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What to Expect When You’re Expecting
- Narrateur(s): Heidi Murkoff, Meeghan Holaway, Emma Bing, James Patrick Cronin, Khristine Hvam, Vanessa Johansson, Inés del Castillo, Almarie Guerra, Tanis Parenteau, Mat Vairo, Jasmin Walker, Sofia Willingham
- Durée: 32 h et 43 min
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Expecting Better
- Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know
- Auteur(s): Emily Oster
- Narrateur(s): Emily Oster, Jonathan Todd Ross
- Durée: 9 h et 32 min
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When award-winning economist Emily Oster was a mom-to-be herself, she evaluated the data behind the accepted rules of pregnancy, and discovered that most are often misguided and some are just flat-out wrong. Debunking myths and explaining everything from the real effects of caffeine to the surprising dangers of gardening, Expecting Better is the book for every pregnant woman who wants to enjoy a healthy and relaxed pregnancy.
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Helpful for making decisions
- Écrit par Sarah Taylor le 2023-11-13
Auteur(s): Emily Oster
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Real Food for Pregnancy
- Auteur(s): Lily Nichols
- Narrateur(s): Lily Nichols
- Durée: 12 h et 37 min
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Prenatal nutrition can be confusing. In Real Food for Pregnancy, you will get clear answers on what to eat and why, with research to back up every recommendation. Author and specialist in prenatal nutrition Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE has taken a long and hard look at the science and discovered a wide gap between current prenatal nutrition recommendations and what foods are required for optimal health in pregnancy and for your baby's development. There has never been a more comprehensive and well-referenced resource on prenatal nutrition.
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AMAZING
- Écrit par Syd le 2021-08-12
Auteur(s): Lily Nichols
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Bumpin'
- The Modern Guide to Pregnancy: Navigating the Wild, Weird, and Wonderful Journey from Conception Through Birth and Beyond
- Auteur(s): Leslie Schrock
- Narrateur(s): Joy Osmanski, Leslie Schrock
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In the last 30 years, the process of starting a family has drastically changed. There many more options for getting pregnant and dizzying array of variables from start to finish. Genetic test or no genetic test? Midwife or OB-GYN? All this choice can create anxiety, especially around the most difficult realities. Miscarriages and fertility issues are common, yet often concealed. One in nine mothers report dealing with postpartum depression, but it is rarely acknowledged and even more rarely treated. Enter Leslie Schrock, first-time mother whose own struggles opened her eyes.
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Lovely!!
- Écrit par Conrad le 2023-09-07
Auteur(s): Leslie Schrock
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Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
- Auteur(s): Ina May Gaskin
- Narrateur(s): Randye Kaye
- Durée: 14 h et 27 min
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Drawing upon her 40-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation's leading midwife, shows the benefits and joys of physiological childbirth by showing women how to trust the ancient wisdom of their bodies for a healthy and fulfilling birthing experience. Ina May's Guide to Childbirth gives expectant mothers comprehensive information on everything from the all-important mind-body connection to how to give birth without technological intervention-as well as how to know when such intervention is necessary.
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Robotic voice. Very distracting
- Écrit par Holly Myers le 2021-02-21
Auteur(s): Ina May Gaskin
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What to Expect for First Time Moms and Pregnancy Secrets
- The Complete Stress Free Guide While Expecting, Discover Leading Recommendations for the First Year, a Healthy Newborn and Childbirth
- Auteur(s): Catherine Emily
- Narrateur(s): Taran MacGraw
- Durée: 6 h et 21 min
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Your first pregnancy is an exciting time in life! It can also be a bit terrifying. You have many questions and you don’t know what to expect. Questions like, how do you choose the right OB-GYN? What foods can you eat? What if I go into labor earlier? Every new parent goes through this. This audiobook is a beacon, a light in the dark to help you find your way back home. Let’s put an end to those sleepless nights.
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A man should not be the voice to a pregnancy book
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2022-04-15
Auteur(s): Catherine Emily
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Cribsheet
- A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
- Auteur(s): Emily Oster
- Narrateur(s): Karissa Vacker
- Durée: 10 h et 36 min
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With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In Cribsheet, she now tackles an even great challenge: decision-making in the early years of parenting.
