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What to Expect When You're Expecting, Third Edition
Heidi Murkoff
Rating: 3.0/5 Stars
Rank: 92
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
About the AuthorHeidi Murkoff is the co-author of the What to Expect series with her
mother, Arlene Eisenberg, and sister Sandee Hathaway.
In addition, she runs
the What to Expect Foundation, which she cofounded with her mother. The
Foundation promotes prenatal health in low-income areas and recently
published a free low-literacy pregnancy guide.
Heidi writes monthly "What
to Expect" columns for Baby Talk and Parenting magazines and
lectures nationwide on parenting and pregnancy issues.
She lives in Santa
Barbara, California, with her husband and two children.
Editorials
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What to Expect When You're Expecting, Third Edition
Heidi Murkoff
![]() | | | From Publishers Weekly | | This revised third edition of the popular pregnancy guide offers the
authoritative yet reassuring advice that parents have come to rely on from
all the titles in the What to Expect series. The book is arranged by month,
from... read full editorial |
![]() | | | From Library Journal | | First published in 1984, this has become the favorite resource of pregnant
women. Written by Arlene Eisenberg, who died last year, and her daughters
Heidi Murkoff and Sandee Hathaway, this third edition is completely
revised... read full editorial |
![]() | | | Book Description | | Introducing a completely Revised & Updated Third Edition of America's
bestselling pregnancy book, What to Expect When You're Expecting.
Two years in the making, it's a cover-to-cover, chapter-by-chapter,
line-by-line... read full editorial |
Customer Reviews
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What to Expect When You're Expecting, Third Edition
Heidi Murkoff
![]() | | | Not what you were probably expecting | | (SC) April 22, 2005 - 3.0/5 stars | | I am almost complete with my first trimester. This is the time of pregnancy
where every week of your progression seems like a huge milestone. This book
lumps weeks together, making the expected mother feel as if there... read full review |
![]() | | | Colossal Waste of Time | | (San Francisco Bay Area) January 29, 2005 - 2.0/5 stars | | As soon as I found out I was pregnant I ordered this book from Amazon.
I'll admit, I fell for the hype. Apparently this is "The book to get when
you're pregnant". Boy,what a waste. I really don't see why it is so
insanely... read full review |
![]() | | | Please don't buy this book | | (San Francisco Bay Area) October 11, 2004 - 1.0/5 stars | | This book is preachy and filled with biased notions of what women should do
during pregnancy and childbirth. It's condescending.
A much
better book is Henci Goer's The Thinking Woman's Guide to Better
Birth!
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