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 Sears Parenting Library books are excellent.
Summary: 4 Stars
The Sears have 8 children and are both medical professionals. They have so much experience and wisdom to share. All of their books are easy to read and cover the most common issues. The information in this book is concise and clearly explained. It helps you understand what's happening month-by-month. I would follow this one up with the Sears Breastfeeding Book, The Baby Book and The No-Cry Sleep Solution. This set would make a wonderful library for expecting and new parents.Book Review: Average, Just Average!!!
Summary: 2 Stars
One of the very first books I bought. I read it for a couple of days, it answered SOME of my many questions. I retired this book as soon as I got to put my hands on to "What to Expect When Expecting" and "The Pregnancy Book" has been collecting dust ever since. It has a very poor outline of pregnancy,it only covers the common sense subjects on pregnancy while "What to Expect" will touch on subjects you would even think to ask. If this book was recommended to you, be sure to get other three or four books to answer all the other questions that this book will leave you wondering about.Book Review: Great reference to have on hand
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is perfect to look through during your entire pregnancy. It has information on almost all of the issues that you will face, and its reassuring to know that the symptoms you are feeling are normal and nice to have ideas about how to handle them. It's also great to help you understand what's happening to the baby, not just to you. Another book to read NOW is The No Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep. The only thing that puts a dark cloud over life with a newborn is being woken up every hour and this book has a great section about getting a newborn to sleep better, and it is endorsed by Dr Sears too.Book Review: not specific enough
Summary: 1 Stars
I returned the book because 5-6 page chapters were dedicated to a whole trimester where thousands of things happen. The yahoo pregnancy calendar is more specific than this book. I was not able to find the info I was looking for month after month. This book is just not representative of what happens during a pregnancy.Book Review: Great reference, but somewhat judgemental
Summary: 4 Stars
This is my favorite reference on pregnancy- but not birth. I give this book 4 stars, because I found the information on pregnancy to be very concise, easy to read and informative. The illustrations are nicely done and I enjoy the sections on the baby's development.My only gripe is the section on birth. The authors give factual, fairly non-biased information on c-sections, pain relief, interventions...etc. The only problem is, after c-section there is a "section" of personal stories and nearly all are on VBAC, not anything to support a woman who has had or will have to have a c-section; or validate her experience. On the section of epidurals, it is fairly non-biased and actually pretty reassuring. Then they have the personal stories again, one of a couple who used the epidural "wisely" to get some sleep and had it turned off for pushing so her labor could be natural and the other of a horrible epidural experience. And then a snotty little comment by a fictional nurse about epidurals. They are obviously biased toward interventions in birth and lean toward non-meds/non-intervention. The labor/birth sections are not terribly informative, but that is because they have a second book- The Birth Book- as its companion which goes over the whole process in great detail. If you are bent on a low intervention birth, read the second book, if not then skip it.
Overall though, their book is an enjoyable and reassuring read on pregnancy. Their diet info is good and does not go overboard like "What to Expect". I would recommend this to anyone as a reference guide for pregnancy.