I was hoping this book would just give me a lot of knowledge about pregnancy so that I would approach everything with some understanding about what's happening to my body, and what I can expect during childbirth.

If you want these things, just ask your doctor. Don't read this book. It's full of benchmarks for "normal" pregnancies, and I met only about half of them. After spending the first 3 or 4 months worried about every discrepancy between my situation and the book, and then asking my doctor over and over for reassurance that I was fine, it finally occurred to me that a book does not replace a medical professional. My pregnancy has been 100% healthy and normal so far, and I know this because I see a doctor at least once a month who monitors my progress, and the baby's.

4.5/5

This one is often thought of as the classic "pregnancy bible" and I can certainly see why. I was gifted a copy of this book when I was about a month and a half pregnant and started reading it immediately. I read it through my whole pregnancy from start to finish, following along with each week. I always looked forward to hitting a new week and reading up about it in the book throughout my pregnancy. I really enjoyed it and felt that it covered pretty much everything you could ever want to know about pregnancy.

Not only did I read it from cover to cover (which probably isn't recommended... information overload!), I often found myself using the index in the back to also look up and read up on certain topics or questions I had at any given time as well.

I liked the layout of the book, with each week of pregnancy being covered, and the extensive information. I often found it comforting and found myself referencing it in some of my scarier moments early on in my pregnancy.

While it isn't perfect, and some of the information can be a bit overwhelming, in your face, scary, or seemingly judgmental, all in all I thought it was a very handy and thorough guide and one that I would recommend highly.

First book completed for 2022. Seems appropriate. Very comprehensive, although some sections are not applicable to non-US citizens. Nevertheless, it helped me understand many things about pregnancy, what is normal and what isn't (spoiler alert: it probably is). I found the nutrition advice a bit excessive, but even that was quite enjoyable and informative - just don't take it word for word.

This thing only terrifies mommies. Stay away and you'll be fine. Trust only trusted people in your life and your doctor.

Naudinga, nes daug praktinės ir teorinės informacijos ir apie kiekvieną mėnesį ir apie neįprastas situacijas, tik vienas didelis minusas, kad ji jau senoka ir kai kurie dalykai reikalautų naujesnės informacijos...gal ir yra naujesnė, bet kol kas ši pakliuvo į mano rankas

i started this fairly soon after learning we were pregnant. i knew almost nothing about pregnancy and this was tremendously helpful. with its 600 pages, it feels like a textbook, but it answered some of my questions, helped me ask other ones, and left me better informed than i was prior.

Pretty basic information, but great for a first time mom! I have four children now but this book helped me a lot with the first few. I definitely want to read the first year now as I'm having another baby and had a very large gap between children. This book gives detailed information about pregnancy, development of your baby, and what to expect during/after labor and other helpful tips and information.

Прекрасна енциклопедія вагітності, від А до Я: по розділу на кожен місяць з апдейтами щодо стану і розміру дитини, практичними порадами і відповідями на найрозповсюдженіші запитання, а також окремі розділи про зачаття, спорт, їжу, вагітність двійнятами і трійнею, ускладнення, пологи, післяпологове відновлення, зірвані вагітності, тощо. Інформація подана дуже ніжно й співчутливо. Було неабияк цікаво дізнатися більше про цей процес, бо, як виявилося, я була не в курсі дуже багатьох фактів і подробиць.

Не знаю, як щодо українського перекладу, але в оригіналі мене дратували безкінечний wannabe tongue in cheek wordplay типу "ready to junk the junk food", "sweet on sauerkraut, crazy for kimchi, and nutty for natto", "has your innie been outed?" (це про пупок, якшо шо). Всі приклади взяті буквально з однієї сторінки, відкритої мною зараз наобум. Авторка явно намагалася бути більш захопливою і гуморною (і це все в епоху до штучного інтелекту, тож треба відмітити її природні здібності до гри словами), проте мені це скоріше заважало читати.

Текст поданий дуже щільно, по дві колонки на сторінку. Саме ця книга про вагітність - найпопулярніша в США.

An infanticipating woman's bible/bestfriend/guide/companion during the crucial 9 months of her life. I learned a lot from this book, things that a gynecologist would probably omit mentioning at a pre-natal checkup but would prove to be worth knowing. The month-to-month chapters have been informative and helpful to me during my pregnancy, and I'm sure it will be to all expecting moms, as well.

Μαγικό βιβλίο, που μου έκανε παρέα όλο το διάστημα της εγκυμοσύνης. Κυρίως με ηρεμούσε για το τι είναι φυσιολογικό και τι όχι, περιείχε πολλά παραδείγματα, αναλυτικές περιγραφές και, τουλάχιστον στη δική μου περίπτωση, περιλάμβανε πληροφορίες για όλες τις απορίες μου. Μπορείτε να το διαβάσετε συμπληρωματικά με τις οδηγίες του γιατρού σας (επειδή το βιβλίο κυρίως αναφέρεται στην αμερικάνικη κοινωνία υπάρχουν κάποιες διαφορές με την Ελλάδα, κυρίως στο τυπικό - διαδικαστικό κομμάτι, στις συνήθειες που ακολουθούν οι γυναικολόγοι - μαιευτήρες, οπότε δεν το κάνετε ευαγγέλιο, πρώτα από όλα ακούμε το γιατρό μας), τόσο η μέλλουσα μητέρα ή ο πατέρας.
Το βιβλίο περιλαμβάνει δυο κεφάλαια για το αμέσως μετά και την αποκατάσταση της μητέρας από τον τοκετό - επίσης ακολουθείτε τις συμβουλές του γιατρού σας πρώτα από όλα.

Και για όποιες το χρειάζονται, πάνω από όλα ΨΥΧΡΑΙΜΙΑ!!! Όλα συνήθως πηγαίνουν καλά!!

This book is extremely informative, it pretty much goes over every detail from pregnancy to labor and even into breastfeeding and postpartum. It went into short detail about dealing with a multiple pregnancy at the end but the book was mainly based on a singleton pregnancy.
The set-up is nice as you could read monthly and follow along with your current pregnancy week.

If you are looking to get very in depth and scientific with your pregnancy, this is the book for you.

Baby has arrived! Moving on to the next book!