The Pregnancy Book: Month-by-Month, Everything You Need to Know From America's Baby Experts by Martha Sears, William, Linda Hughey Holt Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Pregnancy Book: Month-by-Month, Everything You Need to Know From America's Baby Experts
Book Review: The Pregnancy Book: Month by Month
Summary: 5 Stars
I have given this book as a gift on several different occasions and always get compliments from the moms to be. They like the organization of the book and either read ahead to see what's coming or stay right where they are in their pregnancy.Book Review: Ponderous to read and lacking concrete information
Summary: 2 Stars
I really didn't like this book. I bought this and what to expect when you are expecting. I prefered the other. I found this lacking in concrete developmental info about the fetus. There were too many "write in questions" and personal anicdotes and not enough facts. I will probably sell this book in my yard sale or send it to goodwill as I really didn't find it helpful at all.Book Review: The best so far!
Summary: 5 Stars
Aside from the great information, I love the tone of this book. I'm very touchy about how all things feminine tend to be all things inane/dumbed down/sacharine in this world, and thus I'm picky about how the authors address their audience. This book is the only one I've found that contains comprehensive advice with compassion and thinks you have a brain as well as a uterus. My only wish was that there was more on coping with morning sickness. I'll definately buy more from the Sears.Book Review: Best Pregnancy Book on the Market
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're looking for practical and thorough information and guidance to help you through pregnancy, this is the book to get. I very much appreciated that this book, based on the language it uses, assumes that the reader is an intelligent woman who wants to be empowered to make the right choices. I also liked that in the month-by-month breakdowns, it covers all the mixed emotions you may be feeling, offers explanantions why, and then reassures you that it's all perfectly normal. This is such a comprehensive book, it's hard to list all that it covers. Some of the areas it covers: what your body will be going through each trimester; how the baby will be developing each month; how to exercise properly; how to negotiate maternity leave; what federal laws exist to protect you; how to care for your hair and skin; the differences between hospital, birth center and home births, and the pros and cons of each; the difference between seeking care from an OB vs. a midwife -- and all that is covered by the time you're reading about the second trimester!
I have to add that people who believe that pregnancy is some sort of illness or disability will not enjoy this book. Neither will those who just want to get to a hospital, be hooked up to medicine and "get it over with." This book treats pregnancy as the natural, exciting occasion that it is, one that should in no way hinder you from leading an active, healthy life. It also goes to great lengths to empower women to dispel a lot of myths about "alternative" options (such as using midwives or home births) and urges them to be active, informed and vigilant stakeholders in their own pregnancies.
Book Review: ok book, there are better ones out there
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is just ok, it covers many things well and if you dont know anything about having a baby this may be a good book for you. This book takes no stand on any "right" way of doing things. Each topic seems to end with "it (the problem/issue) is probably ok, but maybe it isnt, so you had better call your doctor". So really, I could have saved my money and just picked up the phone and called the doctors office if I had a question, because ultimatly that is what the book is going to end up telling me anyway!