a fever, should I take aspirin?" and a bunch of other questions like that. It is an informative section that some may not even think about when they are expecting. Pregnancy Notes section
I think that this is a very creative section because you have 2 pages to write down your personal notes for each month. The book also suggests that you show the notes to your doctor, so they know what's going on, since they can't be with you 24/7.
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