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Helpful
- Écrit par Rachel le 2020-10-09
Auteur(s): Emily Oster
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Expecting Better
- Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know
- Auteur(s): Emily Oster
- Narrateur(s): Emily Oster, Jonathan Todd Ross
- Durée: 9 h et 32 min
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When award-winning economist Emily Oster was a mom-to-be herself, she evaluated the data behind the accepted rules of pregnancy, and discovered that most are often misguided and some are just flat-out wrong. Debunking myths and explaining everything from the real effects of caffeine to the surprising dangers of gardening, Expecting Better is the book for every pregnant woman who wants to enjoy a healthy and relaxed pregnancy.
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Helpful for making decisions
- Écrit par Sarah Taylor le 2023-11-13
Auteur(s): Emily Oster
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Real Food for Pregnancy
- Auteur(s): Lily Nichols
- Narrateur(s): Lily Nichols
- Durée: 12 h et 37 min
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Prenatal nutrition can be confusing. In Real Food for Pregnancy, you will get clear answers on what to eat and why, with research to back up every recommendation. Author and specialist in prenatal nutrition Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE has taken a long and hard look at the science and discovered a wide gap between current prenatal nutrition recommendations and what foods are required for optimal health in pregnancy and for your baby's development. There has never been a more comprehensive and well-referenced resource on prenatal nutrition.
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AMAZING
- Écrit par Syd le 2021-08-12
Auteur(s): Lily Nichols
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Bumpin'
- The Modern Guide to Pregnancy: Navigating the Wild, Weird, and Wonderful Journey from Conception Through Birth and Beyond
- Auteur(s): Leslie Schrock
- Narrateur(s): Joy Osmanski, Leslie Schrock
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In the last 30 years, the process of starting a family has drastically changed. There many more options for getting pregnant and dizzying array of variables from start to finish. Genetic test or no genetic test? Midwife or OB-GYN? All this choice can create anxiety, especially around the most difficult realities. Miscarriages and fertility issues are common, yet often concealed. One in nine mothers report dealing with postpartum depression, but it is rarely acknowledged and even more rarely treated. Enter Leslie Schrock, first-time mother whose own struggles opened her eyes.
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Lovely!!
- Écrit par Conrad le 2023-09-07
Auteur(s): Leslie Schrock
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Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
- Auteur(s): Ina May Gaskin
- Narrateur(s): Randye Kaye
- Durée: 14 h et 27 min
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Drawing upon her 40-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation's leading midwife, shows the benefits and joys of physiological childbirth by showing women how to trust the ancient wisdom of their bodies for a healthy and fulfilling birthing experience. Ina May's Guide to Childbirth gives expectant mothers comprehensive information on everything from the all-important mind-body connection to how to give birth without technological intervention-as well as how to know when such intervention is necessary.
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Robotic voice. Very distracting
- Écrit par Holly Myers le 2021-02-21
Auteur(s): Ina May Gaskin
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What to Expect for First Time Moms and Pregnancy Secrets
- The Complete Stress Free Guide While Expecting, Discover Leading Recommendations for the First Year, a Healthy Newborn and Childbirth
- Auteur(s): Catherine Emily
- Narrateur(s): Taran MacGraw
- Durée: 6 h et 21 min
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Your first pregnancy is an exciting time in life! It can also be a bit terrifying. You have many questions and you don’t know what to expect. Questions like, how do you choose the right OB-GYN? What foods can you eat? What if I go into labor earlier? Every new parent goes through this. This audiobook is a beacon, a light in the dark to help you find your way back home. Let’s put an end to those sleepless nights.
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A man should not be the voice to a pregnancy book
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2022-04-15
Auteur(s): Catherine Emily
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Cribsheet
- A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
- Auteur(s): Emily Oster
- Narrateur(s): Karissa Vacker
- Durée: 10 h et 36 min
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With Expecting Better, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies. By digging into the data, Oster found that much of the conventional pregnancy wisdom was wrong. In Cribsheet, she now tackles an even great challenge: decision-making in the early years of parenting.
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Helpful
- Écrit par Rachel le 2020-10-09
Auteur(s): Emily Oster
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Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn
- The Complete Guide
- Auteur(s): Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley RN, Ann Keppler RN, Autres
- Narrateur(s): Suehyla El-Attar
- Durée: 23 h et 30 min
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Parents love this book because it puts them in control; experts love it because it's based on the latest medical research and recommendations from leading health organizations. Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn provides the information and guidance you need to make informed decisions about having a safe and satisfying pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period - decisions that reflect your preferences, priorities, and values.
