The Pregnancy Countdown Book: Nine Months of Practical Tips, Useful Advice, and Uncensored Truths
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Expecting moms can count down the 280 days of their pregnancy with this delightful companion—complete with wise and witty advice and anecdotes from doctors, midwives, and other moms The average pregnancy lasts 280 days—and the suspense can be excruciating! The Pregnancy Countdown Book counts down the biggest milestones every step of the way, with one page of helpful information for each day of your pregnancy. Here are tips from doctors and mothers, amusing anecdotes and quotes, and all of the uncensored details that other books won’t tell you. 231 Days to Go: Your baby is now the size of a small blueberry. 209 Days to Go: Your baby's heartbeat is now audible. 124 Days to Go: Doctors recommend that you stop sleeping on your back. 91 Days to Go: The window for air travel is closing fast, so take that final vacation. 45 Days to Go: Better get started on that nursery. The perfect gift for expecting moms of all ages, The Pregnancy Countdown Book is a delightfully irreverent look at the craziest nine months of your life. Read more
Publisher : Quirk Books
Publication date : April 3, 2012
Edition : Reprint
Language : English
Print length : 287 pages
ISBN-10 : 7
ISBN-13 : 37
Item Weight : 11.2 ounces
Dimensions : 5.31 x 0.71 x 5.98 inches
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Format: Paperback
I have purchased many, many pregnancy books over my two pregnancies (especially during the first one). This is the only one I've repurchased during my second pregnancy because I lent all my books to someone who never gave them back. I've also bought it for some close friends when they've been struggling and needed a boost. I love it. It's the best thing I've read that's geared for pregnant women in the throes of the wonderful weirdness, and world-turned-upside-down-ness that is pregnancy. I love the sense of humor to this book. It makes me laugh out loud. I feel like I have someone to commiserate with about the annoyances of pregnancy, but without snarkiness or real meanness or the kind of opinionatedness that excludes. For instance, my favorite posting: "Wanted: The not-so-brilliant guy (we know it wasn't a woman) who coined the completely inaccurate term 'morning sickness.' Reward: You get to vomit on him at 8 p.m." That's exactly what I needed to hear when I was throwing up around 8 p.n. The book couldn't stop that, but it could make me laugh about it rather than cry. My sister sent me the "Girlfriend's Guide" book, but I found it often just made me feel bad about myself or else took positions that weren't helpful and that made me insecure. For instance, at one, point, it insisted that first-time mothers should forgo midwives and just work with an OB so they don't have to worry about things. Well, I was one of those women who was raised to be completely terrified of labor from when I was a little girl--the "epidural at the first sign of pain" sort, even though I'm pretty tough in other respects, athletically, etc. Then I met a woman, now a dear friend, who slowly helped me to be able to approach labor with far less fear and more empowerment and healthiness, and it felt really important to me to try to do it without medication, if I could. This is not something I feel everyone should do--just something for me, given my previous fear. (And I did it!! And I felt so empowered through the process!) The Girlfriend's Guide book made me feel ashamed for some of these decisions and things that were empowering me by making fun of them. Whereas this wonderful book doesn't judge any woman for how she is deciding to go about things (aside from genuinely terrible things like drinking extensively or smoking while pregnant). Instead, it is informative and fun and realistic. I love it and would recommend it to pretty much any pregnant woman. It also doesn't baby or speak down to women, which seems really important to me. And the multiple perspectives from medical professionals and other mothers, the tips, really come in handy.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2015 by CircleK
When I found out I was pregnant I bought four pregnancy books on Amazon. This book is by far the best, and is the only book I read the entire pregnancy. The layout is fantastic; breaking pregnancy down day by day makes it much easier to get through. I read a page a day to my husband and we always laughed at how truthful it was. I felt like I could have written it! The book's message is true: Pregnancy is great in many ways, but it is HARD WORK and there are more downsides than upsides until the baby comes out. It made me feel like I was not alone on the days where I felt like the end would never come. The information provided is accurate, factual, and humorous all at the same time. There is no other book like it! Buy this!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2009 by November Mom
Format: Paperback
I've been trying to only read this as I go so that I don't feel too overwhelmed by what's coming up months from now, and so I pick this up every few days and catch up a bit. I'm not that far along yet (11 weeks--and counting) but so far I've liked it. It's way less formal and clinical than my other books and it's good to have the variety. It's more conversational and makes you feel better when it's early in your pregnancy and you haven't told many people so you don't have anyone to assure you that it's ok and normal that you feel like total crap, and don't beat yourself up for not being able to do much beyond collapsing on the couch at the end of the day. Other books will stress exercise (and yes, I exercise, I get it, it's good for me) and this book agrees exercise is good--but they also say that realistically, in the first trimester you may feel terrible and not be able to exercise all that much, and you shouldn't beat yourself up over it. So, in general I look forward to catching up on this every few days. It's reassuring and humorous.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2013 by Sara M. Dawida
