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Summary: The most comprehensive pregnancy book on the market today
Review: The editors at Amazon.com have it right: this book *is* the most comprehensive pregnancy reference book on the market today. There's information in this book that you won't find anywhere else: detailed information about prenatal testing, coping with the stress of a high risk pregnancy, being pregnant on the job, and much more.The information is comprehensive and extremely up to date. In fact, there's brand new information from the Yale University Department of Genetics about trends in carrier testing--a subject we're going to be reading a lot more about in years to come. There's also groundbreaking new data about high tech fertility methods, surrogacy, and the latest advances in preconception health. The web site directory also made a great addition to the book. I haven't had a chance to visit all of the web sites yet--there were over 100 web sites listed in the book!--but I've been very impressed with the calibre of the web sites that the authors have selected. (My husband got a real kick out of the one with the sports conflict catcher for expectant parents--a tool that lets parents time their pregnancies so that their due dates won't conflict with major sporting events. He wishes he'd known about that one sooner. Our baby is due in prime football Bowl season!) This book is fun to read and packed with useful information. I'm so glad that my doctor gave me a copy of this wonderfully informative book.
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Summary: Horrible - Don't waste your time
Review: Unfortunately, not very informative. As first time parents, I found this book outdated with very old information. It was a typical pregnancy book that did not keep our attention. Just picked up 'Pregnancy for Dummies'. We found this book much more dymanic with information from expert OB GYN's(Dr. Joanne Stone and Dr. Keith Eddleman) from New York's leading hosptal, Mt. Sinai.
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Summary: A MUST have for any one who is pregnant or trying.
Review: I aquired this book after I gave birth to my son. Although I had already given birth I found it to not only be informative about my postpartum needs but also for information about furture pregnancies. I highly reccomend this book to any one who is even thinking about getting pregnant....it is very down to earth and helpful. There are listings of web sites and reference charts for everything from pregnancy, to loss, to having multipules. This book has everything. I am a child care provider and pregnancy counselor for teenagers and I will use this book to hopefully help to make this time in a mothers life the most enjoyable and worry free as possible.
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Summary: Excellent Book for Parents-To-Be
Review: I found this book to be extremely informative. The various money saver tips were great. My husband and I have decided to start a family and I am so glad I found this book. Planning to have a child, get this book first!
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Summary: A fabulous all in one pregnancy book!
Review: As someone just entering the pregnancy process, I have been spending hours in local bookstores looking for just the right thing. To find out what to do before conception to get your body healthy you need one book. To find out the best ways to ensure pregnancy you need another book. To learn about what it's like to BE pregnant you needed yet ANOTHER book! Until I found this book. It is newly published, so the information is very up to date. It includes all of the topics I listed above in great detail, and many more. The first large section talks about getting ready to conceive and then how to get pregnant, including a detailed section on infertility and all of the various treatments and options. After that, it takes you into all of the aspects of pregnancy including many I had never seen discussed at all, let alone at such length. Things like multiple births, miscarriages, etc. There is so much information in this book, I know I will be reading it over and over again. The only weakness I see is that there is not as much in depth about what to expect each month - it's broken into trimesters, and while it is pretty thorough, this is the one area I could have expected a little more detail. However, as a type A, planning focused woman, this book hit the spot for me. I know I will be as prepared as I possible can be. Last, but certainly not least, I loved the tone of the book. Especially with the sidebars, this book feels like it's written by a peer - a friend to friend discussion rather than a scientific lecture.
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Summary: Outstanding resource for the (THINKING) mom-to-be
Review: If you want the facts without being preached at, here it is. Lots of info on which to base YOUR decisions, without having someone tell you what to do or make you feel guilty. This book covers more topics in depth... but more importantly, it does something no book I have ever read does - it helps moms who WANT a hospital delivery have a GOOD one (and doesn't totally trash the concepts of birth center and home births at the same time). It describes the things you need to do to make sure that your pregnancy and birth are YOURS, and gives a fairly clear picture of the risks and interventions you face in a medical setting, and what to do about it, WITHIN that setting. Lots of useful advice, all piled into one book. I like the fact that things that are proven to work are supported here, like midwives, dulahs, relaxation, using water for pain management (like showers and Jacuzzis), and mobile labor (changing positions)... but if any of these things doesn't work in YOUR case, it is OKAY - no guilt! There are so many variables and ideas here that you will probably find something that helps for YOU, for anything from resolving back pain in the first trimester, to relieving morning sickness, to picking out maternity clothes, to deciding if you need genetic counseling, to pain management during labor. This book covers more bases and gives a clearer picture of the HUGE range of experience out there than any single book I've seen. Overall I give it a 5 star for women who don't know where to begin, and especially for those who expect to have a hospital delivery. I give it 4+ stars for women who plan to deliver outside the US medical "norm"... If you are a very alternative-healthcare mom, it is still a good resource, though you may already know some of the info from elsewhere. Plus, the tidbits from the "real moms" make it interesting and fun to read without adding "fluff." :)
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Summary: An Apgar score of 10!
Review: Finally, heres a book about pregnancy that addresses real issues for real moms. (I wish it had been available when I started my family, and not when I was pregnant with my last child.) In addition to what you might want a pregnancy book to include, this book covers so many important topics that others gloss over or simply omitinfertility treatments, bed rest, pregnancy loss, surrogacy (theres even a sample contract in an appendix), high-risk factors and treatments, emotional responses to pregnancy and motherhood. Although the book contains over 800 pages, its organized so that you can get just the straight facts quickly or read all the details at your leisure. The easy, approachable tone is also professional, so you intuitively sense the authors authority on the subject. And, unlike some pregnancy books that contain a lot of fluff and are mostly good for entertainment, this one is rich with useful information from the medical and maternal community. Throughout, the book reinforces the notion that although nearly every pregnancy has its own quirky personality, most pregnancies are normal. In short, it alleviates--rather than createsparanoia. For example, where many pregnancy books lay down the law on what you must eat, how often you must exercise, and so on, this book is entirely forgiving of the expectant mother who is so sick with nausea that she cant choke down her daily broccoli allotment, or too busy or exhausted from working or running after her other children that she cant exercise. Sprinkled throughout each chapter are helpful hints, warnings, practical sidebar information (which reads like the whispered advice from a good friend), and the quoted experiences of many real-life moms, all which give the book a broad swab-stroke of knowledge about this most mysterious, profound, terrifying, worrisome, and joyous time of life. This is the book that I expect to recommend to my girlfriends.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I cannot say enough good things about this book. I've been using it for my whole pregnancy and it has answered every question I have and even some that I didn't think to ask. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: The one to get!
Review: I must have gotten 10 pregnancy books to read, and this is the one I found myself going to over and over again. I highly recommend it to everyone!
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Summary: It's okay.
Review: This book is OK. It does contain useful information but I don't like the way it is organized. For example, the put the section on pregnancy symptoms in the chapter on the second month. That may be when many symptoms begin, but it makes the book hard to reference. Check out "The Pregnancy Bible" instead.
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