The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy [Paperback]

Kimberly Seals-Allers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 27, 2005

The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy meets What to Expect When You're Expecting for today's professional black woman

The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy is a straight-talking handbook to pregnancy with contributions by doctors and personal stories from black women and celebrity moms.

Kimberly Seals-Allers offers candid advice on specific health concerns affecting black women such as high blood pressure, sickle cell disease, diabetes, and low birth weight, as well as information about how to get your finances in order, how to cope with embarrassing pigmentation and hair texture changes, single-parenting, maternity fashion, how to deal with demanding jobs and hormone-induced meltdowns.

Hip, funny, and refreshingly frank, this book is a must-have for all mothers-to-be.

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About the Author

Kimberly Seals-Allers is the author of The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy and The Mocha Manual to Turning Your Passion into Profit. An award-winning journalist, she has been a writer at Fortune and a senior editor at Essence, among other publications. She resides on Long Island, New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Ecco (December 27, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060762292
• ISBN-13: 978-0060762292
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #655,522 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Mocha Manual is Fabulous, January 2, 2006

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aym0402 "Alisha" (Columbia, SC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy (Paperback)

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. This is my second preganacy; my daughter is 11 years old. Therefore, it's been a while since I have been pregnant. Believe it or not, a lot has changed since 1994. This book is a Godsend. Kimberly really speaks to the Sistahs. Her personal experiences and those of other women including celebrities make you feel like you have a support group. The book covers a lot of topics; however, I did not see anything about birth control after the pregnancy.
She does remind us that every pregnancy is different. I have learned that already; I know that I was not this nauseous with my daughter. She talks about relationships with girlfriends and significant others. I highly recommend that every Sistah have this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it, March 10, 2006

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Jiquanda Johnson (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mocha Manual to a Fabulous Pregnancy (Paperback)

I am in love with this book. It sheds some light on pregnancy from a black woman's perspective and yes there is one. The examples she gives are so understanding and I can relate. I wanted a book that I could relate to as a working black woman with a todler and a husband. But she also addresses the single black mother which I think was much overdue. Every black pregnant woman should read this book because. You will be amazed. With the use of testimonies from several "mocha colored" women she sheds some light on pregnancy for sistahs. She also researched medical issues that could effect black women including high blood pressure and weight gain.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars love, love, love this book, March 22, 2007

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Charlesia T. Kosanke "C. Kosanke" (San Diego, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This book was given to me as a gift. I'm in my 5th month of pregnancy but the information about the first trimester still helped my perspective in dealing with accepting this pregnancy. It's very informative with information that you won't find in any of the other publications on the market. I laughed and cried. I enjoyed the stories from other celebrities. A definite read for other "Mocha Mommas" out there.