If you want a sugar-coated guide to pregnancy, this isn’t it! With you through every stage, the Modern Girl’s Guide to Pregnancy is a refreshing, truthful guide to nine months of scary decisions, medical jargon and life-changing events. From scans, maternity leave and common pregnancy ailments, to what labour’s really like, we tell you straight – the kind of frank, honest advice you expect from your best mate. We cover the questions that you’ll really want the answers to but may not want to ask, including: • I got really drunk in the first 3 months – will my baby be ok? • Will I need to wear big pants? • What’s an episiotomy? • Are piles inevitable? • Can I still have sex when I’m huge? Full of practical advice, this book will help waylay your fears and ensure you make the right choices for you and your baby.
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Warm, reassuring and down-to-earth - everything a new mum-to-be needs. --Mother & Baby Magazine The personal accounts would put any worrying woman more at ease... The book eases you into pregnancy, following the journey from early symptoms to birth and beyond. --www.parentingwithouttears.com hilariously frank --The Sun Everything you'd want to know and more... written in a friendly and nonsense-free way... great for first time mums --www.thebabywebsite.com For the kind of frank, honest advice you'd expect from your best friend, read Pregnancy for Modern Girls...Hollie Smith gives it to you straight, taking you through every aspect of pregnancy and each scary decision you have to make. --Pregnancy & Birth Magazine Everything you'd want to know and more... written in a friendly and nonsense-free way... great for first time mums --www.thebabywebsite.com
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By C. C. Chivers
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I like this book. It is very honest about what you should expect and is simple to read. However, in its honesty, it is also reassuring. It tells you things you may not otherwise be told even by the doctor or midwife and also gives statistics as well as comfort that not everyone experiences certain things. All the same, the prospect of possibly experiencing all the symptoms is rather daunting!
The book is interspersed with the observations of a number of women who have had different experiences, so you are not just getting the views of the author. It is very thoroughly researched and definitely worth buying.
Here's a list of the contents with some of my own summaries of what the chapters include:
1. You're pregnant! What now? - a general overview of what to expect and what tests are available.
2. Sick and tired: the joys of pregnancy
3. Womb with a view: your baby's growth
4. Care instructions: eating, drinking, and other potentially 'dangerous' activities - drugs, alcohol, exercise.
5. Office politics: pregnancy and your career - maternity leave, legal rights and waht to do with difficult bosses.
6. Hit and missionary: your love life during pregnancy
7. Delivery schedule: making plans for your baby's arrival - where are you going to have it and how?
8. Ready for take-off: preparing for your baby's birth - shopping, packing and the baby's position.
9. Labour day(s): what happens when you give birth - step by step including 'how much it hurts' and the time when you are in hospital.
10. Birth stories: six Modern Girls recall their labour day
11. Hey, baby: the first few weeks with your newborn
The book is interspersed with the observations of a number of women who have had different experiences, so you are not just getting the views of the author. It is very thoroughly researched and definitely worth buying.
Here's a list of the contents with some of my own summaries of what the chapters include:
1. You're pregnant! What now? - a general overview of what to expect and what tests are available.
2. Sick and tired: the joys of pregnancy
3. Womb with a view: your baby's growth
4. Care instructions: eating, drinking, and other potentially 'dangerous' activities - drugs, alcohol, exercise.
5. Office politics: pregnancy and your career - maternity leave, legal rights and waht to do with difficult bosses.
6. Hit and missionary: your love life during pregnancy
7. Delivery schedule: making plans for your baby's arrival - where are you going to have it and how?
8. Ready for take-off: preparing for your baby's birth - shopping, packing and the baby's position.
9. Labour day(s): what happens when you give birth - step by step including 'how much it hurts' and the time when you are in hospital.
10. Birth stories: six Modern Girls recall their labour day
11. Hey, baby: the first few weeks with your newborn
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This is Peter's pregnant wife writing this review. I got hold of this book quite early on in my pregnancy and found it to be quite the god-send. Funny and honest, the book gives you a quick over-view through pregnancy without the medical jargon. As this is my first pregnancy, I was naturally buzzing with millions of questions - one of my favourite things about this book is the quotes from other women telling us how it was for them and for each stage and symptom. I cannot tell you how many times I read and re-read the bits about morning sickness, acid reflux, 'baby brain' and other such pregnancy delights that one can only experience to truly understand. And to read about how other people dealt with it is particularly helpful. Us girlies always like a chin-wag and this book is like having all your pregnant mates around to discuss bumps. As still being in the middle of the pregnancy, there are somethings I haven't experienced yet i.e the biggie (labour), but the information in there is good to know.
Occasionally, after throwing up for the upteempth time you sometimes wish there was a big more about the why and what to do about morning sickness but that is more borne out of the frustration of having seen the toilet bowl one too many times. All in all a different book to what is out there on the pregnancy shelf.
Occasionally, after throwing up for the upteempth time you sometimes wish there was a big more about the why and what to do about morning sickness but that is more borne out of the frustration of having seen the toilet bowl one too many times. All in all a different book to what is out there on the pregnancy shelf.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Jessica R. Mytum
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This is a great book for 1st time mums loads of sensible advice with a big hint of realism without being too off putting. I've got 2 kids and would have loved this book if only for giving me the go ahead to eat cooked blue cheese!!
There are no pictures or diagrams just sound bites from other Mums, a great questions with answers for the Modern Girl. There's not a hint of patronising advice here just the kind you'd get from your best friend - highly recommend it!
There are no pictures or diagrams just sound bites from other Mums, a great questions with answers for the Modern Girl. There's not a hint of patronising advice here just the kind you'd get from your best friend - highly recommend it!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
Real life experiences of most interest
Not a bad read, particularly liked the real life experiences but the more detailed ones were about the later stages of pregnancy and labour, it would have been nice to have read... Read more
Published 8 days ago by Mooie
4.0 out of 5 stars
Really helpful!
This book was so helpful and what I loved about it was that it told the truth! Which many books about pregnancy don't! Definitely recommend.
Published 19 days ago by Laura
5.0 out of 5 stars
An absolute Godsend
I am an older first time Mum & so although generally level headed & calm about my planned baby, I'm still quite apprehensive about the whole shebang of pregnancy & birth, this book... Read more
Published 1 month ago by MRS J WILLIAMS
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious
A really great read - so funny and informative. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone who is considering getting pregnant or who is already pregnant, for a more light-hearted... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lauren
5.0 out of 5 stars
loved it!
i bought this book when i found out i was pregnant with my daughter. I was 22, she wasnt planned and i was scared to death! This book was just what i needed... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Rachel
5.0 out of 5 stars
brilliant insight
i would recommend this book, other books ive read tend to sugar coat things, where as this book basically tells you as it is and its a good way to be really, if you are planning or... Read more
Published 4 months ago by charlotteuk
4.0 out of 5 stars
Still reading!
I am really pleased with this book and have found it to be really helpful during my current weeks of my pregnancy and as this book was recommended to me, I would also recommend... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Foffy
5.0 out of 5 stars
All you need to know
This book tells you what you really want to know, no nonsense and no drama. I've stopped at the labour bit as I'm not quite ready for the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Miss L. Narron
5.0 out of 5 stars
Practical advice for the uninitiated
I enjoyed the no nonsense approach of this book. I just wish there was a "Surviving the first three months of having a newborn for modern girls".
Published 5 months ago by Helen Service
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not for me
I think this book is aimed at girls dealing with unplanned pregnancies etc who don't really want to follow the conventional advice, and ant to pretend that life really isnt going... Read more
Published 5 months ago by jumpinjools
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