Expecting Better: Why The Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong-And What You Really Need To Know
  • Expecting Better: Why The Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong-And What You Really Need To Know
  • Expecting Better: Why The Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong-And What You Really Need To Know
  • Expecting Better: Why The Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong-And What You Really Need To Know
ISBN: 0143125702
EAN13: 9780143125709
Language: English
Release Date: Jun 24, 2014
Pages: 336
Dimensions: 0.87" H x 8.43" L x 5.51" W
Weight: 0.71 lbs.
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*Newly Revised for 2019*

What to Expect When You're Expecting meets Freakonomics an award-winning economist disproves standard recommendations about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting. From the author of Cribsheet, a data-driven decision making guide to the early years of parenting

Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most pro­found, meaningful experiences of adulthood--can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. Pregnant women are told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee without ever being told why these are forbidden. Rules for prenatal testing are similarly unexplained. Moms-to-be desperately want a resource that empowers them to make their own right choices.

When award-winning economist Emily Oster was a mom-to-be herself, she evaluated the data behind the accepted rules of pregnancy, and discovered that most are often misguided and some are just flat-out wrong. Debunking myths and explaining everything from the real effects of caffeine to the surprising dangers of gardening, Expecting Better is the book for every pregnant woman who wants to enjoy a healthy and relaxed pregnancy--and the occasional glass of wine.

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   Love this unique take on pregnancy advice
This book is unlike any other pregnancy book. The author's unique perspective as an economist/statistician means that she approaches things from a very scientific method. And she backs up all her advice with data. This book discusses topics in a way that you won't see in other pregnancy books, and it makes it very easy to understand.
 
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   Concise, practical, interesting
About to have my first child. Really enjoyed reading this book. Put aside a lot of your concerns and makes you feel a lot better about yourself. Would even recommend it to someone who doesn’t have any children yet. I appreciated that the knowledge was concise and the author seems really interested in what she was researching.
 
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