What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Third Edition
What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Third Edition
The third edition of Americas bestseller, What to Expect When You’re Expecting, is updated and is revised with better features for expecting families. The authors are very experienced including Heidi Murkoff, an established writer, and Sandee Hathaway, holder of B.S. in Nursing from Boston University and they have quite a bit to say about this book. Arlene Eisenberg also puts her two cents in. The What to Expect When You’re Expecting books has more in-depth coverage of complementary and alternative birthing. Greater detail is also give to the way families handle everything from second pregnancies to HMOs. Workman Publishing Company publishes books that are insightful and informative.Eighteen years after it first hit the shelves and having sold more than 10 million copies, What to Expect When You’re Expecting is still on nearly every mother-to-be’s reading list. This completely revised and updated edition is packed with answers to hundreds of questions and worries expectant parents may have. The information is presented in a month-by-month format starting with planning a pregnancy and choosing a practitioner, and follows through to six weeks after delivery. Each chapter begins with an explanation of what to expect at a particular month’s prenatal visit and a brief description of how mom and baby are growing and changing before getting to the heart of the matter: What You May Be Concerned About. Topics are presented as questions ranging from “Should I be taking vitamins?” to “What if I forget everything I learn in childbirth education class?” to “Will I be able to breastfeed?” The answers are generally reassuring and provide enough information to soothe a worried mom between prenatal visits. Despite the reassuring answers, however, the sheer volume of worries discussed may alarm an otherwise calm mom-to-be.
The book also features a complete nutrition plan (though many women may find it difficult to follow), a special chapter just for expectant dads, and extensive information about dealing with minor illnesses, chronic conditions, and pregnancy complications. What to Expect has guided countless women through their pregnancies and makes an informative addition to the mainstream pregnancy and childbirth bookshelf. –Jennifer Lindsay
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Great Book!
Book is great in any edition! I passed this one on to a co-worker expecting twins and I know it will come in handy!
5 Stars Book
Great book and helpful for question that you might not want to ask or have between visits.
2 Stars Disappointed
I bought this book because I wanted as much information as possible for my first pregnancy. The layout made it difficult to quickly find information and the writing of the book is horrible. All the cutesy analogies and comments were annoying and unnecessary.
I was surprised to hear others comment that they found the book to have too much information that they found scary. Since I was looking for as much information as possible, I didn’t mind that they covered every possibility since I knew that was what they were doing. I wanted to know about all the scenarios, good or bad, so I could be knowledgeable about my body’s signals.
Like I mentioned before, the book is very poorly organized and very very poorly written. An example of the poorly organized aspect of the book is that they talk about the importance of exercise along with diagrams of suggested exercises that are good for you quite late into the book when an exercise regimen can and should be followed in the first trimester.
5 Stars Book review
As a FACS teacher, I recommend this book to all my students. I use it for lots of information myself when making lessons.
5 Stars The most classic gift for an expecting mom.
I have purchased this book for every person I know after they find out their pregnant. A great gift!
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