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What to Expect When You're Expecting: 4th Edition
written by Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel
Studio : Workman Publishing Company
by Workman Publishing Company
Brand : Workman Publishing
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
Released : 2008-04-10
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780761148579
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 156 reviews)
List Price : $14.95
Our Price : $7.14
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Product Description |
Announcing a brand new, cover-to-cover revision of America's pregnancy bible. What to Expect When You're Expecting is a perennial New York Times bestseller and one of USA Today's 25 most influential books of the past 25 years. It's read by more than 90% of pregnant women who read a pregnancy book—the most iconic, must-have book for parents-to-be, with over 14.5 million copies in print.
Now comes the Fourth Edition, a new book for a new generation of expectant moms—featuring a new look, a fresh perspective, and a friendlier-than-ever voice. It's filled with the most up-to-date information reflecting not only what's new in pregnancy, but what's relevant to pregnant women. Heidi Murkoff has rewritten every section of the book, answering dozens of new questions and including loads of new asked-for material, such as a detailed week-by-week fetal development section in each of the monthly chapters, an expanded chapter on pre-conception, and a brand new one on carrying multiples. More comprehensive, reassuring, and empathetic than ever, the Fourth Edition incorporates the most recent developments in obstetrics and addresses the most current lifestyle trends (from tattooing and belly piercing to Botox and aromatherapy). There's more than ever on pregnancy matters practical (including an expanded section on workplace concerns), physical (with more symptoms, more solutions), emotional (more advice on riding the mood roller coaster), nutritional (from low-carb to vegan, from junk food–dependent to caffeine-addicted), and sexual (what's hot and what's not in pregnant lovemaking), as well as much more support for that very important partner in parenting, the dad-to-be.
Overflowing with tips, helpful hints, and humor (a pregnant woman's best friend), this new edition is more accessible and easier to use than ever before. It's everything parents-to-be have come to expect from What to Expect...only better?. |
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Americancivilwar.com Review |
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Announcing a brand new, cover-to-cover revision of America's pregnancy bible. What to Expect When You're Expecting is a perennial New York Times bestseller and one of USA Today's 25 most influential books of the past 25 years. It's read by more than 90% of pregnant women who read a pregnancy book--the most iconic, must-have book for parents-to-be, with over 14.5 million copies in print. Now comes the Fourth Edition, a new book for a new generation of expectant moms--featuring a new look, a fresh perspective, and a friendlier-than-ever voice. It's filled with the most up-to-date information reflecting not only what's new in pregnancy, but what's relevant to pregnant women. Heidi Murkoff has rewritten every section of the book, answering dozens of new questions and including loads of new asked-for material, such as a detailed week-by-week fetal development section in each of the monthly chapters, an expanded chapter on pre-conception, and a brand new one on carrying multiples. More comprehensive, reassuring, and empathetic than ever, the Fourth Edition incorporates the most recent developments in obstetrics and addresses the most current lifestyle trends (from tattooing and belly piercing to Botox and aromatherapy). There's more than ever on pregnancy matters practical (including an expanded section on workplace concerns), physical (with more symptoms, more solutions), emotional (more advice on riding the mood roller coaster), nutritional (from low-carb to vegan, from junk food–dependent to caffeine-addicted), and sexual (what's hot and what's not in pregnant lovemaking), as well as much more support for that very important partner in parenting, the dad-to-be. Overflowing with tips, helpful hints, and humor (a pregnant woman's best friend), this new edition is more accessible and easier to use than ever before. It's everything parents-to-be have come to expect from What to Expect... only better.
