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Summary: Thanks Vickie
Review: By far the best book I purchased to help me get through my first pregnancy. I truly feel like I know Vickie and all her girlfriends. This book has become my favorite gift for all my girlfriends as they become pregnant. We all agree it's a MUST HAVE. Vickie's First Year book is equally wonderful. THANKS VICKIE.
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Summary: good informal advice but some glaring inaccuracies
Review: For the most part, I really enjoyed this book. After reading several serious books that focused mostly on technical aspects of pregnancy, I found the witty and personal style of this book refreshing. The author writes about many issues that I have been wondering about but would never ask my doctor. She is careful not to claim any medical expertise, and I think her advice is fairly commonsense. This being said, I feel it's important to point out that the book includes some information that is factually incorrect. The chapter about exercise includes many myths. Contrary to what she writes, regular exercise is associated with many benefits to both mother (less fat gain, shorter labor, less need for pain medication) and baby (easier temperament). These effects haev been established in recent medical research. I encourage her to correct these errors in a revised version. I think it's important to acknowledge that in some cases, one's own personal experience may differ from what is true for the population as a whole. Anecdotes are interesting, but drawing generalizations based on them is risky.
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Summary: A Very Wonderful Book
Review: This is the best pregnancy book that I have ever read. It is funny, heart warming and helpful. This book is so good that you won't want to put it down. I rate this book as an A+, five stars. It almost feels like you are talking with a pregnant friend when reading this book. It is like this women is a personal friend writing all this information to you and sharing thoughts and info with you. I love this book and recommend that anyone who is pregnant or even thinking about becoming pregnant read it.
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Summary: Beware of Negative Feedback for this Book
Review: I read this book after I found out I was pregnant. I re-read it again after I hit my second trimester and now that I am in my third, I want to read it yet again. First and foremost, I think I normally go against everything she talked about but I thought it was wonderful. Someone said she was making fun of Jews, I didn't think so and I am Jewish. She wasn't really bashing on men. People who vote negative for this book obviously have no sense of humor.This book is what everyone should read when they are pregnant. Those who have to read that What to Expect... book and really need it have never even had girlfriends to talk about babys with and shouldn't read this book. I think that it tells the truth about pregnancy, yes, it makes you question "Do I really want to do this?" but you know what, she is funny...and credit is deserved here. Kudos to Vicki Iovine for a wonderful! book!
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Summary: Know what you're in for if you order this book....
Review: I made the mistake of assuming that this book was a useful source of information about pregnancy. It's not. It's the pregnancy world's equivalent of a trashy novel: a fun read, but certainly not any food for the brain! As long as you supplement the rather insipid advice of this none-too-bright girlfriend with a pregnancy book that weighs in with a lot of factual information (I recommend The Unofficial Guide to Having A Baby; The Pregnancy Book; or What To Expect When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads, depending on how many babies you're carrying), you'll be fine. But, whatever you do, don't make The Girlfriend's Guide the only book you read to prepare you for pregnancy and birth! Otherwise, you'll think that stretch marks are the worst thing that can happen to you. :-)
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Summary: For those of us with a sense of humor!
Review: I've had two children and am now pregnant with my third. This book helped me laugh my way through the pregnancy and through the postpartum days. If you don't have a sense of humor or you tend to take things too seriously, don't read this book. If you're looking for something lighthearted, this is the one for you. The author is down to earth, realistic, and has a great sacrcastic sense of humor. It is not meant to be a textbook on pregnancy, merely a guide to taking all of the changes in stride.
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Summary: Bashers of this book just do not know any better!
Review: This Girlfriend's Guide is one of the best books out there for women who are pregnant or want to become pregnant. The previous review from Kelly in California was just plain ignorant. Someone that sensitive should have known by the back cover that this was not the book for her. If you want honest, frank and upfront details and advice, then this is the book for you. There is no sugar coating here and who has time for that anyway! The woman that so despised this book should learn how to spell before she ridiucules a real writer. Just check out her spelling of definitive, humorous, negative, cynical, insensitive, recommend and advice. Please, don't take that person's cantankerous comments seriously and buy this great book. You'll be glad you did! If you're on the uptight side, then maybe pregnancy isn't for you anyway.
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Summary: Cute book
Review: I found The Girlfriends Guide to be cute and informative but was rather bothered by the weight issue. The author suggests to forget exercise, forget watching your weight just EAT! I don't agree. I'm newly pregnant and I plan to exercise (moderately) and watch what I eat. I had a friend who followed "the girlfriends" advice and she gained 75 pounds. (25 of which she is still carrying around today) Overall very good book but don't take all to heart.
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Summary: I couldn't have gotten through pregnancy without it!
Review: When I first found out I was pregnant, I bought all the pregnacy guides that I could, most of which scared me to death. My mother sent me this book as a present and I laughed hard all the way through it! I learned that what I was experiencing was normal and she made me feel better about the choices that I made during my pregnancy (having an epidural does not lessen the birth experience what-so-ever! ). I heartily recommend this book to any pregnant woman who needs true girlfriend advice.
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Summary: some humor, but an overall shallow outlook on pregnancy
Review: Lets start with the whole self-absorbed attitude towards looks and feeling. While I am a size 2-4 and lost my weight in two weeks, I still found her tone and advise about exercise, style, etc. to be very.......rude to the reader. Next she and her husband both seem to be very insensative. For a quick instance, his attitude of her "news" seemed to be "oh is that all", and "how could you do this to me" and she seemed to be more conserned with how she looked for her docter, then her own husbands sexual needs. A quote, "Ignore your Husbands needs, and look after yourself." Yes parts made you smirk, and some parts gave you the down right truth of the matter (such as hemroids, or morning sickness), deffinately hiding nothing. Nothing as far as her experience goes that is. However, she is unable to give the full picture of a lot of things we will go through, or things like hospital procedures. I think she only portrays the naggative and in a synical way. Granted, there are a lot of people out there who find synical humor to be the funniest humor. So, it's just about what kind of person you are and what you find funny. I worn you though, for even the synicalist person this tone gets old for a full 253 pages. And boy will you get sick of the word girlfriend. If this is your first pregnancy, I recomend reading other books first, both informative, and humoris before reading this one. And then, you should just check it out from your local library. For that matter, just get the girlfriend typ facts and "funny" horror stories from your actual girlfriends.
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