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Essential reading for anyone expecting a baby (Pregnancy Magazine )
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New edition of the UK's bestselling pregnancy guide, from expert Dr Miriam Stoppard
If you’re pregnant and want trusted advice, have all your questions answered by top parenting expert Dr Miriam Stoppard – Britain's most popular and trusted childbirth specialist.
From a month-by-month development guide, to the latest on fertility, antenatal testing, diagnostic procedure, labour choices and caring for your newborn; reassuring, practical advice on all aspects of your antenatal care will help you every step of the way. Plus, find trusted advice for dads-to-be plus helpful case studies which look at a range of issues from infertility to caring for premature babies.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This pregnancy book is thorough and so easy to understand, it puts others down. (I've read many.) What I liked most was that it wasn't as judgemental as others I've read and really took a more laid back approach. Pregancy is anxiety-inducing enough already! So, if you want a good book on pregnancy, get this one. Another one I liked which is more laid back and funnier is You Know You're Pregnant When. Reflections on the Longest Nine Months of My Life. Both together is a good week's read.
39 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is fantastic. It is aimed at both parents and guides you through the entire process of having a baby from before conception right through all the stages of pregnancy and finally after the baby is born. This book explains the biological stuff, the legal stuff and goes into depth about what feelings the expectant mother and father will be experiencing. There is a lot of information in this book, and not all of it will be relevant to everyone, for example, it explains a wide variety of complications that may occur, infertility treatments and miscarriages, and also the different types of birth you might have. I highly recommend this inciteful book to anyone trying to get pregnant, or who already is pregnant, and to some extent those who have recently given birth. Quality book, and a true baby bible!!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book when I discovered I was pregnant, and although there's nothing fundamentally wrong with it, I don't think I would buy it again.
Good things: It's a Dorling-Kindersley book so is beautifully designed and illustrated and its best sections are the ones which take advantage of this e.g. the sections on how to bathe a baby and how to change a nappy. There isn't an agenda to the book and if feels balanced and trustworthy. I heard Miriam Stoppard described as the 'Delia Smith of childbirth' somewhere, which is an apt way of conveying the style. It's generally better I would say on the medical side of pregnancy than other aspects.
On the other hand, I found the book felt quite superficial. It spent a lot of time telling you common-sense advice (do you really need half a page telling you that some people like to follow family or cultural traditions when selecting names?). But then it completely missed out major topics like SPD (which affects 25% of pregnant women!), gestational diabetes, options for the third stage of labour, co-sleeping or selecting childcare for when you return to work. I'd have expected as well to see something about foetal positioning, if only to say that it's not worth trying to do anything about if that's the author's opinion. Lots of other important topics are very much skimmed too. For example, the advice on the daunting task of choosing a pram/pushchair amounts to 'make sure the handles are a comfortable height' and 'make sure it has good brakes' and there's no advice about different types of slings, and the advice on getting people to help after the birth unequivocally recommends having parents in law stay in your house, without any suggestion that there might be downsides or alternatives to this like having them stay in a hotel or B&B.
Personally, I also didn't really get on well with the organisation of the book. It's not a book that you'd read cover to cover, but it was often hard to find specific things you are looking for - things are often hidden in the case studies where you might not find them and somehow the overall ordering didn't feel very logical to me. I was trying to find the section on when to call the hospital when you have signs of labour and the information is very buried! Sometimes useful information also isn't laid out as clearly as it might be e.g. with the hospital bag list.
I haven't looked at the alternative books enough to recommend one. Instead, if I were choosing a book again, I'd probably consider buying a book specifically about childbirth and a book specifically about postnatal care, and then just using on the free NHS book you are given at your booking appointment which covers the essentials that you'd expect to find in a pregnancy book, together with the internet if you're interested in specific topics.
Good things: It's a Dorling-Kindersley book so is beautifully designed and illustrated and its best sections are the ones which take advantage of this e.g. the sections on how to bathe a baby and how to change a nappy. There isn't an agenda to the book and if feels balanced and trustworthy. I heard Miriam Stoppard described as the 'Delia Smith of childbirth' somewhere, which is an apt way of conveying the style. It's generally better I would say on the medical side of pregnancy than other aspects.
On the other hand, I found the book felt quite superficial. It spent a lot of time telling you common-sense advice (do you really need half a page telling you that some people like to follow family or cultural traditions when selecting names?). But then it completely missed out major topics like SPD (which affects 25% of pregnant women!), gestational diabetes, options for the third stage of labour, co-sleeping or selecting childcare for when you return to work. I'd have expected as well to see something about foetal positioning, if only to say that it's not worth trying to do anything about if that's the author's opinion. Lots of other important topics are very much skimmed too. For example, the advice on the daunting task of choosing a pram/pushchair amounts to 'make sure the handles are a comfortable height' and 'make sure it has good brakes' and there's no advice about different types of slings, and the advice on getting people to help after the birth unequivocally recommends having parents in law stay in your house, without any suggestion that there might be downsides or alternatives to this like having them stay in a hotel or B&B.
Personally, I also didn't really get on well with the organisation of the book. It's not a book that you'd read cover to cover, but it was often hard to find specific things you are looking for - things are often hidden in the case studies where you might not find them and somehow the overall ordering didn't feel very logical to me. I was trying to find the section on when to call the hospital when you have signs of labour and the information is very buried! Sometimes useful information also isn't laid out as clearly as it might be e.g. with the hospital bag list.
I haven't looked at the alternative books enough to recommend one. Instead, if I were choosing a book again, I'd probably consider buying a book specifically about childbirth and a book specifically about postnatal care, and then just using on the free NHS book you are given at your booking appointment which covers the essentials that you'd expect to find in a pregnancy book, together with the internet if you're interested in specific topics.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Very informative
This book answered all the questions I had and was just what I needed, overall would recommend to a friend.
Published 14 days ago by emma
still.waitinh
Ordered this from Amazon as it was cheaper than other places. Ordered on 30 Sep am still waiting for this book. It was a gift for someone and I had to go buy it. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Charlotte Lewinton
Complete and well presented
This book is comprehensive and well-presented. Attention is paid to all questions that we had and was interesting to just read even without specific questions in mind. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr Squiggle
Bump-tastic!
I first got this book when I fell pregnant three years ago and it was so good that when my best mate told me she was trying I jumped straight on the computer and ordered one for... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mrs Watts
okay
Like others, I bought this as I thought it would be an excellent reference book. The worst section for me is the diet bit. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jo Clare
Great book for 1st pregnancy
A friend recommended this book to us and we weren't disappointed. The information is set out in different sections making it really easy to use and breaks down the different stages... Read more
Published 19 months ago by zoe_m42
Good to give you an overview
I have several pregnancy books at home and I like this one for its thoroughness. It covers everything basically, from pre-conception advice and fertility problems, food and... Read more
Published 20 months ago by SJ
Don't rely on this as your pregnancy/baby "bible"...
I found this book to be over-simplified in many aspects, and down-right misleading in others.
It is perhaps useful as a very basic pregnancy reference book, but there are... Read more
It is perhaps useful as a very basic pregnancy reference book, but there are... Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2010 by Ruth Bennett
not sure if this book is to be fully trusted
ok, I am no expert on the pregnancy matter, that is why I decided to buy this book all the more than it says that Dr Miriam Stoppard is the UK's most trusted parenting expert... Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2009 by S. Robertson
I love this book.
I am so chuffed that I decided to buy this book. There is not a single question that it doesn't answer. Read more
Published on 17 Aug 2009 by V. Ware
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