What to Expect When You're Expecting, Third Edition

Editorial Review
Introducing a completely Revised & Updated Third Edition of America's bestselling pregnancy book, What to Expect When You're Expecting. Two years in the making, it's a cover-to-cover, chapter-by-chapter, line-by-line revision and update.

Incorporating the most recent developments in medicine, and responding to the many queries and letters received from readers, the book contains both the most accurate information available, and the most reader-friendly. The Third Edition includes more information on working while pregnant. It offers more in-depth coverage of complementary and alternative birthing. Greater attention is paid to pre-conception, alternative families, second pregnancies, HMOs, the role of the father, and lifestyle. There's a completely new look at the Best-Odds diet, which is better suited to the needs of busier women with less time. An updated cover and all-new black-and-white illustrations give the classic a fresher look.
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Customer Reviews

It wasn't helpful.

2008-06-10
I bought this, right after I found out I was pregnant. I'm not in the medical field and thought it would be helpful.
I did like the beginning of each chapter of "what to expect this month". Other then that it didn't address much of anything that helped me. I found all the information I used online or from other women. I felt the information in this book was stuff you hear anyway from other women, or in your classes.

Excellent book. A must have for pregnancy.

2008-06-05
This book answers all of the questions. I loved it! It was very helpful during my pregnancy.

Scare-mongering tract

2008-06-05
This book takes all the joy out of pregnancy and puts all the terror in it. It harps on all the things that can possibly go wrong with your developing fetus and makes you cringe with terror at leaving home even. A much better book, is "Your Pregnancy Week by Week" by Da Capo books. It shows how the fetus is developing each week (size of a garbanzo, ears forming..ej) with illustrations, as well as a week-by-week summary of what's happening to the mother's body. My husband and I relished reading it each Saturday morning in bed, it became a pleasant ritual as we became accustomed to the idea of our growing child. And it makes pregnancy fun, not dreadful!

Absolutely loved it!

2008-05-27
I have read a few breastfeeding books and this is by far my favorite! Most of them are so hard to read through, that you only use them for reference, this one is filled with real life and relatable scenarios that it is actually enjoyable! I would recommend it all pregnant women!

hated this book

2008-05-21
I can't imagine why this book is viewed as a standard for every pregnant woman. It is stuffed with each possible negative scenario. I don't want to think like an obstetrician, aware of every remotely possible complication.
I want a healthy outlook. Let's face it, pregnancy is a sign of overall health and should be treated as such. Ban the scary texts! If I have a specific risk, the multitude of tests I undergo at the doc's should reveal it. Otherwise, the female body is evolved to birth. It is our most biologically important function & we are well equipped to take on the task.
Since I received 3 of these as gifts, I read through a copy and found contradictions in information from one page to another. Sorry I don't remember specifics since I've had two boys since then, but it made the info appear so untrustworthy that I threw them all in the recycle instead of giving them to the next mom as I do with everything else.

A list of things not to do

2008-07-21
While this book is filled with information, it's mainly a list of things not to do when you are pregnant. If you don't care for humor or entertainment in your pregnancy book, then this is the book for you.

The Horror...

2008-07-18
If you want a book that will turn you into a nervous wreck, this is the one to get. this book will guilt u without need with fear/ skip it.

bad business

2008-07-17
Never received the product. Don't advertise what u don't have or if u are out of town......

the best book for first time moms

2008-06-17
The best book around.
I read many other ones, including the one provided by the hospital where I took a class and this one has it all.
Great book.
I recomend also the WHAT TO EXPECT THE FIRST YEAR of the baby.

A must own for the pregnant woman

2008-06-17
I actually loaned this book to a pregnant friend and asked to get it back after her pregnancy. 2 years later and 10 requests later, I finally gave up and just bought it again from Amazon.com. I'm pregnant again, and I will NOT be without this very valuable book! It's a gold mine of information, and it was a comfort to have so much information right at my fingertips during my last pregnancy.
At one point, I was having braxton hicks contractions, but because of the book, I knew what they really were so did not waste my time going to the hospital. The book very clearly told me what I was feeling and it was right. I'm not a doctor, and I never would have known about braxton hicks contractions without this book. And so much else! It's the pregnant woman's bible!
It's like having an owner's manual for your pregnant body.