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Product Spotlight: Pregnancy Books

juliebeannnjuliebeannn member
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Product Spotlight! We'll do "non-registry" items to start us off. 

Each week we'll spotlight a new category of product. Feel free to comment on these threads throughout your time at the board, not just during its week in the spotlight, if you discover something new OR are new to the board. This week we're talking.... Pregnancy Books!

FTMs are encouraged to ask questions & STM/+s encouraged to share their knowledge based on experience. You can use any or all the prompts relevant to you below to share info in an easy-to-read format. Pictures/screen grabs, if put in spoilers, are welcome!

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For all...

  • What book/s on pregnancy/motherhood/maternity/parenting do you own/have you read?
  • What about that the book/s drew you to it/them?
  • What would you like to share about those you've read/started to read?
  • Any books on your radar that you don't own yet that you're hoping to get your hands on? Why?

For STMs/STM+s...

  • Is there ONE pregnancy/motherhood/maternity/parenting book you'd recommend---if so, which? 
  • Any books you recommend avoiding/why?
Together 2007 | Married 2011 | Me: 36 | DH: 38
Adopted Furbaby: 2014
TTC#1 : 1/2016 | IUI #2 - BFP 12/24/16 -- born 9/8/17
TTC#2: 11/2019 | Dx DOR (AMH 0.3), AMA
IUI #2 - BFP 7/1/20 -- EDD 3/14/21
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Re: Product Spotlight: Pregnancy Books

  • Yiggle09Yiggle09 member
    I found Ina May's guide to childbirth very informative and highly recommend. I believe there's even a post partum breastfeeding section
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  • sunny_native14sunny_native14 member
    @Yiggle09 that's the book I was going to recommend! I absolutely loved it! It was my first pregnancy and I was really interested in having as little medical intervention as possible, while still giving birth in a hospital. The book really helped me to visualize all the different aspects of labor and delivery. definitely used some of the techniques/affirmations described in the book. 
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  • princessjenneyprincessjenney member
    My recommendation is more postpartum related by the Nursing Mother's Companion was so helpful when I was a 1st time mom that I tell everyone who wants to nurse that it's a good one to have.
    DD1 - 2010 TTC v2.0
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  • redseligredselig member
    Yiggle09 said:
    I found Ina May's guide to childbirth very informative and highly recommend. I believe there's even a post partum breastfeeding section
    I really enjoyed reading this book.I had so much anxiety around labour with my first pregnancy and this really helped soothe my nerves. My takeaway from this book - your body was made for birthing. Trust it. 
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  • redseligredselig member
    My parenting book recommendation is ‘The Wonder Weeks’. The book gives an overview of why your baby might be experiencing changes in behaviour such as extra fussiness. The suggestions of what parents can do to stimulate their children during the different stages of development were  wet useful.
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  • juliebeannnjuliebeannn member
    Not one, but 3 recommendations:
    *Precious Little Sleep
    *The Wonder Weeks
    *The Happiest Baby on the Block

    I also loosely followed Baby Wise with DS.
    Together 2007 | Married 2011 | Me: 36 | DH: 38
    Adopted Furbaby: 2014
    TTC#1 : 1/2016 | IUI #2 - BFP 12/24/16 -- born 9/8/17
    TTC#2: 11/2019 | Dx DOR (AMH 0.3), AMA
    IUI #2 - BFP 7/1/20 -- EDD 3/14/21
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  • lin0442lin0442 member
    STM- I really liked Expecting Better, as well as the author’s baby book, Cribsheet. If you like a critical, data driven, risk-based approach to the dos-and-don’ts of pregnancy and baby caring, I really recommend it. It’s not all scare tactics or a crunchy intuition-based approach. Thought they were very refreshing and helped me cut through my anxiety and understand where the science-based risks are.
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  • mvt2003mvt2003 member
    I realized when I got my first positive pregnancy test (for my chemical) that I had spent the past three years focusing so intently on *getting* pregnant, that I had not really thought too much about *being* pregnant, and even less about raising a child. That was a big revelation. 

    I've read Expecting Better, and I agree that the approach was great and helped me see data rather than fear. I plan on reading Cribsheet as well. I've got Bumpin' on my bedside table right now, I've finished the section on 1st Tri, now to brave moving on :D 

    After I read Bumpin' I'll probably move on to some child specific books, so I'm loving these recommendations. 

    Also, just wanted to note that as a FTD, MH has been feeling a bit adrift, so he's been reading as well. He really enjoyed First Time Dad by Steven Bell, he said it was funny and a quick read. His next one is The Expectant Father by Armin Brott and Jennifer Ash, which he thinks will be a bit more dense and comprehensive. We also need to start researching twin-specific books now! 
    me: 35 / so: 34 | ttc #1 since 9/2018
    DX: MFI
    IVF Cycle #1 February 2020 4 embryos frozen, 1 fresh transfer = CP 
    FET #1 Natural Cycle March 2020 CXL'd due to Covid-19 :( 
    FET #1 Natural Cycle June 2020 - CP #2
    FET #2 Natural Cycle July 2020 - BFP!!!!!! Beta #1 = 273


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