Best Friends' Guide to Pregnancy [Paperback]

Vicki Iovine (Author)

Book Description

Series: Best Friends | Publication Date: May 29, 1997

Your doctor gives you medical advice. Your mother buys you baby clothes. But who can give you the real story when you're pregnant? Your best friends of course - at least the ones who've been through the exhilaration and exhaustion, the agony and ecstasy of pregnancy. Now, four-time delivery-room veteran Vicki Iovine helps you through the next nine months the way only a best friend can. Here is straight talk about those little things that are too embarrassing to ask about, practical tips and hilarious tales on anything pregnant. From learning that you're expecting ('Oh my God, how do I get out of this?') to the day your newborn arrives ('You mean I have to take it home with me?') , Iovine gives you the low-down on: What really happens to your body - from morning sickness and wind to eating everything in sight; what to expect when going from being a babe to having one; common fears and paranoia - from turning into your mother to leaving the baby on the car roof; the many moods of pregnancy - or why you're so irritable/distracted/tired/lightheaded (well, more than you usually are); the pregnancy experts - from your mum to his mum, they think they know everything and they don't hesitate to tell you what you are doing wrong; how to have sex during pregnancy, should you so desire - bearing in mind you'll have no interest afterwards; looking and feeling your best - cautionary style tips from your best friend, who really would tell you if your perky new-mum haircut makes you look like a pinhead whale.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'The book is fantastic - I'm sure it's all the information I'll need' Meg Matthews, Having a Baby 'Hilarious ... The comical side to pregnancy made it a lot easier to deal with' Donna Air, New Woman 'It's brilliant, and stuffed full of anecdotes you'll recognise immediately ... keep this one for bedside reading ... Iovine's warm and witty style is wonderfully reassuring' Pregnancy Magazine

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Bloomsbury (May 29, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0747533253
• ISBN-13: 978-0747533252
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,469,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very funny - maybe frightening for first timers, March 18, 2005

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J. Abernathy "Hailey's Mommy" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Friends' Guide to Pregnancy (Paperback)

I agree with another reviewer that this book could scare a first-time pregnant woman. I've been reading it lately as a second-time pregnant woman and it's hilarious and extremely true for me and my experiences. She maps out my first pregnancy "by the book". It's also a book I wish my husband would read. I think Vicki Iovine read my mind. It does at times present a negative view of pregnancy, but I have to say from my experience, it's a very realistic view. I try to think back to my first pregnancy and birth and wonder if this would have scared me...I think it would have, but I would have been a little more prepared for what would really happen to me! This time around, it has been very comforting to read that so many other women experienced the same things I did in pregnancy and birth. For some reason - I thought I was the only person in the world who ever went through this!!! If you're looking for an honest, realist view of what I'd call an "average pregnancy" - this is a wonderful read.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes you laugh when you feel like crying!, March 3, 2006

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Scarymamma "Tasha & Adam's Mum" (Yorkshire, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Friends' Guide to Pregnancy (Paperback)

Personally, I loved this book. I read it as a first time Mum and although some sections were a bit graphic, it was great for someone to finally tell it as it is! What I found scariest was when 'unpleasant' things happened and then I'd worry. But one quick read of the best friends guide reassured me that yes, what was happening was NORMAL! The best pregnancy guide I bought.
It will make you laugh when you feel like crying. I've recommended it to all my expecting friends.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars lighthearted, witty, fun, January 1, 2005

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M. Samora (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best Friends' Guide to Pregnancy (Paperback)

This book is good for a laugh and more. It doesn't pretend to be a serious source of pregnancy related medical advice. It is a compilation of the experiences of one woman and her friends. With so many pregnancy books out there, one with a little levity is a must read.