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Summary: Dismissive of Natural Childbirth
Review: Actually, he does make a comment comparing the cost of a home birth to the cost of caring for a vegetable. While the author is probably quite a nice person and a good doctor, he doesn't seem to take natural childbirth very seriously. I'm sure he doesn't do an automatic episiotomy on everyone, but I also wouldn't trust him as much as someone who expressly values natural childbirth to take the measures to prevent the need for one (like perineal massage, for example). If you want to have an epidural, that's fine. But if you don't, you should probably not go to a doctor like DiLeo, since his philosophy doesn't seem to jive with that of couples for whom natural childbirth is very important. Overall, though, the book does provide a lot of information about the battery of tests that you might have and what they mean.
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Summary: Recommended for those that are really anxious
Review: After losing a baby - I found myself at the top of the anxious parenting hill. Every little thing freaked me out. This book helped reassure me and also helped me learn more about what to really be worried about. Highly recommend it for those who are truly worried, but is probably not necessary for the normal pg woman.
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Summary: Dr. Dileo makes sense, and makes understanding simple!
Review: As a first time expectant mother living far from friends and family, I have had to rely on many a resource book to guide me through the many questions that come to mind during pregnancy. Many books on the market read like stereo instructions. However, I found Dr. Dileo's book simple to understand and an absolute joy to read. What I enjoyed most about this book was the simple fact that not only does Dr. DiLeo provide the reader with the most useful and honest information available, but he presnts the information in a straight foward, often hilarious approach. I highly reccomend this book as a "must read" for both expectant mothers and fathers, as Dr. DiLeo's "Rules for Husbands" provides a hilarious, yet wise guide for the dad to be.
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Summary: A thankful husband's view
Review: As a husband and first-time prospective father, I'm so sick of books written by women for only women and by men trying to write for women that I was pleasantly surprised to finally read a book by someone who knows what they're talking about and who has written a book for the prospective mother AND father. My wife read it, loved it, and then insisted I do the same. The gender card isn't played as it is in a lot of the other books, but there's just straightforward information. In fact, the only time gender is used to advantage is the great tongue-in-cheek humor that every couple experiences between them. This book is not the bore many others are. And it cuts through all the [poop] and gives a clear understanding of pregnancy and all of its variations, options, and choices--and where they fit in for each individual. Bravo to Dr. Dileo for The Anxious Parent's Guide to Pregnancy. I feel like I'm ready for my Pregnancy 101 final, which, by the way, is in 4 1/2 months.
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Summary: A woman nurse practioner's view
Review: As a woman certified nurse practioner in a woman obstetrician's office, I've seen the gamut of pregnant patients, from the frightened adolescent to the experienced woman who's had many babies, and "The Anxious Parent's Guide to Pregnancy," by Dr. DiLeo, is the only book I recommend. In fact, I make it required reading in my practice. It's amazing how well-informed my patients become during this very trying time in their lives. This book has made such a difference in how well their pregnancies have gone, even when they've experienced complications. High-risk and routine pregnancy patients alike have been able to partner with me in an intelligent, thoughtful search for the birthing experience that's just right for each one of them. Dr. DiLeo chats with the reader--such an easy read! No wonder he gets such important and complicated information to his readers in such a relaxing and cheerful way. And this author never forgets why we get pregnant in the first place. Without spouting morality, he remembers with each subject that you are not only a woman getting pregnant, but a wife, lover, expectant mother, and expectant parent--all rolled together into a thing of beauty that is more than all of these things. Being a woman practioner in a woman doctor's practice, I am especially wary of any men who claim to be experts in how women feel, but any doubts here are laid to rest immediately. Dr. DiLeo need not be a "woman author"--all he needs to be is a "women's author," because there is no gender liability here. I only hope that he writes other books in women's health. All of the most popular books have clever titles that are the best part of the book, catching your eye on the bookshelves of bookstores only to disappoint by being like all of the others on the inside. But here is a book in which the content keeps delivering the promise, page after page. I whole-heartedly endorse and recommend this fine book.
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Summary: Looks like the book for me.
