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Pea in a Pod: Your Complete Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth & Beyond

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I'm in my third pregnancy and thought there was nothing new to learn. Wrong! My mother-in-law gave me PEA IN A POD in my second month, and it has become my bible. It answers questions I didn't even know I had! Its organization and user-friendly layout makes it easy to find any topic. All the info is up-to-date, including lists of resources on every subject. An added bonus are the "extras," the many photos, charts, tips, and cartoon drawings. My husband has even consulted it more than once. Don't let the "cute" cover fool you. This book is a serious and complete pregnancy guide. If you are going to get just one pregnancy book, this is the one to get.

I've read practically every pregnancy book on the market because my Mom works at a library and brings them all home for me. This is the best book I have read. It has everything! It's like having eight different pregnancy books in one. It has a ton of practical details you won't find anywhere else and is very readable. The section on nutrition is incredible. There's a section with great diagrams for labor positions. The best drawings I've ever seen to explain effacement and the muscles of the perineum. You'll even get a couple pages of useful visualizations so you'll have some idea what hypnobirthing is about. Anything you're curious about, you'll get just the right amount of practical information in easily digestible format. If you get this book, you won't need any other books. However I do recommend "Pushed," to understand risks of modern maternity care. Pregnancy Day by Day is pretty and fun, but the information isn't quite as useful. The (modern) Lamaze Guide, ande The Doula Book were good too, but this book contains a lot more diverse information. Ina May Gaskin's new book was OK, but I didn't learn anything new from it. Ina May's book is 1/2 birth stories (tons of mothers telling you how great midwives are at the Farm, which I already know and don't care to read), and the other half is full of stuff about modern maternity care which I already knew.

I am a physician by training but felt like I needed a refresher course before having my first baby. From preconception planning to baby care this book has it all, delivering high quality content in an easily digested language. It provides a comprehensive review of traditional and alternative methods of labor and delivery, outlining different ways to have your baby without advocating one choice over the other. After reading the book, you will be put at ease about your labor since you will feel confident and prepared for challenges of bringing a newborn into this world. It gives you great tips on how to get your body back after a vaginal delivery as well as a C-section. Key points to remember such as how to pack your delivery bag and how to monitor your newborn feeds are summarized in easy to review tables. Easy to read, easy to follow, a must have book in a new parent's library!!!

Bought this book for a friend who is getting ready to have a baby and she loves it. She refers to it for every consern, question and ideas! She has learned many new things and feels that this book has prepaired her for her baby!

This is my first pregnancy and I can not recommend this book enough! I found it to be very comprehensive on the topics I had questions about and offered information on ones I had not even contemplated needing to know about. I would encourage any mom-in-training to check out this great book!

I like this book as a supplement. It seems comprehensive but it is not as "ordered" as I would like. Otherwise I very much love this book!

I would have loved to read this book, but it was just waay too big for me to tackle, it weighs like a brick. I got another book that had plenty enough information and was half the size, which was still pretty sizeable.

It took me a bit to get past the photos which looked out of date, but this book has saved me! It is the most comprehensive book I have found and I have bought and checked out from the library SEVERAL books about pregnancy and baby care.

If you are too tired (and who isn't during pregnancy and right after birth?!) to read each chapter in detail, there are summaries in the margins with the highlights that you can review. Then, if and when you care to read the detail you can - and the author is extremely thorough leaving very few questions unanswered.

It has helped me to formulate questions for both my OB and my baby's pediatrician, as well as assist me with middle-of-the-night questions I have about my newborn. I STRONGLY recommend this book to anyone who is pregnant.

I bought this book for my friend when he and his wife were having their first baby together. Now that they are having another baby (due late November), I'm definitely going to get them this newly revised and totally updated version - and I see from the "Search Inside" feature that it's in full-color now, too. I found this book more informative than the "...Expecting" titles, and so much less expensive than comparable books on pregnancy. This author really cares about the care and beauty involved with the birthing process, and it's nice to know that the book's advice and tips don't stop on baby's first day - it goes through the first year of life, too. Highly recommended to all who wish to be prepared and actively engaged in the miracle of pregnancy.

If you are thinking of using an obstetrician and having your baby in a hospital, this author will make you feel as though that's the wrong choice unless you have a very high-risk pregnancy. I couldn't get beyond the first chapter in this one-sided book. Fortunately it was a library book and I didn't pay for it!!