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Summary: Please!!!!! Buck up Girlfriends!
Review: My mother had seven children and not once did she complain about these very minor inconviences.She had the last child when she was 42 years old. The only thing she ever did was cry a lot. If she had symptoms of morning sickness or anything else she never complained. Imagine your child having to hear how you had to"put your face on the cold tile in the bathroom after getting sick." Not only does this insult me but women like my Mom who had multiple pregnancies and loved every minute of it. Get a life lady!
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Summary: Informative, surprising, and hysterically funny!
Review: Subtitled, "Everything Your Doctor Won't Tell You", this book provides a hilariously funny look at the surprising changes pregnancy brings. Informative, supportive, and above all, REAL. By the end of the book, you'll feel like you've been given great advice from your best friend - in fact you'll want Vicki Iovine to BE your best friend! A MUST read for all first time mothers-to-be (and a great choice for second, third, and fourth-time mothers).
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Summary: Informative, surprising, and hysterically funny!
Review: Subtitled, "Everything Your Doctor Won't Tell You", this book provides a hilariously funny look at the surprising changes pregnancy brings. Informative, supportive, and above all, REAL. By the end of the book, you'll feel like you've been given great advice from your best friend - in fact you'll want Vicki Iovine to BE your best friend! A MUST read for all first time mothers-to-be (and a great choice for second, third, and fourth-time mothers).
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Summary: Don't spend your money on this
Review: The tips the book gives for pregnant women are for women who don't really care about what is the best for the baby, but who do care how they look during pregnancy, and after it. The book for example doesn't really courage to breastfeed and advices to ask for an epidural the first thing you get in to the hospital. Said this, some of the book is funny though, even the tips that are not meant to be funny (like "remember to apply make-up before leaving to the hospital")... The book is like Cosmopolitan-magazine for pregnant women, it is easy to read but doesn't really tell even half of the real concept of being pregnant or becoming a parent.
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Summary: Great, but don't bother if you bought her pregnancy book
Review: This daily diary is hilarious; filled with all of Vicki Iovine's usual tongue-in-cheek, tell it like it is humor. She keeps it accurate, keeps it real, and keeps it between us Girlfriends. However, it is the EXACT SAME MATERIAL as her Guide to Pregnancy book, so if you've bought the book, I wouldn't necessarily bother with the diary unless you really do plan to write in a DAILY diary during your pregnancy...Remember, an average pregnancy is 280 days long! Save your dollars and buy the book instead. It's a lot more fun to read, and then you won't have the added guilt of looking at all those blank lines that you "meant to fill in" during those 280 days. By the time Junior arrives, you won't care a whit about your pregnancy journal anyway (nor will you usually want to relive the experience)!
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Summary: Great, but don't bother if you bought her pregnancy book
Review: This daily diary is hilarious; filled with all of Vicki Iovine's usual tongue-in-cheek, tell it like it is humor. She keeps it accurate, keeps it real, and keeps it between us Girlfriends. However, it is the EXACT SAME MATERIAL as her Guide to Pregnancy book, so if you've bought the book, I wouldn't necessarily bother with the diary unless you really do plan to write in a DAILY diary during your pregnancy...Remember, an average pregnancy is 280 days long! Save your dollars and buy the book instead. It's a lot more fun to read, and then you won't have the added guilt of looking at all those blank lines that you "meant to fill in" during those 280 days. By the time Junior arrives, you won't care a whit about your pregnancy journal anyway (nor will you usually want to relive the experience)!
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Summary: Great for first-time moms
Review: This is a great book that gives a realistic view of pregnancy. I do think that new moms should read clinical books for information but this is a book that should be read for more practical advice and humor. I enjoyed this book more than any of the other eight that I read.
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Summary: The perfect book for women who don't want the responsibility of making informed decisions about their pregnancy.
Review: This is the book for the 95% of women who blindly follow the American, medicalized ideal of pregnancy and birth. Those of you who don't want to be confused by any information about how epidurals might slow your labor or how inaccurate many of the diagnostic tests (including ultrasound) actually are will love this book. Instead of reading about how to choose a physician or midwife who agrees in principle and action with your birth philosphy, you can read about how the author loves to dress up and flirt with her OB. Enjoy putting yourself into the hands of your competant doctor who will probably show up in time to give you an emergency C-section. If you are looking for actual information try "The Birth Book" by Sears and Sears; in addition to several birth stories you will get both sides of the story, and you can make up your own mind about what's important to you regarding your pregancy, labor and birth
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Summary: Loved it in my 1st pregnancy, buying it again for my 2nd
Review: This is the pregnancy diary that was my faithful (and hip and fun) friend throughout my first pregnancy in 1998 -- it gave me tons of good information and tips, and was always a fun place to write down what was going on with me and my baby. I just found out this morning that I'm pregnant with Baby #2 (hooray!!) --- and I'm sitting right down to order another copy for this pregnancy. I highly recommend this book -- its light and humorous approach is a great antidote to all the unremittingly serious pregnancy books out there.
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