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Recommend your favorite pregnancy books!

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  • sare_bearsare_bear
    Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy
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  • HeidiseanHeidisean member
    your pregnancy week by week because you get to see what your little bean looks like and read what is going on developmentally.
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  • MissBlushMissBlush

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    Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy

    Ditto. ?I also really liked Easy Labor, but that focuses on labor and not pregnancy. ?Babycatcher is good if you want to read birth stories.?

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  • IselaCidIselaCid member

    The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer

    The Pregnancy Book & The Birth Book by Dr. Sears

    The Mother of All Pregnancy Books by Ann Douglas

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    Joaquin's hospital and Isela's birth center med & intervention free "hypnobabies" birth stories
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  • RubyRed1085RubyRed1085
    I have a few books.. What to Expect When You're Expecting, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, Secrets of a Baby Whisperer. I also bought FI, " Dad's Pregnant Too"
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  • AlmostDunnAlmostDunn
    The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy
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  • beccag517beccag517 member
    What To Expect When You're Expecting... and if your wanting a laugh... Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy
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  • Seatownbride2BSeatownbride2B
    The Pregnancy Bible: Your Complete Guide to Pregnancy and Early Parenthood
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  • L2theC42L2theC42
    i was scanning them all in borders tonight.  i couldn't pick!
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  • goillini823goillini823 member
    Im just lurking remeniscing on the good old days. get a good laugh in with BELLY Laughs. It's great!
    Andrea 7/9/08, Joaquin 4/18/11, boy coming 12/18/13 Forever missed: Gabriel 11/24/09 at 20 weeks
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  • SFAug07SFAug07 member
    I like the Mayo clinic book. I also have Exercising through your pregnancy and found it very helpful and educational. I also like Running and pregnancy from Runners' World.
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  • weddedwifeweddedwife member

    Your Pregnancy Week By Week

    The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy

    and for a quick read/good laugh- Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy 

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  • dmsmartdmsmart
    What to expect when your expecting.. and Belly Laughs
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  • Temp984666312503071Temp984666312503071 member

    Just last night I got a book on my doorstep.  My best friend (she is an OB/GYN) sent me "I'm Pregnant!  A week-by-week guide" by Lesley Regan, MD.  It is VERY cool.  Lots of pictures, charts, and interesting stuff.  It has information on conception, pregnancy, birth, and a little on the first few months.

    I have "What to Expect" and "Your Pregnancy Week By Week" and this one is definitely more thorough and visual. 

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  • Sunflower822Sunflower822
    Pregnancy week by week and Belly Laughs! So funny!
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  • jrickard7jrickard7 member
    I bought the newest edition of WTEWYE and then checked out a bunch of other books from the library.  I found that WTEWYE had everything that all the other books had (and then some).  So I don't know that I'll be buying any other books except for some about post-pregnancy.  I did buy one for my DH called "How to Keep the Baby Alive until Your Wife Gets Home."  HA!  It hasn't arrived yet, but I'm hoping it's good.
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  • b.heatherb.heather member
    It is a "pregnancy" book per se, but Baby Bargains was the best recommendation I got. It reviews all the stuff you'll need for baby for price, quality, safety, etc. It is amazing! If you are anything like me you'll want to start planning for all that stuff before too long Smile
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  • robynlesleyrobynlesley member
    I like Your Pregnancy Week by Week and The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy has cute anecdotes.
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  • missbeezersmissbeezers

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    Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy

     

    This is the most invaluable book I have read on pregnancy, childbirth and newborn care :)

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  • lisap921lisap921 member

    What to Expect When You're Expecting (it can be kind of boring, but it is very informative and you can look up specific topics pretty quickly)


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  • GASuzukiGASuzuki member
    Also, for your DH or SO, I totally recommend the Caveman's Guide to the Expectant Father or something like that... Wish DH had it earlier! Now it's kinda moot!

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  • lujainlujain member
    I also like The Pregnancy Cookbook by Hope Ricciotti, M.D. and Vincent Connelly.  It has a lot of detailed information about what to eat.  The authors are a husband-wife team.  The wife is an OB-GYN, and her husband is a chef.  The recipes were developed by the husband for his wife during her pregnancies.
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  • TashaLeeTashaLee
    I'm glad someone else asked this question because I was wondering the same thing!! Thanks!!
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  • xoxolisaxoxoxoxolisaxoxo

    What to expect when your expecting, their website it good too.