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Strongly pushes midwifery led care
- Écrit par Laura le 2022-10-11
Auteur(s): Penny Simkin, Autres
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy
- Auteur(s): Vicki Iovine
- Narrateur(s): LaQuita James
- Durée: 8 h et 49 min
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Your doctor gives you medical advice. Your mother buys you baby clothes. But who can give you the real skinny when you’re pregnant? Your girlfriends, of course - at least, the ones who’ve been through the exhilaration and exhaustion, the agony and ecstasy of pregnancy. Four-time delivery room veteran Vicki Iovine talks to you the way only a best friend can - in the book that will go the whole nine months for every mother-to-be.
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Kind of obnoxious, not that informative
- Écrit par katrina couture le 2020-10-24
Auteur(s): Vicki Iovine
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Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy, 2nd Edition
- Auteur(s): Myra J. Wick
- Narrateur(s): Suzy Jackson
- Durée: 20 h et 9 min
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The second edition of Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy dives into the nitty-gritty of motherhood by touching on topics like getting pregnant, using medications safely, proper meal planning and exercise, making important pregnancy decisions, and building beneficial lifestyle habits to help protect the health of your little one. The book features a 40-week pregnancy calendar, where moms-to-be can track their baby's progress, as well as find a thorough analysis of weekly changes to expect over the course of their pregnancy.
Auteur(s): Myra J. Wick
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The Headspace Guide to...A Mindful Pregnancy
- Auteur(s): Andy Puddicombe
- Narrateur(s): Andy Puddicombe, Jane Collingwood
- Durée: 6 h et 41 min
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Get Some Headspace is the ultimate guide to improving your life with just 10 minutes of meditation each day. Now founder of Headspace, Andy Puddicombe, teaches you how to remain mindful during pregnancy, childbirth and the early days of parenthood. The Mindful Pregnancy is the concise and practical guide to achieving and maintaining mindfulness throughout every stage of having a baby.
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I found it reassuring
- Écrit par Casey le 2021-04-06
Auteur(s): Andy Puddicombe
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Like a Mother
- A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
- Auteur(s): Angela Garbes
- Narrateur(s): Roxana Ortega, Angela Garbes
- Durée: 7 h
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What to listen to after What to Expect.... A badass, feminist, and personal deep-dive into the science and culture of pregnancy and early motherhood that debunks myths and dated assumptions, offering guidance and camaraderie to women navigating one of the biggest and most profound changes in their lives. Like most first-time mothers, Angela Garbes was filled with questions when she became pregnant. What exactly is a placenta? How does a body go into labor? Why is breast best? What are the signs and effects of postpartum depression?
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The Actual Book Might Be Better
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2021-06-01
Auteur(s): Angela Garbes
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We're Pregnant!
- The First Time Dad's Pregnancy Handbook: Everything You Need to Know for Your Partner & Baby
- Auteur(s): Adrian Kulp
- Narrateur(s): Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Durée: 4 h et 34 min
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Being a great first-time dad doesn’t mean being perfect. It means having the tools you need to be a supportive partner during and after pregnancy - which is exactly what We’re Pregnant! The First-Time Dad’s Pregnancy Handbook is all about. From heartburn and headaches to birth and breastfeeding, We’re Pregnant! features practical, action-oriented pregnancy advice from the author of the Dad or Alive blog, Adrian Kulp, a (once clueless) dad who’s been there and done that - three times, in fact!
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Helpful tips
- Écrit par Eric Mak le 2023-08-03
Auteur(s): Adrian Kulp
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You’re Going to Be a Dad!: The New Dad’s Guide to Pregnancy and the First Year of Fatherhood
- Auteur(s): DaddiLife Books
- Narrateur(s): Joshua Mann
- Durée: 6 h et 55 min
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Learn from a whole community of dads so you're fully prepared to be a great first time dad and partner. The moment you find out you're going to be a dad is one of incredible joy, shock, and anxiousness - often all the same time! This detailed guide, from the writers and dads at DaddiLife - the worlds leading online platform for fathers - provides the reassurance and practical advice needed for modern day dads. It addresses the real challenges that new dads and dads to be go through, while also providing the answers at every step of the way.