Americancivilwar.com Exclusive
An Essay from Heidi Murkoff
 What to Expect started with information--or, actually, lack of information. In fact, when I found out I was expecting for the first time--I didn't have the slightest idea of what to expect. And back then, it wasn't as easy to find out what to expect as you'd think. I created What to Expect When You're Expecting because I couldn't find the answers to my questions or the reassurance for my worries that I was searching for in the pregnancy books I read (and believe me, I read plenty). I was a mom on a mission--a mission to help other moms and dads worry less and enjoy their pregnancies (and their babies, and their toddlers) more. And I've been on that mission ever since. So what sent me back to recreate What to Expect--for a fourth time? Today, there's definitely no lack of information on pregnancy. In fact there's more information than ever before (a quick online search of pregnancy or a glance at pages and pages of pregnancy and parenting options right here on Americancivilwar will clue you in on that). But often what's still hard to find is the right kind of information. Information that's accurate yet empathetic, reassuring yet realistic--that empowers you, but doesn't overwhelm or confuse you, that guides you but doesn't dictate to you. And it's not just about the right information, it's about information that's presented in the way that's most helpful--easy to access, easy to digest, easy to use. It's about information that makes your pregnant life less stressful--more enjoyable, and, well, easier. The fourth edition is a new What To Expect for a new generation of readers--you!--and I'm excited to say it's the best What To Expect yet. It's packed with all new information, of course (since things tend to change quickly in the baby-making and baby-delivering business--something you're probably all too aware of already if you've made more than one trip to the birthing room). But it doesn't only take into account what's new in obstetrics and what's new in pregnancy; it takes into account what's relevant to pregnant women now. Lifestyle. Working. Eating on the run. Juggling the pregnant life with real life. Keeping up with relationships. Birthing options that are family friendly and pregnancy care that incorporates the best that complimentary and alternative medicine has to offer. Managing multiples (which more and more moms are carrying). Sorting out the information from the misinformation--the reality from the hype, fact from Internet legend. The fourth edition also takes into account how you likely use books these days, so the format is even more accessible than ever. More geared to in-the-moment, find-it-in-a-flash reading. Most important of all, the fourth edition celebrates pregnancy. I have a passion for pregnancy, and always have. I love moms, I love dads, and I love babies. But everything about this fourth edition from the happy, excited mom-to-be on the cover, proudly caressing her beautiful belly and its even more beautiful contents, to the adorable week-by-week description of the making of your baby, to the positive (yet realistic), mom-to-mom tone throughout--this fourth edition is not just an explanation of those 9 amazing (though often bewildering) months you have ahead of you. It's a celebration of them. What to Expect When You're Expecting fourth edition is everything moms and dads have come to expect from What to Expect... only better. And I can't wait to start sharing it with you. I guess you can say--I'm a proud mama all over again. --Heidi Murkoff
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Love this book...very informative |
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This book gave me a lot of great info as what to expect. I found it easier to deal with things(not to stress) when i read about symptoms i was experiencing were normal. |
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Not Helpful to a 1st Trimester 1st Timer |
I really hate this book.
A friend lent it to me when she learned of my pregnancy, and I was so thrilled because I know that it is the old standby pregnancy guide. When I actually read it, though, I fount it wishy-washy, condescending, disorganized, and dishonest. I DO NOT recommend it.
This book isn't all bad, it certainly contains some good advice and information, but I gave it one star because that's my gut feeling about it. I would steer other expectant mothers away from this book and towards better ones.
First of all, I read it when I was in the midst of first-trimester morning sickness and heightened food aversions. It was so aggravating to read page after page after page telling me to eat my vegetables. I am a health freak, but in my first trimester, vegetables made me gag and I could not swallow them. There was little or no sympathy for that kind of reality. I completely realize that it's great to eat vegetables, and that their advice is good if you are capable of eating vegetables, but it was so discouraging to be reading the guilt-inducing message that I might be denying my baby something because I was gagging on my spinach. For someone who knows a lot about nutrition, it seemed so condescending. I wasn't a dummy, I just couldn't get through a decent meal because I was pregnant!
Then there was the time I tried to look up "mood swings." You would think that in a comprehensive guide to pregnancy, one that claims to inform you of "What to expect," they would give a few pages over to mood swings. You know what it says in the index? "Mood swings: see depression." Well, that's tough, because I wasn't depressed, I was just feeling rather insane and throwing tantrums all the time. A little bit of attention to this saying "You're normal, it's just the progesterone" would be helpful. Even in the "for men" section, it basically just says to be patient because this can be an emotionally trying time. It isn't exactly emotionally trying, it's more hormone-fueled insanity, and to know that it's normal and that it will pass would be WAY more helpful than to discreetly ignore such a widespread problem. You have no idea how many mommies have confided in me that they threw something at their husbands when they were pregnant: a glass, a sponge, a kitchen chair. As a first-time pregnant lady, I certainly wasn't expecting to experience rage like that, and this book totally ignores it for the sake of sweetness.
I could go on, but I'll spare you. I recommend the MAYO guide as a basic reference instead. Start on the MAYO website and see if you like it. Buy the book if you want to have it on hand. Skip "What to Expect" altogether. |
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This is exactly what is expected when someone is expecting |
We performed the home pregnancy test, like so many others, and got the result positive. Oh wow!! Then next thing came in mind is OMG!! now what should we do and what not? We are in a different country and have no one to tell us things right when we need it. Then I talked to my boss, with whom I have friendly relation too, told me about "What to Expect When You're Expecting" he also did give me the link to buy the book.
Since the day it is in our hand we are living on it. There had been so many instance when we say thanks to the writter because we would worry about things which is common and ignore things which is not common without this book.
This book is exactly what is expected when someone is expecting.
Thanks a million!!
Rashmi Manish Pandey |
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I'd prefer an expert |
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I was hoping to read a book of valid, accurate information by an educated writer. Sadly, what I got was a book penned by an ill-informed, non-educated writer. I'd suggest picking up a book by someone with a medical degree (or even a degree of ANY kind). |
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Pregnancy Book Review |
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It is a great book if you are having a common pregnancy. However, if you are a high risk pregnacy there isn't a lot of information in there for you. |
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