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Summary: The Best Pregnancy Book on the Market!
Review: I read this book 3 times during my 1 pregnancy. The humor and the great tips helped me get through 9 months of excitement, anxiety and weight gain. When my beautiful baby was 4 weeks old I read "The Girlfriend's Guide to Surviving the 1st Year" and loved it just as much. I hope Vicki Iovine keeps writing these Girlfriend's Guides up through college!
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Summary: I afforded this book 1 star because "none" was not an option
Review: With so-called "girlfriends" like Ms. Iovine, one does not need enemies. One thing is to be able to find humor when one is overwhelmed by one's own insecurities during pregnancy, birth and the postpartum days, and quite another is to trivialize the whole experience to the point of no return, which is what this book offers pregnant women. The perfect gift for women who view pregnancy and childbirth as a major inconvenience to their busy lives and who would rather be doing something else with their time. If pregnant women want a true "girlfriend" they may want to turn to books like "A Good Birth, A Safe Birth" or to others written with sensitivity and good research backing their advice. For humor, they can always turn to good old Dave Barry books which can always provide a good belly laugh...pardon the pun.
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Summary: This is the book you're looking for, people!!
Review: This book tells it the way I wanted to hear it: realistically!! The only thing was, she kept talking about how skinny she was before she got pregnant(size four). Not everyone can relate,(especially me!) but the rest of it was wonderful. Do yourself a favor and get this book.
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Summary: a must read for the first time mom
Review: the book is wonderful. It is a definate must read for the first time mother. It will definately keep your spirits up when you are not feeling your best and it tells you things that your doctor often glosses over
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Summary: This book is AWESOME.
Review: I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this book could have garnered even ONE negative review. So she may sound a little cynical. So what?!!? She's obviously happy being a mother, and sounds like a good one. And if she does sound a little cynical (which to be honest I didn't even notice) - heck, it doesn't take a genius to see our sex DID get the "butt" of parenting - starting with morning sickness, labor, ripped flesh, 'boob loss,' etc. Don't we DESERVE to be a little cynical - as long as we don't take it OUT on our husbands or kids? I feel she writes her accounts in a way so as to encourage a lot of us to laugh it off and keep moving, NOT to remain bitter. And hello, she has FOUR kids!! Obviously she must love motherhood to keep cranking 'em out like that. Anyone who didn't enjoy this book must be 'cynisensitive,' - as sensitive to cynicism as someone extremely sensitive to sunburn, who's never been out in the daylight and then took their first vacation... to Hawaii. LIGHTEN UP! Me and all my girlfriends agree, this book is rocks. It is thoughtful, helpful and insightful, and I am proud to be one of the majority who have been able to appreciate the fact that Vicki Iovine took the time to write it and share it with us
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Summary: A Girlfriend's Guide to a Miserable Pregnancy
Review: Becoming pregnant was one of the greatest joys of my life, but this author makes pregnancy sound like a huge mistake. She is extremely cynical about every aspect of pregnancy, and gives advice that very few women could use. She spends much time male bashing and degrading fathers. She teaches women to be self centered, worrying only about themselves and not their husbands or their baby. I truly feel sorry for the women who agree with this author, for they are missing out on the joys the baby brings and the love and expectations that a husband and wife can share.
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Summary: Every woman should read this
Review: This is the most refreshing book to pregnancy and every day events in pregnancy. Every minute I was laughing. My husband found som many little comments to be so funny, he had to read it himself! This was a big step for him!!! Every woman either thinking of getting pregnant or is pregnant should read this.
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Summary: This book is a welcome shot of Common Sense
Review: After reading some of the more alarmist books out there, including "the bible of expectant mothers", which shall remain nameless, I found Ms. Iovine's book a breath of fresh air.I even gave this book to my OB when she found out she was pregnant. And she liked it! I too am tired of the "pregnancy Nazis" who are ready to jump all over a pregnant woman and criticise her every move. Sure, Vicky is rich and skinny, and I am neither, but nor am I jealous! I did lose my baby fat with my first baby, even without a personal trainer and a live in nanny. Granted, it would have been easier with both of those.The point is, just about every thing that she said could happen in the book, did happen. If that is being negative, then so be it. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Fabulous...and then some
Review: This is my first pregnancy and I have been reading every book I can get my hands on. This particular book gives being pregnant a whole new meaning. It shows that there can be humor involved for the long nine months. It gives you the answers to questions that you would never ask, ie. what in the world are hemmoroids? This book is just plain fun to read. It also reassures the pregnant woman that it's ok to eat, cry, laugh, scream, vomit, and take a nap all within a thirty minute time period. I highly reccommend this book to any woman who is pregnant especially for the first time.
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Summary: Proponents of natural childbirth; beware
Review: A lot of good and bad things have been said about this book, but I don't agree with those who say the author is shallow or overly materialistic (i.e.whiny & bitchy). You have to keep in mind that she lives in Beverly Hills and is married to a big time producer; granted not veryone has the kind of advantages/lifestyle she has. The important thing this book has to offer is a realistic view of other vicarious experiences with childbirth, and that the pain of childbirth is a reality. It is not some figment of the hysterical pregnant woman's psyche. The truth is, even the most vehement proponents of natural childbirth have jettisoned their glossy textbooks, fancy breathing techniques, and so forth when given the chance to obtain some pain management (epidural analgesia)during delivery; a point that the author makes very well. This book would be a "turn off" to proponents of natural childbirth, who typically see the birthing process as putting women up on some sort of pedestal, and that they are better people for enduring the pain; that they are somehow the keepers of virtue. This is a lie. You are not less of a person or a woman for accepting pain management during delivery; going through the pain alone doesn't make you more brave, valiant, beautiful or whatever; a point that the author really drives home. It just makes you more tired, irritable, and grossed out. At least this book tells the truth. IT HURTS. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR, AND GO FOR THE EPIDURAL.
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