Review: Finally a book that doesn't treat pregnancy as if ALL women have normal babies and textbook pregnancies & deliveries. And also doesn't trash-talk all doctors as if they are all evil, scalpel-loving fiends. Both my children almost died at birth--the first had multiple problems including cord around the neck, facial presentation, meconium...the second had a pre-diagnosed birth defect and spent 6wks in the NICU. Before my first was born I was very pro-homebirth. Thank God my husband was not. His brother had died at birth due to a cord incident so he insisted on a hospital delivery. Now I am very pro-hospital, pro-doctor, pro-testing. If we had listened to the Bradley people with their alarmist views on pre-natal testing when we were pregnant with our 2nd child as we did with our first he could be dead right now. Be realistic. The live birth-rate today is so much higher than it was in the days these homebirth proponents wish to harken back to that it is foolish not to realize that medical intervention and knowledge has saved a good deal of our children.
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Summary: Looks like the book for me.
Review: Finally a book that doesn't treat pregnancy as if ALL women have normal babies and textbook pregnancies & deliveries. And also doesn't trash-talk all doctors as if they are all evil, scalpel-loving fiends. Both my children almost died at birth--the first had multiple problems including cord around the neck, facial presentation, meconium...the second had a pre-diagnosed birth defect and spent 6wks in the NICU. Before my first was born I was very pro-homebirth. Thank God my husband was not. His brother had died at birth due to a cord incident so he insisted on a hospital delivery. Now I am very pro-hospital, pro-doctor, pro-testing. If we had listened to the Bradley people with their alarmist views on pre-natal testing when we were pregnant with our 2nd child as we did with our first he could be dead right now. Be realistic. The live birth-rate today is so much higher than it was in the days these homebirth proponents wish to harken back to that it is foolish not to realize that medical intervention and knowledge has saved a good deal of our children.
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Summary: Can't wait to read this book, even if we are done!!
Review: Having been an OB patient of Dr Dileo's while he was in the process of putting together this book, I am excited to read his book! Dr Dileo delivered two of my 5 son's and I must say that he is a wonderful, caring, and funny Doctor! He went on sabattical to promote this book, after I had given birth to my 4th son! Had he not, he would have delivered my 5th son!! I can't wait to read what he says about choosing your Dr wisely, because I either I was spolied having him as my Dr, or I didn't choose too wisely with my choice on who delivered my newborn son! I highly recommend this book,( even if I haven't read it yet) to all pregnant women!
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Summary: great book for old (and new) anxious moms
Review: I already have two children and have read about every pregnancy book out there. I was looking for something new to talk me through number 3 and make the information fresh again, and was thrilled to find Dr. DiLeo's book. The information is complete, understandable, and up to date, and the style is light-hearted and soothing. I appreciate that in addition to giving information on options and variations, he shares his personal opinion, based on years of experience in the delivery room, on what he would want for someone in his family. He also shares his frustration with the interference of insurance companies into medical decisions. Dr. DiLeo is only dogmatic about one thing: he wants you to pick your provider carefully, and then TRUST them. If you don't trust your doctor, get a new one. I've read several books that encourage women to question and doubt their careprovider every step of the way, which seems to me to increase women's anxiety. Both you and your doctor want the same result--a healthy baby and mother. This book will give you the information you need to work with your care provider toward that goal.
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Summary: I had no idea!
Review: I had no idea of the silent controversies going on in the field of obstetrics. Besides this book being an excellent pregnancy book--and so much more fun than those dreary others--Dr. DiLeo's information on the controversies being waged in the background while women go on their way having babies was very enlightening. Because of Dr. DiLeo's privileged position of actually being in the profession, he provides insights into subjects that ended up being very important to me. I haven't seen any other book talk about the great herpes hypocrisy in pregnancy, pregnancy after having been sexually abused, or what should be the women's rights position on maternal choice C-section. His section on miscarriage and threatened miscarriage, besides finally putting a perspective on ALL of the causes of first trimester bleeding, is the most compassionate treatment on the tragedy of miscarriage I've ever seen. Obviously this guy cares about ALL babies, large and very small. His "Pregnancy Rules for Husbands" are hysterical. This book sets a new standard for pregnancy books for intelligent women.
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