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Summary: Incredibly useful
Review: Having just found out I am pregnant my sister gave me this book and it is so useful. Incredibly useful. I am one of those women who are coming to motherhood late - in my late thrities and without any experience of either pregnancy or children in the family much. It is a bit nerve-wracking (as well as marvellously joyous) so this book has proved to be a real salve to my nerves. It is so straightforward, well set out and has a plethora of easy to access information to take you through the pregnancy and after.The contents are divided into 15 sections - the second chapter is the one I turned to immediately - it has all the pictures and information about the developing baby - even photos of what the fetus looks like at various stages. There is certainly a lot to think about health wise as well - Chapters 4 and 5 are on eating and fitness during pregnancy. Other chapters deal with making a Birth plan for yourself, managing labour, dealing with common complaints, sex during pregnancy, preparing for the baby, and there are three chapters at the end on issues dealing with being new parents. I have found this book comforting in the extreme. I realise once the pregnancy gets more advanced I will be in an antenatal group and generally have more contact with people who know about what the hell is going on. But for a first time mother with a lot of burning questions to ask and not many people to go to about them it is a wonderful reference book to have on hand.
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Summary: An informative and reassuring guide for pregnancy
Review: I had this book for my first pregnancy and read it from cover to cover several times. It had all the information I wanted to know. This is excellent for a first pregnancy. I gave it away to a friend and want it again for my THIRD pregnancy!
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Summary: Dr. Miriam Stoppard's Pregnancy and Birth Book
Review: I LOVED this book. It was one of my bible's when pregnant with my two children. The pictures are the most wonderful part. It shows the size of your baby's hand at certain stages of the pregnancy. It also shows how big YOU are! It answers your questions honestly and thoroughtly. I also found that real life stories were helpful as well.
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Summary: Love It!!
Review: I was given this book by a friend during my first pregnancy and have since given it as a gift to several of my other friends who are expecting. I had several books given to me and this one was by far the easiest to use and the most informative. If you like the facts then this book is for you. The book explains some of the things the doctors check for at regular exams but don't explain to you. It even has a handy reference guide for all the problems you might experience, the reasons they occur, and things you can try to alleviate them. It is a small book just packed with information.
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Summary: Every woman's dream come true
Review: I've been searching for a specific guide on pregnancy and birth book and Dr.Miriam Stoppard books are the best. It is very specific in detail and it guides and helps any new mothers to be on their month to month pregnancy until they experience the birth of their child. All symtoms of pregnancy are explained easily and therefore no doubts occur except the feeling of self confidence and the courage to go on; overcoming all fears.It is a fantastic book! I had bought one for myself and I have bought another for my dear friend who is planning her pregnancy. It is definitely a great buy and keep for all mothers to be. I will definitely recommend this book for any of my friends.
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Summary: A Little Much even at 30
Review: My husband and I are thinking about getting pregnant and I this is the first book I chose this book because it looked very descriptive. What I didn't expect was how overwhelming it would be to look at all of those photos. I'm sure after I have a baby, this will all seem natural, but before hand this book is too much! I also found the author to be a bit condescending to the reader. If you are a woman, who's questioning whether or not you're ready to get pregnant, this may not be the book for you.
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Summary: pretty informative, but too much politically correct opinion
Review: Overall, this book is pretty informative (good photographs, interesting sidebars, especially for the new mother). I appreciated the step by step pictures and details of the physical changes that a pregnant woman and her baby go through in each stage of pregnancy. While some of the case studies were interesting and informative, such as the study on Rh incompatibility, many of them offered too much opinion, often politically correct and illogical, and not enough fact. For example, the case studies on choosing single parenthood and on being a working mother, promoted many of the viewpoints that would make a single parent or working mother feel better about her choice, but these viewpoints lack common sense. For example, Ms. Stoppard promotes her beliefs, such as that the child will "not suffer from having only one parent", that even though the single mother mentioned in the case will be working full-time, she will have "quality time" with her child (as a full-time parent who does not believe that there really is such a thing and that it can be scheduled into tiny slots of time, I disagree with this statement), and that the job of the single mother mentioned in the article will automatically bring her "great satisfaction", while her child is home being raised for the most part by someone else. I also disagreed with her politically correct advice that although the "baby will develop close bonds with her caregiver.....this will in no way affect her relationship with her parents". In short, for the most part, this book provides a decent amount of information, but I would skip reading the majority of the case studies, as they are composed of too much opinion.
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Summary: Love It!!
Review: This is the book I buy for any expectant mother I know. My first copy was purchased 13 years ago and info not out dated!
I refered to this book over and over again throughout my pregnancies.
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Summary: Best preganancy book written
Review: This is the book I buy for any expectant mother I know. My first copy was purchased 13 years ago and info not out dated!
I refered to this book over and over again throughout my pregnancies.
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