What to Expect When You're Expecting, Third Edition by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, Sandee Hathaway Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of What to Expect When You're Expecting, Third Edition
Book Review: Don't read it cover to cover
Summary: 3 Stars
Since this is considered to be one of the "must-have" books during pregnancy, I received a copy, pretty much to find what I expected...pages and pages of things to make you think that, at any moment, something could be seriously wrong with your pregnancy. Same goes for the "...First Year" book from the same author. No matter the topic, pregnancy paranoia can set in, making the interpretation traumatic. It is nice to have for very basic reference, such as how big the baby is getting, what to expect at appointments, and if you have a specific concern, although I found that with both the pregnancy and first year books, anything that makes you concerned enough to look it up is answered in a way that can make you concerned enough to call the doctor, unless you are able to keep things in perspective or have someone else to keep you in check. If you do not fit into one of those categories and get it, read just the first few pages for each month, then shut it immediately to keep your sanity!Book Review: Cool drawing, decent reference
Summary: 2 Stars
Honestly my favorite part of the book is the drawing of the pregnant lady. It's cool to compare the changes in your body!
It's also a decent reference tool but not readable month to month. Some articles don't even relate to the month you are in! (?)
Book Review: Warning: this book will make you paranoid & scared
Summary: 1 Stars
This book has not been very helpful to me at all... in fact, it made me very paranoid and scared to death of everything!!! I understand the importance of being well-educated in order to have the best possible pregnancy and birth, but instead of being re-assuring and helpful it only made me worry... about everything!! Being pregnant is stressful enough and I felt this book only made things worse. It made me feel that my baby was surely going to be born with some disease or birth-defect of some kind or another (which is no laughing matter), and my husband finally had to take it away from me (thank God!). I recommend only reading this book if you want to be a paranoid freak during these 9 looong months.Book Review: Worst book I read for pregnancy
Summary: 1 Stars
This book is great to put you in state of panic - whether it's about everything you could be doing "wrong" (even when you're doing everything "right") or about your soon-to-be-terrible new lifestyle with baby. When I was pregnant, I had a natural knack to be worried as well as a complete transition with lifestyle. Reading this book before going to sleep would give me nightmares and wake me up with panic. I feel it's so anti-woman that it's phenomenal to me it's a bestseller. I still shudder remembering how I felt reading this book.
Personally, I had wanted to do a natural birth but was petrified about it - if I'd kept reading this book, I never would have developed the confidence needed in my body to give birth naturally - which I did, and beautifully and "easily".
Also, my husband and I are huge travelers, and from reading this book, you'd think all that would end suddenly. No it didn't, and my son has more stamps in his passport and more miles driven in this continent than most adults have.
I'm not sure who this book is really for, but it's not for confident adventurous women who are both thoughtful/analytical and emotional, and so it's disheartening to think that this book appeals to most women.
Book Review: Not a Parenting Bible...
Summary: 3 Stars
This book has it's place. It's a quick reference guide and has everything imaginable in it. If used with a good dose of perspective and not read cover-to-cover over and over then you should be fine. This book should be balanced with a good assortment of books that are more balanced and deal with the overall picture of parenting. Something more encouraging and uplifting wouldn't hurt either.Enjoying the Ride