Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #197518 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 616 pages

Customer Reviews

Not bad at all!
This seems to be the number one "go to" pregnancy book every devised and I have to say, I was blown away with all the great info it contained. It goes month by month and really has tons of great, useful (I thought) advice. It's almost like a standard, or something. I also liked and would recommend another pregnancy book which was a bit lighter than this one, called You Know You're Pregnant When. Reflections on the Longest Nine Months of My Life.

Better than ringing the doctor with every scare.
In common with several other reviewers I found the dietary advice rather alarming and so opted not to read the 'Best Odds diet' but use the government advice instead.I all other respects I found this book great, it saved me ringing the doctor or midwife with every panic and gave me a much clearer view of what to expect from my ante-natal appointments. I liked the fact that it faced the possibility that the pregnancy might end unhappily it was helpful as my husband had previously experienced the still-birth of a son. Simply I found this a book that I turned to over and over again with my pregnancy worries and found calm, factual and reassuring answers to my questions. I heartily recommend it.

Good for specific problems, but very negative..
As a mother to be, I found this book very helpful if I needed to look up a specific symptom, but not to read through. I found that it was very negatively written, and I actually found myself imagining symptoms and issues after reading it, which turned out to be nothing. A good book for specific references (as you might use an encyclopedia), but I wouldn't recommend buying it to read right through.