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Summary: The smart but fun loving mom's pregnancy book
Review: It's a shame someone else has already named a pregnancy book "The Thinking Woman's Guide" because that's the first thing that popped into my head when I read this book. This book is clearly aimed at a woman who wants to arm herself with the facts about having a baby -- and yet who appreciates an author with a sense of humor about pregnancy. I guess you could think of it as "the smart but fun loving mom's pregnancy book."Sure, there's a place for all those super-serious pregnancy books (I happen to own a few myself), but I personally prefer a book with a slightly less heavy tone. This book does an excellent job of both informing and entertaining the reader, which is why it's so popular among my circle of friends.
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Summary: Lots of fun, little substance
Review: I found the short, chatty discussions in this book annoying and I stopped referring to it very quickly as it never provided good answers to my questions. It's light, it's jolly, it wasn't for me.
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: This book is very readable and detailed. In comparing it to the famous "what to expect....", I find that this book is much more laid back and has a more "up to date" feel. I am having my first child and at 6mths, I still refer to it quite a bit. Very highly recommended!
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Summary: It has all the answers to your questions
Review: You can buy six pregnancy books or you can buy this one. This book had all the answers to my questions. I have been very impressed with this book and am going to recommend it to all my pregnant girlfriends.
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Summary: A feel-good guide to pregnancy
Review: Tired of pregnancy books that talk down to you? You'll love this book. This book assumes that you still have your wits about you and that you want to be treated like the thinking woman that you are. The book commiserates with you about some of the not-so-great stuff about being pregnant, but remembers to celebrate the wonder, too. And if you love this book, you'll also want to check out the very fun Hot Mama: Have a Babe and Be a Babe by Karen Salmansohn.
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Summary: Very helpful for moms battling morning sickness
Review: If you are battling morning sickness and you are running out of ideas about things to try, this book contains pages and pages of suggestions of things you can do to try to ease your symptoms, like sniffing a lemon, trying acupuncture bands, varying your diet, and wearing clothes that put less pressure on your stomach. We found that the Mother of All Pregnancy Books takes a similiarly practical approach to other pregnancy topics.
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Summary: Strikes the right tone
Review: The Mother of All Pregnancy Books strikes just the right tone -- the book is infused with humor, and yet avoids being flippant when serious topics are being discussed, like miscarriage or other possible complications. What I liked best about the book is the author's ability to zero in on the issues that matter most to expectant parents -- the list of top ten worries on a trimester by trimester basis, the "complaint department" (pregnancy aches and pains complete with remedies for everything from morning sickness to round ligament pain to hemorrhoids to backache to constipation), fears about not being able to differentiate between true labor and false labor, and concerns about how life is going to change after the new baby arrives on the scene. This book has been much-talked about on my new mom's list and at my childbirth classes and the general consensus is that this book is the book that most of us turn to again and again for advice and reassurance because, for the most part, it's the book that has the answers and reassurance we're after. And some of us have been pregnant a few times before, so that's really saying something.
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Summary: Terrifying? You've got to be kidding
Review: Another reviewer just described this book as terrifying. I don't know what she was reading, but it wasn't this book. This is a pregnancy book that actually sees the humor in things like stretch marks, popped belly buttons, and the fact that your sex life may end up going AWOL for part of your pregnancy (or that you may have to get a little creative when it comes to positioning thanks to that increasingly big belly of yours). If that's scary, then yes, be afraid, be very afraid...
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Summary: a wierd combination of flippant and terrifying
Review: I thought this book had some good information (better available elsewhere) but was really flippant about breastfeeding and really scary in its use of statistics. It isn't incredibly well organized, and it has as has been mentioned, lots of typos. I wanted it to be better than it is!
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Summary: Smart and savvy and yet reassuring
Review: This book is written in a smart and savvy tone, and yet it provides tons of reassurance on everything from spotting during early pregnancy to differentiating between true and false labor to preparing for the early weeks of life as a new parent. The resource guide at the back of the book is amazingly detailed. You'll find Web site addresses, phone numbers, and mailing addresses for every pregnancy/baby organization imaginable. This book is a truly one-of-a-kind resource that deserves a place in the library of every mom-to-be.
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