Customer Reviews

Fit Pregnancy

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

I love Fitness, and Self, and all of those healthy magazine choices because they're packed with information on a fit and healthy lifestyle. When I got pregnant, I thought Fit Pregnant would be a nice substitute for these. Very wrong.

First, it is mostly ads for baby stuff, rather than resources for the pregnant woman today.

Second, it is full of the same 'paint your nursery the color of the month' fluff that all of the other pregnancy magazines are made of, but with less expertise to back up their visuals.

Third, it is a very slim magazine that only comes bi-monthly - or at least, I assume it does - I have not seen one for three months or so. I placed my order when I was 6 weeks pregnant. Now I'm 22 weeks and I've only receieved one issue in the mail. Seems like my baby will be walking by the time the subscription is done. (At which point I don't imagine I'll be too interested in which starlette has morning sickness.)

Finally, they seem to feature a trimester at a time. This seems useful, but it can be frustrating to when it is not your trimester.

Buy Fitness Pregnancy and skip this nonsense.

fit pregnancy should not be the proper name for this magazine. it should be called fashion pregnancy because all they focus on is fashion. i have never seen so many ads for baby stuff and maternity clothes ! i was very disappointed about the advice and the lack of excersise help in this magazine. they dont even help you eat healthy because the models look so good in their maternity clothes that it actually makes you depressed and since they hardly have healthy recipes it makes you feel like turning to junk food imediately. i do not recommend this magazine while pregnant, it just sat in my magazine rack till i got rid of it after delivery. =(

I'm 9 months pregnant and have received 5 issues of this magazine. Only 2 of the issues had any exercise and fitness related articles in them at all. This is primarily a "fashion" magazine, so if you are looking for fitness, this is not the magazine you want.

I sent off for this magazine when I heard that I was pregnant and was so excited to receive it. I am now almost 5 months pregnant and have to date still not received the magazine as it takes 12 to 16 weeks for the first issue to get to you. What also amazes me is that the subscription is for 12 months but a pregnancy only lasts 9 months and by the time I get my first issue - I will only be pregnant for another 4 months. Surely the sebscription should be for 6 months and there shouldn't be such a long waiting period.

This magazine is fun to look at while you are pregnant. I personally couldn't afford most of the clothing but a girl can dream, right? The information they give you isn't anything I didn't already know. Another thing- I wasn't fond of the fact that they make you feel like you had to buy all the baby stuff that's out there to function with your new babe (which you don't!), but I guess that's the point!

Subscription service assistants for this magazine are pathetic. I paid for my subscription when I submitted my order, yet they suspended my account while "waiting for payment". They have yet to deliver my first issue, and I'm sure I won't even need it by then. There are better magazines out there, and this one isn't one of them. I recommend saving your time and money and avoiding Shape's FitPregnancy.

Most of the these reviews are a few years old and complain of waiting months for the first issue. Well, not much has changed. I ordered this for my wife 2 weeks after she found out she was pregnant and she is now almost 20 weeks! I should have looked at the reviews first. I think the main problem might be since it's every other month, they wait till the next issue is published, rather than send you the current issue. Still waiting!

I read Fit Pregnancy all through my first two pregnancies, and now I'm reading it again the third time around. The health and fitness articles are great--very thorough. I agree with the other reviewers about fashion, since that's not a big deal for me. But the rest of the articles make up for it. I learn something new (and important) every time I read an issue. I just wish it was a monthly magazine, instead of bi-monthly.

If you crave ads and places to buy nice babystuff this is a great magazine. most of the information you can find in a good pregnancy book though. so it's kind of repeating where i've already gone.

Im 7 weeks pregnant and received a free issue of this magazine at the doctor's office. I found myself digging for the articles in between all the ads. I found tiny tidbits of "advice" sprinkled here and there but nothing new.

This magazine didnt offer anything uselful at all. It actually made me feel a little guilty for indulging in pizza this weekend. It doesn't provide encouragement or advice you haven't heard already. You are better off reading up on pregnancy on pregnancy and baby websites on the web.

Save your money. I am glad I didnt pay for this magazine.