The Mother of All Pregnancy Books: The Ultimate Guide to Conception, Birth, and Everything In Between

U.S. Edition

Wiley, 2002, Paperback

Product Description

The ultimate guide to conception, birth, and everything in between.

Unlike all those otherbossy, tell-you-what-to-do titles, this funny, entertaining guide presents expectant parents with all the facts on such perennial hot topics as pain relief during labor, episiotomy, and circumcision, and empowers them to make informed personal choices. It's packed with tools you won't find anywhere else, including:

Charts highlighting the risks of using various over-the-counter drug productsduring pregnancy
Lists of the ten best — and worst — baby products
A set of emergency childbirth procedures
Forthright discussions of difficult topics like infertility, high-risk pregnancy, and pregnancy and infant loss that other books are loathe to tackle

Product Details

Title: The Mother of All Pregnancy Books: The Ultimate Guide to Conception, Birth, and Everything In Between (U.S. Edition)
Sales Rank: 6434 in Books
Author: Ann Douglas
Publisher: Wiley, 1 edition, 2002-01-01, Paperback, 556 pages, ISBN: 0764565168
Package Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.4 inches, 1.25 pounds

Customer Reviews

Great as a first read.: I purchased this book right around the time I wanted to get pregnant. It's a fantastic, high-level overview of pregnancy which makes it the perfect first book to read. It covers the basics, but doesn't get too heavy in details, that's why I recommend you start with this one.
The information is easy to digest and the bit of humor keep it light… More reviews

It really is the mother of all pregrancy books: After reading several other pregnancy books, although reading over the same topics, Ann Douglas provides more helpful information. Her writing style is easy to read, funny at times and not biased. You feel as if you are listening to a friend sometimes. This book covers everything from preconception to delivery. This book provides excellent questions for interviewing doctors/midwives.… More reviews

Style Match for Pregnancy: My wife is in her twelfth week of pregnancy and this book was read but not used as a reference for her pregnancy. We tried to figure this out since it got some outstanding reviews. I concluded the style (breezy) appeals to certain people and the reason for the good reviews. We ended up using The Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy as the cover… More reviews

Very helpful information for pre-conception: I bought this book to figure out what I should be doing prior to getting pregnant. I did not know how to alter my diet, exercise, when the best time was to try to get pregnant, how to best 'interview' my doctor. This book was very helpful in providing answers to those questions. Although I am not pregnant yet, I did go for my "preconception check up" at the doctor's… More reviews

just good: I got this based on the reviews, expecting something really awesome. I honestly just found it OK. It seems extremely basic, which can be good for an overview type of book, but I thought it would be much better. I wish I had flipped through it at the bookstore before deciding to purchase it. One of the things I like about it, opposed to many other pregnancy books, is that… More reviews

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