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Very helpful!
- Écrit par Caleb le 2022-08-12
Auteur(s): DaddiLife Books
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Pregnancy for Men
- Auteur(s): Mark Woods
- Narrateur(s): Mark Meadows
- Durée: 7 h et 33 min
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You're having a baby! Or at least your partner is which means you are too. Not literally of course, but you’ll be in the middle of nine months of flying hormones, back rubs, and excitement, anticipation and nervousness the like of which you’ve never experienced before. You’re in for the ride of your life. And you're going to be a dad. Fatherhood is just around the corner and it’s ace – but are you ready? Most pregnancy books are for the mother but this one is just for you, the new father.
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Helped me feel better about the whole process
- Écrit par melissa le 2020-05-25
Auteur(s): Mark Woods
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The Expectant Father
- The Ultimate Guide for Dads-to-Be
- Auteur(s): Armin A. Brott, Jennifer Ash
- Narrateur(s): Armin A. Brott
- Durée: 10 h et 52 min
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We are expecting! The 20th anniversary edition of this thoroughly updated and revised parenting classic remains the most informative and reassuring book for expectant fathers everywhere. In addition to sharing the wisdom of the ages, Armin A. Brott, Mr. Dad, presents new insights into the emotional, financial, and physical - yes, physical - effects of impending parenthood on men.
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very problematic and disappointing.
- Écrit par JW le 2018-04-07
Auteur(s): Armin A. Brott, Autres
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Brain Rules for Baby (Updated and Expanded)
- How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five
- Auteur(s): John Medina
- Narrateur(s): John Medina
- Durée: 9 h et 26 min
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In Brain Rules for Baby, Dr. John Medina shares what the latest science says about how to raise smart and happy children from zero to five. This book is destined to revolutionize parenting. Just one of the surprises: The best way to get your children into the college of their choice? Teach them impulse control. Brain Rules for Baby bridges the gap between what scientists know and what parents practice.
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Good Book
- Écrit par M.H. le 2018-05-26
Auteur(s): John Medina
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Newborn 101
- Secrets from Expert Nurses on Preparing and Caring for Your Baby at Home
- Auteur(s): Carole Kramer Arsenault RN IBCLC
- Narrateur(s): Melissa Epp
- Durée: 11 h et 35 min
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Carole Kramer Arsenault has spent the last two decades helping parents through pregnancy, labor, and all of their new responsibilities once baby comes home - both as a longtime pediatric nurse and as the founder of the most highly regarded baby care service in New England. From the first trimester to the fourth (baby’s crucial first three months), Arsenault and her team of professional nurses have seen it all.
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Great advice based on years of experience
- Écrit par Maria N. le 2021-08-18
Auteur(s): Carole Kramer Arsenault RN IBCLC
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Yeah Baby!
- The Modern Mama's Guide to Mastering Pregnancy, Having a Healthy Baby, and Bouncing Back Better Than Ever
- Auteur(s): Jillian Michaels
- Narrateur(s): Jillian Michaels
- Durée: 10 h et 24 min
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You know Jillian Michaels as the world's leading fitness expert and a renowned nutritionist, but she's also a proud mother of two. In Yeah Baby!, Jillian, along with her team of top-notch experts, will change everything you think you know about pregnancy, arming you with the most cutting-edge information available, so you can make the right choices for you and your little one.
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A beneficial book with lots of valuable info
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-09-13
Auteur(s): Jillian Michaels
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It’s all here. Everything you need to know--and can’t wait to find out—about your amazing nine months, from conception to birth and beyond in the world’s best-selling and best-loved pregnancy guide: Heidi Murkoff’s What to Expect When You’re Expecting. And now, only from Audible, you’ll hear it in the reassuring, relatable voice expectant parents turn to for the must-have advice and information they crave and trust.