Me and my husband are thinking about getting pregnant this year. I bought this book to learn more about what was going to happen to my body. This book covers all "four" trimesters, as she calls it. It has wonderful information, and input from real mothers and a wonderful doctor. I really learned so much. It covers how doctors determine your due date, how the baby is changing and growing inside your belly, the changes that will happen to your body i.e. stretch marks etc., changes in your relationship with your significant other, preparing your home for baby, what to take with you to the hospital, exactly what happens while you are in labor, when to ask for drugs, exactly how an epidural works and is administered, and what to expect afterwards when you have your baby at home. It covers even more than what I've described here. I really couldn't put this book down. I would definitly recommend it. The author gives us this information, but keeps it light hearted and quirky. I'm so glad that she wrote it.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2008 by L. Wilkie
Format: Paperback
This is the first pregnancy book I purchased. If you believe that while pregnancy is a wonderful experience that you should be so lucky to have, it still has really sucky parts, then this book is for you. If, however, you believe that It's all rainbows and butterflies and every vomit is God's way of saying he loves you... you may wish to pass. This is a very down to earth, honest book with snippets of information that doesn't get too into every detail, ever. It's a page-a-day set up, to tell you what's generally going on, and what other mother's have experienced as well. I actually read a week at a time. It's a small book, I was surprised by how small it was. So a week takes 5 minutes to read. It basically says, here are some cool things going on inside your body, here are some crappy things you're dealing with right now, and it sucks. But keep in mind it IS temporary, and worth it in the end. I think it's a great book, light and funny, and honest. I plan on giving it to my sister-in-laws when they get pregnant.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2014 by Kristen Voorhees
I bought it as a starter book for my first pregnancy. Every page basically says: hey, we all know what I know... pregnancy is hard... but with a bit of humor we can make it through! This may or may not be your attitude towards pregnancy. Personally, I think pregnancy is wonderful. But then, I was lucky to feel good most of the time... may not apply to everyone. The book said: you should feel crappy, and I wondered: "am I normal?" I didn't feel I needed the humorous approach they suggest; moreover, I felt that their humor assumes too much. And I didn't particularly like the excessively familiar tone of this book. Otherwise, it's quick and light reading on the go, quite pleasant too. I like the way it's organized day-by-day. Unfortunately, even though it makes you feel like it should contains lots of info that would be daily applicable, that is not the case. It's full of encouragement, though, if that's what you need! It does not give you many tips on nutrition or exercises for a healthy pregnancy (or details on the complications), but there are other books out there that do. You may find a few practical bits of advice among the rest of the chatter. Overall, this is a fun addition to my pregnancy library, but I wouldn't have missed it.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2009 by biletik
Format: Paperback
I personally have this book and have given it as gifts to 2 first time moms. It had nice medical info about pregnancy, similar to what to expect and the bump weekly break downs. Also has "from the trenches" section where you hear from real moms. Helpful hints, funny antidotes and MD advice throughout. Talks about different forms of conception and even runs past due date for babies that aren't ready yet. I really enjoyed that there is a page for each day of pregnancy. The only downfall I found was that I waited until I was 10 weeks to get the book, so you miss a ton in the beginning, or it doesn't apply to you. But the recipients of my gifts have both enjoyed it, despite them being 12 weeks already.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2018 by Melissa
Format: Kindle
A fun and light-hearted pregnancy read. I like that there's one entry per day, because I find myself constantly wanting to learn something new about science experiment I've gotten myself into. Some info is a little dated now, but the "advice from the trenches" sections (quotes from real moms) have held up well. And some sections from the author are just laugh-out-loud funny. But I would definitely read this in combination with something more substantial and up-to-date. There's a lot of generalization, like "now that you're well into maternity clothes" or "now that you're feeling baby kick" that didn't line up with my personal experience. I've been reading this as I go, along with using a couple different pregnancy apps, and I find that creates a good balance of information. I also bought the Mayo Clinic's Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy, which is more of a reference book and great for getting the facts and science side of things.
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