Product Description

The UK's bestselling parenting guide from expert Dr. Miriam Stoppard. From the latest obstetric procedures to nutrition, exercise and choices in childbirth, reassuring, practical advice on all aspects of your antenatal care will help you every step of the way. Includes information for dads-to-be plus helpful case studies which look at a range of issues from infertility to caring for premature babies. "...essential reading for anyone expecting a baby" Pregnancy Magazine

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #185044 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-13
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 376 pages

Pregnancy Baby and You, July 1, 2005
This book has it all – a must read for mums

About the Author
Dr Miriam Stoppard is Britain's best-selling pregnancy and childcare author with UK sales of over 2.2 million copies alone. She has appeared on television and has published more than fifty books on childcare & development, fitness & diet and women's health, including Conception, Pregnancy and Birth, Baby and Child Health Care, You and Your Toddler, Your New Baby and Complete Baby and Child Care. She is currently a columnist for The Mirror.

Customer Reviews

It's OK but there are far better books
I wasn't very impressed by this book - if you're looking for a general book then the Pregnancy Bible (written by a team of experts), which I bought at the same time, is much better and more detailed.
In addition, this book annoyed me sometimes, e.g. rather than having the baby's week-by-week development, here it's month-by-month. Plus there's a certain amount of self-advertising (I'm sure she's wonderful, whoever she is, but that's not why I bought the book). And at the beginning a slightly strange suggestion that pregnant women should be eating liver -- everything else I've read says you shouldn't!
Basically, it's OK but why buy it when others are so much better?

OK to start with but not detailed enough
I found this book a little bit lacking details. It mentions none of the common symptoms of pregnancy, like bleeding during pregnancy or the early pains felt during implanation. Consulting this book for the symptoms I suffered was not useful at all.
It doesn't really look at variances in pregnancy at all, like weight loss instead of weight gain.
Not a great purchase really.

Give this one a miss
If you are looking for a good pregnancy guide give this one a miss. If you want an example of why check out the chapter on "Food and Eating in Pregnancy". It sets such a high standard of vigilance, time and effort that most women who lead busy modern lives (in fact any woman who doesn't have an in-house chef and nutritionist) are bound to "fail" Dr Miriam's strict rules. It's a theme that continues throughout the book. I would look out for something that takes a more common sense, practical and balanced approach to modern pregnancy. This book only serves to make you feel stressed, guilty and inadequate and for no good reason. Good Luck. A good sensible book on this topic is hard to find.