Pregnancy Bedrest: A Guide for the Pregnant Woman and Her Family [Paperback]

Susan H. Johnston (Author), Deborah A. Kraut (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Written by two women who experienced extended bedrest during their own pregnancies, this guide covers possible problems encountered in an unexpected high-risk pregnancy. This disruption of a "normal pregnancy" affects the entire family, and simple tasks suddenly seem huge hurdles. The authors cover setting up the bedroom, running the household, personal grooming, and just getting through each long day. While they strive for completeness, much of their advice is almost too specific. For example, in coping with unexpected disability leave, they matter-of-factly state, "your doctor must fill out your company's official leave slip . . . . The employee benefits specialist will mail this leave slip to you (with a set of medical claim forms)," and so on. Certainly not every reader's work situation will parallel this particular routine. However, there is useful information here for a very specific audience.
-Debra Berlanstein, Towson State Univ., Baltimore
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 271 pages
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co (P); 1st edition (November 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805013504
• ISBN-13: 978-0805013504
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,226,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not the best, January 17, 2002

By 

"a_mommy_again" (Saugus, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pregnancy Bedrest: A Guide for the Pregnant Woman and Her Family (Paperback)

This is the second bed rest book I've read. I found this book unorganized. The authors did not take the time, for instance, to seperate paragraphs for the partner and the bed rester. Consequently, you'll be reading something meant for you, and suddenly realize that part of the message is actually meant for your partner. Also the two authors did not always agree on things, which is fine, but because the book is so poorly organized, it just comes off as contradictory to itself. They spent much too much time on things that were not entirely pertinent to our situation, and would throw an important piece in here and there.

I read The Pregnancy Bed Rest Book by Amy Tracy and loved it. If you are looking for a book for this situation, I reccomend Tracy's over this one any day!

If you still need to read more (and with that much time on your hands--you will) then borrow this one from the library.