Heidi’s warm and empathetic narration will put moms- and dads-to-be at ease every step of the way through life’s most incredible journey. With the help of a diverse cast of voices—including her daughter Emma’s (also featured on the cover of What to Expect when she was expecting her first son, Lennox), Heidi answers your most pressing and personal questions and concerns, offering practical advice, realistic insight, easy-to-use tips, and lots of reassurance, along with the most up-to-date medical information. With the landscape of pregnancy and childbirth ever-changing, and with more choices facing expectant parents than ever before, you’ll hear the latest on pregnancy screenings, medications, and supplements during pregnancy, IVF, and multiple pregnancies, breastfeeding while you’re expecting, every birthing option (from VBAC and gentle c-sections to water birth and hypnobirthing)—plus, everything you need to know about your first three months postpartum, aka that vital fourth trimester, including how to spot the signs of postpartum depression and other mood disorders. Your pregnancy lifestyle (from work to working out, travel, beauty, skincare, and more) gets equal attention, as does your pregnant sex life. Get expert advice on juice bars, raw diets, coffee drinking, e-cigarettes and edibles, push presents, baby bump posting, omega-3 fatty acids, grass-fed and organic, health food fads,and GMOs. Expecting to become a dad? This book has you covered, too. It’s your pregnancy explained, demystified—and completely supported.
With more than 19 million copies in print, What to Expect When You’re Expecting is read by 93% of women who read a pregnancy book and was named one of the Most Influential Books of the Last 25 Years by USA Today.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, an accompanying PDF of charts and diagrams will be available in your Audible Desktop Library along with the audio.
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- Kanina
- 2020-03-18
repetition and annoying voice
most of the information is repeated so many times that it becomes annoying and the voice is just too much, I cant hear more than 10 minutes at a time.
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- Yunny
- 2021-08-21
Good for listening and a lot of useful info
when given info, at the end of the chapter, also conclude the important info. It is good for when I'm doing something while listening might miss here and there. The information I learnt was super useful, and also I think it is good to read even when you are planing to get pregnant. I listened to the book when I'm around 3 months, kinda feel like I was late, if I read this book earlier, I might not make certain mistakes. Anyway, highly recommend :)
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- Kyle B.
- 2023-04-28
Would recommend
When the old lady told me we were pregnant, my butt cheeks clenched tight. This booked helped take that tension out. Definitely a great read for sure. Would recommend to anyone.
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- V Diploe
- 2020-11-15
The author writes as though we are children
The writing and reading style is overly cutesy makes me cringe. I can't listen to it any more. The author writes and reads as though the readers/listeners are children. For example, the experience of morning sickness is constantly referred to as "a case of the queezies" and "tummy troubles". I'm a grown woman and just because I'm pregnant does not mean that I've lost my ability to understand nausea and anatomical terms like stomach.
Additionally, as a listening experience, the Q&A sections are hard to navigate. Much of it is not be relevant to each person. It requires constant fast forwarding and you never know what questions are next. The excerpts for male partners are sparse and patronizing (which is hilarious). It is written with the unsympathetic, uninvolved, and clueless stereotype of a male in mind. These also assume there is a male partner or Daddy. Some folks are going at it alone and some folks are not partnered with males.
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- Kanukipper
- 2019-06-04
Narration Grating, Tone Somewhat Condescending
I know this is supposed to be the pregnancy bible, but I am not a fan.
I gave it overall 3 stars because the information is there, but I was really not a fan of the narration. I usually can listen to audiobooks for hours while I clean, take walks, commute etc, but the author's voice has a tone to it that would cause my ears to hurt. If I listened too long (in my case about an hour), I started getting a headache. The author is not the only narrator. There was a woman who seemed to pipe in with the more science type passages. I MUCH preferred her voice.
I also felt like the author was condescending but trying to hide it with obnoxious, cutesy expressions and puns. The condescending tone is in the language, but I think having the author read the book herself made it more obvious. For a pregnancy bible, I would like the information without the undertones of "this is what you should do if I were you".
I listened to this book because my husband and I are preparing to have children. I should note that I'm also a fan of the Great Courses and listened to the book Scientific Secrets for Raising Kids Who Thrive. In that book, some interesting pregnancy information was provided, and I wanted to get more scientific information specifically targeted to pregnancy. Since this is the pregnancy bible, this is where I started. I would say the book is science-lite mixed in with those infantile expressions (I plan on having an infant, that doesn't mean I want to be talked to like an infant) and suggestions. I suspect there has been criticism in the past because there were several times when the author made statements at the beginning amounting to "even if you are from (insert nontraditional background or role here) this book is still for you".
