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Summary: Keeps you up to date with baby's progress.
Review: I got this for my first pregnancy along with several other books; it was my favorite, as it had timely information for each week, and showed a illustration of what the baby would look like. Usually the information presented each week was appropriate, and I felt very prepared for my OB visits. The information is spread out over each week, but the index is comprehensive, and you can find it again, no matter which week you're in. The one thing that this book doesn't have is any information on what to do if you have various abnormal symptoms (i.e. bleeding), a chart for deciding when to call the doctor, or a cheat-sheet for if the baby starts arriving at home. However, usually you can and should go ahead and call your doctor if you have any worries whatsoever. Your Pregnancy Week by Week a great source for letting you know exactly when various parts of the baby are formed, how big the baby is, when the baby can see and hear -- I loved having this glipse into my baby's growth -- None of my other books had anything quite as nice. Plus had something to look forward to reading each week!
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Summary: Informative Book
Review: One of the books that I have relied on for my pregnancy. It accurately details the nine months of pregnancy and provides much visual impact to the reader. I would certainly recommend this book to any pregnant woman.
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Summary: Left Me A Bit Shaky
Review: Pregancy is supposed to be a joyful experience. I had to stop reading this book about twelve weeks into my pregancy because it was scaring me to death! I realize that women should be informed, however, this book focused too heavily on complications instead of ways to maintain a healthy, happy pregnancy. I suggest "What to Expect when You're Expecting" as a great alternative. It is factual and informative, but not so negative.
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Summary: This book has scared the baloney out of me
Review: YP is the first book I purchased on learning I was pregnant, and it scared the living daylights out of me. I was literally in tears, worrying about neural tube defects and folate defficiencies, because I couldn't eat anything, and didn't know what I should eat anyway. After some serious research, I learned that since 1998 the FDA has required flour manufacturers to include Folic acid in their enriched flour, so it was all needless worry anyway. The author in my opinion spends way too much time describing what could go wrong, and little time on avoiding these complications. This is my experience with Your Pregnancy - Week by Week. I'll be tossing my copy.
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Summary: The Best Preganancy Book !
Review: When I got pregnant last year I got my hands on all the info. I could & read a lot. I was given this book & really enjoyed this one more than any other during my pregnancy. It was my 1st child & it gives you so much more detail & gives you changes from week to week. It is so much better than "What to Expect..." because that one only provides monthly informatin. Everyone who is planning to have a child or is pregnant MUST get "Your Pregnancy: Week by Week."
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Summary: Your Pregnancy Week by Week
Review: A friend who had just had a baby recommended this book so I immediately bought a copy. And I am so happy that I did. I found the book very easy to grasp as well as informative. I would look forward to reading about my baby's development each week. In fact, I enjoyed "Week by Week" more than "What to Expect..." Now I buy this book for all of my pregnant friends!
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Summary: This book is extremely scary!
Review: This book scared the hell out of me! I loved the week by week idea of showing mother and baby development, but each week was filled with a new horror. One week it was car accidents, the next some rare condition called molar pregnancy which may result in hysterectomy! The woman on the cover of the book looks quite serene, obviously, she has not read the contents. A far better book is the Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sheila Kitzinger. ALthough not in a week-by-week format, the book is wonderfully informative and positive, and the pictures are beautiful!
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Summary: I have to agree with the previous reviewer....
Review: The "week by week" format of this book leads to a real problem: topics get arbitrarily shoved into a particular week because the author needs something to write about for that week, not because it's necessarily the best week to address that topic. I can see why the author runs into this problem: there are a million topics worth discussing during the first trimester and the third trimester, and not a lot of things to write about during the second trimester. As a result, some of the first trimester material gets carried over into the second trimester. I have to confess that I have a little bias: I really hate these pregnancy "week by week" and "month by month" books. I find them insultingly simplistic and hard to find information in. I far prefer the much clearer organization of The Unofficial Guide to Having A Baby by John R. Sussman and Ann Douglas, which is organized topically rather than chronologically. If you have a question about nutrition, you know you'll find it in the nutrition chapter. You don't have to hunt and peck throughout the entire book looking for all the nutrition-related bits and pieces that have been arbitarily allocated to various weeks or months. If you're got your heart set on buying a pregnancy book that you can enjoy week by week throughout your pregnancy (and, in fact, that will be there for you day by day), pick up a copy of Christine Harris' book The Pregnancy Journal instead. It's not a reference book, but it does have great information that you'll enjoy reading during each day of your pregnancy.
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Summary: Not an accurate book...
Review: Although I am a registered nurse with a bachelor's degree, my specialty is telemetry and not maternal/child, so I sought a book by an expert that would supply me with vital information I didn't have concerning my pregnancy. After reading the reviews here, I decided to buy this book over others. I was very disappointed after reading through the first half of the book, and not being able to continue because the book is so awful. It was really inaccurate, for example the grossly exaggerated claims about body temperature, the timelime for alpha fetoprotien tests ... and certain pieces of information that were actually true and important were in oddly misplaced sections. For instance, the discussion of caffiene, the advice on shopping for a new bra, the discussion on breast tenderness... all of those things were discussed way too late in the book. Caffiene should be avoided or cut to a minimum extremely early, not in the fourth month. My physician, who is a board certified OB/GYN and chief of staff of that dept. at the hospital, has instructed me that it is healthy to get exercise if you are a healthy person with a normal, healthy pregnancy. Doing exercise would certainly raise body temperature, and according to this physician's brief discussion of body temperature, you would be putting your fetus at risk. That's just one example, there's more that I can't get into with the limited space available. If I could, I would get a refund on this book. I wouldn't recommend it to anybody. You're better off reading literature that your physician supplies to you, such as the magazines and pamphlets.
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Summary: Excellent for the pictures!
Review: I have done tons of reading about being pregnant and so forth, but what I love to see are pictures of my growing baby which are hard to find. That is the reason that I love this book. They have a drawing of the baby at almost every week. I usually breeze over the rest of information. Most people complain about all the negative information about pregnancy that it has, but I understand there are complications. I usually just don't read those sections, unless I want to know more about them. The drawings are worth buying this book for!
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