    I think the internet comes in more handy than any books though.

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  • Nurse27Nurse27
    The Pregnancy Bible is what I like!
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  • bellavicki23bellavicki23
    i absolutely love the "pregnancy week by week" and "pregnancy sucks"
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  • Maykay81Maykay81
    "What to Expect when you're Expecting" and "Dad's Pregnant Too". "Dad's Pregnant Too " is hilarious! I'll have to check out some of these other books mentioned too.
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  • kayla_lynnkayla_lynn
    I've only read one so far, but "What To Do When Your Miracle Makes You Miserable" is funny. Informative, with some hilarious quotes. Had it at work and even non-pg people were reading it and cracking up.
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  • lonchuralonchura
    ANYTHING BY DR. SEARS!! 
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  • McKelvey73McKelvey73

    I'm reading What To Expect When You're Expecting. It's fascinating and very informative! Tells you week by week what you can expect.

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  • DanielsWifeDanielsWife

    1. What To Expect When You're Expecting

    2. The Pregnancy Instruction Manual - hilarious! ?It seriously is just like an owner's manual, with good advice for both you and the dad. ?I plan on getting the one for baby towards the end of my pregnancy. ?image

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  • greenlove7greenlove7
    Def. Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy. Ive never laughed so hard!!
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  • danaann78danaann78

    I've got at least half a dozen books, but my faves are The Mother of all Pregnancy Books and The Complete Organic Pregnancy.

    And for Dad, What to Expect When You're Wife is Expanding is HYSTERICAL!

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  • Rachel BlandRachel Bland

    A MUST READ ( from the perspective of a Labor nurse and newly expectant mother):

    Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin

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  • wls1015wls1015 member
    Your Pregnancy Week by Week.
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  • Brit_1006Brit_1006 member
    the only book that i used for my first and this one is what to expect..
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  • sweetp3sweetp3
    I really liked "Your Pregnancy Week by Week".  I read it the first time around and will read it this time too.
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  • kitatsandrolloskitatsandrollos

    I would recommend the book "Twin Set" to any expectant parent of twins. Not only is it very informative, but it also puts a little comedy to it all. They say this book is your guide to maintaining the middle ground between merely surviving and thriving as a parent of multiples... I loved it!

     

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  • JenPregoJenPrego

    "From Conception to Birth: a Life Unfolds"

    By Alexander Tsiaras and Barry Werth

     It has great pictures of every stage of development inside the belly, It so much better than a sanogram, and relieves my desire to get regular sonorgrams because I can see where my baby is in development by opneing up the book and checking  what day I am at. (not to mention the health benefits to the fetus by avoiding sonorgrams).

    "The Pregnancy Journal: a day to day guide to a healthy and happy preganancy" by A. Christine Harris, PH.D.

    It's a journal that you can write in, but more important talks in depth about e-v-e-r-y detail of developement happening inside the belly (more in depth than "from conception to birth"). Along, with nutritional guideline that are pretty acurate, and great advice on how to handle naseau. And tips on what to expect as the mother everyday along your pregnancy. It's very interesting especially when used in combination with "from birth to conception". As a preganancy resource its invaluable. But, as a journal its lacking the participation part, so I also picked up ...

    "The Belly Book: a nine month journal for you and your groing belly" By Amy K.

    its Cute, die cut on one side to be round like a belly, with matching die-cut stationery inside, seperated by trimesters. Questions about when you found out (how you, daddy, and kids reacted), first prenatal visit, keeping track of morning sickness, cravings, and places to put ultrasound pic, and belly bump pics (weekly). and that's just the first trimester. Its very interactive, lots of places to remember all the precious moments of being pregnant. As a pregnancy journal its the best 

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  • BRIEBRIE

    I'm all about the funny. I get my information off the the WTEWYE website and I get my laughs from Jenny McCarthy's "Belly Laughs".

    The best book I bought though was for my husband, "What to Expect When Your Wife is Expanding." Its more funny than informational but he loved it!

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