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Recommend a Good Informative Pregnancy Book

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  • azureanemoneazureanemone member
    i love my mayo clinic pregnancy book - it's really good.
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  • kcap01kcap01
    I love "Your Pregnancy Week by Week".  Informative and an easy, interesting read.
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  • HisLovfHisLovf member

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    I love "Your Pregnancy Week by Week".  Informative and an easy, interesting read.

    Ditto

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  • Sahara6971Sahara6971 member
    I really enjoyed all of the books I read by Dr. Sears.

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  • mavilabridemavilabride member

    I love What to Expect when Expecting.

    The *only* problem I have with it is that its a little conservative.

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  • DNK777DNK777 member

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    I love "Your Pregnancy Week by Week".  Informative and an easy, interesting read.

    I really like it.  I do not like What to Expect because it is hard to read the way it is laid out.

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  • Soon2BMrsNSoon2BMrsN member
    I bought Your Pregnany Week By Week and then my SIL gave me her copy of the Mayo Clinic book... both are good.
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  • Aimee&BillAimee&Bill
    I really like my Mayo Clinic one.
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  • blessed_wifeblessed_wife member

    Thanks ladies! I think I'm gonna order my friend "What to expect when you are expecting"

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  • mrsbhk22mrsbhk22 member

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    I love "Your Pregnancy Week by Week".  Informative and an easy, interesting read.

     Agree. What to expect when you are expecting gives a lot of "worst case" which freaked me out with my 1st.

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  • mrshutchmrshutch
    The Pregnancy Journal is awesome- it gives you a day-by-day guide about how the baby is growing, plus tips for mom. A funny one is A Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy, which is quite candid.
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    imagekcap01:
    I love "Your Pregnancy Week by Week".  Informative and an easy, interesting read.

     Agree. What to expect when you are expecting gives a lot of "worst case" which freaked me out with my 1st.

     

    I have Your Pregnancy Week by Week so that we can read about the different stages the baby is going through.  The doula that is teaching our Hypnobirthing Class does NOT recommend What the Expect When you are Expecting.  It scares people is what I've heard.  I would buy her something more upbeat! 

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  • jinjur71jinjur71 member
    not wtewye!!!  That book SUCKS... it totally was freaking me out.  My doctor said that she tells women NOT to get that one.
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  • htomeohtomeo member

    imageazureanemone:
    i love my mayo clinic pregnancy book - it's really good.

    Ditto this. I love my Mayo Clinic book too. It is really informative. 

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  • txbabs111txbabs111 member
    My Dr. recommended that I not read WTEWYE because it freaks people out. I have Your Pregnancy Week by Week and highly recommend it as well.
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  • Mrs.CarlybellaMrs.Carlybella member

    i also love 'Your Pregnancy Week by Week'.  My H and I read it together weekly

     

    I actually dislike 'What to expect when you're expecting'.   There is some good info in there, but i find it difficult to navigate, it just has no sensible order, and I find myself skimming a lot. Also there is less weekly info then in the other so it is not as enjoyable as a together read.

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  • sjusju
    I read both WTE and Pregnancy Week by Week.  I like WTE because it is like a Q&A. It never freaked me out because I did not find it alarmist. I just like to be informed of the good and the bad.   Pregnancy week by week is easy to read.  It is nice to see the illustrations.
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  • jenerallyjenerally member

    I hated both WTEWYE and also YPWBW.

    My recommendation is Great Expectations, which is only available at Barnes & Noble .... it's a big, blue book and it ROCKS.

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  • toospookytoospooky

    During Pregnancy: 
    While Waiting
    The Miracle of Birth - Visual Guide to Pregnancy & Childbirth
    The Pregnancy Diet
    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn - The Complete Guide

    Labor/Delivery:
    The Birth Partner
    Birth Reborn     (in regards to natural, med-free childbirth)
    Mothering the Mother

    Breastfeeding:
    The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding 

     

    Yes, I am becoming a pregnancy library. Hope this helps. Smile

     

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  • N.CarolinaGirlN.CarolinaGirl
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    I hated both WTEWYE and also YPWBW.

    My recommendation is Great Expectations, which is only available at Barnes & Noble .... it's a big, blue book and it ROCKS.

     

    DITTO  - LOVED Great Expectations.

    My doc asked if I had WTEWYE, and if I did, to throw it out!

    After three years TTC, four IUI's plus 2 cancelled, MFI (morph, motility, count), maternal age (40 as of 5/12) & former endo, we're moving to IVF spring 2012 (good/avg AMH and FSH). We did beat the odds once, however. DD born after 2 years TTC with clomid and no monitoring at my age 35. Doctors are SHOCKED we were able to conceive. Here's hoping for another miracle.
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  • izzy624izzy624
    I really like WTEWYE.  I'm not sure what edition the other ladies and doctor's are talking about, but I have the 4th edition and find it quite informative.  I've read over half the book and nothing is freaking me out.  I also like While Waiting and Your Pregnancy Week by Week.
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  • tumpkintumpkin

    Due to great reviews, I recently purchased the Mayo Clinic's Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy. Although WTEWYE has been noted as the pregnancy bible and "must read", I read some really bad reviews on it. I hear it's a little on the negative side...which is not what I wanted at all. My friend is reading WTEWYE and is paranoid 24/7. Not my idea of fun.

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