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Summary: Read Every Word!
Review: I agree with other readers that the Best-Odds diet is somewhat impractical, but I think its a nice goal to reach for! I did get some good diet tips from the book and actually tried a few recipes. The book is very thorough--there are not many questions I had about my pregnancy that were not answered somewhere in the book. I could not have survived pregnancy without it!
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Summary: CRISIS! SCARY!
Review: Everything seems to be a scare tactic. Very little is put in perspective for the (sometimes emotional) expectant mother. This book was given away by the hospital, so we're glad we didn't waste $10.
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Summary: Too many simple solutions
Review: I have started calling this my Nazi book --- there are too simplistic solutions to pregnancy symptoms. According to this book, most issues/symptoms can be resolved through the "Odds-On Diet" and relaxing. Considering that the Odd-On Diet is very reductionistic and relaxing (while working full-time outside or inside of the home) is just not going to happen easily, I would suggest the authors provide some other advice. It appears that the Odds-On Diet is the cure for any pregnant woman --- which is extrememly inflexible and unrealistic. While I dutifully purchased this book (doesn't everyone seem to have it these days), and there is some good information broken down by month, the dialogue is not that helpful.
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Summary: The WHAT-TO-EXPECT SERIES is simply marvelous!
Review: I found this entire series to be my #1 resource during pregnancy and the first three years of both my daughter and sons' life. I was always amazed that I could ask any question and open the book to find the answer. If you're a person who likes to know answers, you will call this book your bible. I agree, The Best Odds Diet is complete - and more than I could ever manage to keep up with - but it seemed to me that's why they called it The Best Odds. No matter how healthy the diet, I would have cheated, after all ice-cream was my favorite source of calcium. But at the same time, if the diet had been less complete I wouldn't have picked up some great tips, and I would probably not have been as encouraged to really "clean-up" the rest of my diet - I never reached the book's state of eating bliss- but that's ok - and I think the books have exactly that attitude. Do the best you can and trust yourself.
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Summary: VERY VERY INFORMATIVE
Review: THIS BOOK REALLY HELPED ME WHILE I WAS HAVING AN ETOPIC PREGNANCY. I WAS AT HOME HAVING THE WORST UNBARABLE PAIN. EVERY SYMPTOM I HAD WAS LISTED IN THE BOOK SO I COULD PINPOINT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I THOUGHT MY APPENDIX RUPTURED. I CALLED MY DOCTOR TOLD HIM EVERTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME AND THAT I WAS HAVING AN ETOPIC PREGNANCY. HE TOLD MY I WASNT AND THIS WAS PART OF PREGNANCY. YOU HAVE TO TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR SELF. THIS BOOK WAS SUPER HELPFUL NEEDLESS TO SAY I TOOK HIS WORD AND LIVED WITH HORRIBLE PAIN TILL I COUDNT STAND UP RIGHT. AS A RESULT I LOST MY FALLOPIAN TUBE. NOW I AM HAVING A ROUGH TIME TRYING TO CONCEIVE. THE BOOK WAS RIGHT ON. EXPLAINS ALOT OF CONERNS.
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Summary: It's a Great book and tells you everything there is to know
Review: I think that it's really nice to have a book about pregnancy and it's nice to know that you can rely on it.
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Summary: Absolutely the best book for pregnancy!
Review: This book is an easy to use and understand guide that will answer almost all of your questions, give you support and literally you will know what to expect while expecting. It was my bible my first pregnancy (6 years ago!) and now I ran to the store and bought a new copy for this pregnancy. I've given this book to friends who are pregnant and I constantly recommend it. Great book!
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Summary: excellent book
Review: As part of the medical field, I find this book to be extremely informative in all aspects of pregnancy. However, I would like to see one very important piece of information added, listeria (listerosis). The book clearly covers toxoplasmosis and the means by which one can become infected. But, nowhere is there a listing of listeria. This food-borne bacteria is something that ALL pregnant women need to be aware of and watch for. I recently lost my triplets to this bacteria and I think this would be of the utmost importance to add to your book. I can honestly say that this is the number one book recommended by Doctors and pregnant women. I personally have read several pregnancy books and would still pick this book over the others. I will be looking for any revised issues that become avaliable.thank you
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Summary: The bible for mothers and fathers to be.
Review: What to Expect when you are expecting by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff, and Sandee Eisenberg Hathaway is the bible for pregnancy? It answers everything. Its organized monthly in the sequence those topics are most likely to be "wondered" about. The pregnancies guide that reassuringly answers the concerns of mothers and fathers to be, from the planning stage through postpartum. Complete with information on choosing a caregiver, prenatal diagnosis, exercise, childbirth options, second pregnancies, twins, making love during pregnancy, having a cesarean and practical tips on coping with common and not-so-common pregnancy symptoms. The greatest strength of the book, however, is its format within each chapter of questions and answers. Chapters in this 428 page book include: Are you pregnant, Now That You Are Pregnant, Throughout Your Pregnancy, The Best-Odds Diet, The First Month, The Second Month, The Third Month, The Fourth Month, The Fifth Month, The Sixth Month, The Seventh Month, The Eighth Month, The Ninth Month (all months including "what you can expect at this months check-up", "what you may be feeling", "what you may be concerned about", and "what you need to know"), Labor and Delivery, If You Get Sick, Coping With a Chronic Condition, When Something Goes Wrong, Postpartum: The First Week, Postpartum: The First Six Weeks, Fathers Are Expectant Too, and Preparing for the Next Baby. The book helps women understand what's going on inside of their bodies, how to take care of their babies. It brings-to-light what decisions might be needed to make during a pregnancy. This is a practical, no-nonsense book; a great reference and a comforting guide. What to Expect when you are expecting calms women's nerves and provides assurance that everything is going to be fine. This well written and clearly understandable book, What to Expect when you are expecting, should be required reading material for mothers and fathers to be. Hayley
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Summary: An unrealistic approach to pregnancy.
Review: The book definitely has an alarmist tone. The strict diet was depressing, and the part that bugged me the most was the section on "Protecting Yourself Against Malpractice". This is a quote from the page.. "doctor's are no longer allowing themselves to be sitting ducks while patients take malpractice pot shots at them." Now I don't know about you, but I'm not going to the doctor hoping to get a malpractice suit, my main concern is my baby. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. It's scary, annoying, and unrealistic.
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