I'm disappointed because I was hoping for something that provided the facts and information without an agenda. I will say that compared to other books, the agenda is not as in your face, but the agenda while more subtle is still there. (Not going to lie, I wish there were a Great Courses version of this...)
I was happy to encounter more modern day topics such as the low carb (keto) diet, paleo, and raw food diets as well as things like e-cigarettes discussed (even though none of them apply to me). They seemed to be trying to address modern issues that are coming up.
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- Sarah
- 2019-08-23
Great resource...with some caveats
I would not recommend getting this book as an audio book. There's just TOO much content and there's no value add from listening. In fact, you'll be able to skim through it and only focus on what's relavent to you with a hard copy.
There's a lot here, which is why this book is still so popular. There's some things that they did surprisingly well, like their coverage of post partum health for mom - especially mental health.
But there's a number of areas where the advice they give is too conservative for my taste. For example, there was a section on food where they cautioned against the health food aisle because there haven't been studies on things like the safety of herbal teas or flax seed. I don't recall them spending ANY time discussing why there's a natural child birth movement. There was no discussion regarding the negative consequences of epidurals, which made me scratch my head since she literally cautioned against too much mint tea. I'm not against epidurals, I believe to each their own, but understanding why some people are concerned is helpful and important information. I also don't recall much discussion on the rising popularity of doulas. There were pieces here regarding exercise that made me too nervous to continue many of my regular activities, which my doctor ultimately didn't agree with.
The book also chooses to cover SO much which means that there's not a lot of depth in a lot of areas. Moreover, there's not a lot of WHY. If understanding the logic, numbers and research is important to you, I strongly suggest reading Expecting Better by Emily Oster. Surprisingly this book actually provided more info on the labor and delivery process than this one.
All in all this is a good resource, but please don't let it be your only one!
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- Lindsey Arnold
- 2019-06-16
Too much of everything and not enough specifics
It feels like the reason this book has been so successful is because it has a great title.
This book covers pregnancy in broad strokes. It spends a lot of time on what to eat, and jumps back to eating often. It also spends a lot of time on beauty upkeep. Which I find to be annoying. It’s hard to skip through the BS because of it being an audible. I also find the over use of baby puns annoying.
It also is written to speak to a very traditional family archetype. They clearly made an addition to it where they said hey— this is to represent all families even though we say mom and dad throughout the entire book. Just pretend we’re talking to you & your circumstance. Woo woo.
I am certain there are better pregnancy books than this one. Save your credits and find one. This is one feels dated, despite being updated often and tries to hard to cover a very broad audience.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-03-18
least helpful book on pregnancy
After becoming pregnant I reached for this book as if it were the bible of pregnancy. It's the most common known and I assumed for a good reason. This book filled me with fear and uncertainty within the first 15 min of reading. Definitely wouldn't recommend. There are so many wonderful pregnancy books available. From the hips being my most favorites and easily digestible.
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- Ariel and Harrison
- 2019-08-26
Informative But Not Reference Based
The author uses a lot of "Some Doctors" and "a study" and "Should", not a lot of references as to which ones. Also, the book is riddled with cliches that would make your middle school teacher flunk your paper. Overall a better paperback than an audio book.
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- Crystal
- 2019-08-17
not all authors should be narrators
I couldn't finish it. The narration was so mind-numbing that my pregnant brain always shut down and it lulled me to sleep. The book is great, but the audiobook is not one I can recommend. (Written by Sam's wife)
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- Ryan
- 2019-05-30
Terrible narrator!
The narrator of this title is very difficult to listen to and has a grating and annoying voice. Instead of letting the author narrate her own book, they should have hired a professional!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-07-20
great
very long but jam-packed with very helpful details on almost everything that you can think of
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- Chris Lago
- 2019-06-26
Obvious statements with overly technical jargon
Spent hours talking about common sense ideas like not drinking or doing drugs. Of course that's bad! I know learned nothing about this process because this was either overtly obvious Do's and Don'ts with opinionated non factual based statistics like what to eat and in what quantity. No one is measuring Everything they eat for 9-10 months and what qualifies you to say stay away from 'Google' when you yourself have no educational background or expertise to speak of. You wrote this book for complete idiots who will throw money at a problem rather than seeking expert medical advise.
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