Pregnancy Bk Today W [Paperback]

Harold I. Shapiro (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 18, 1993

A meticulously revised edition of the hugely successful question-and-answer guide to pregnancy and childbirth, written by a practicing obstetrician and women's health advocate with more than 25 years of experience in the field.

Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; 2 edition (May 18, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062730304
• ISBN-13: 978-0062730305
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,764,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Negative and harshly worded advice book, March 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Pregnancy Bk Today W (Paperback)

This may be a good book for practitioners, but it is not a good book for pregnant women. The advice and information here is presented in such a negative, harsh manner that a reader comes away with the feeling that if she managed to beat the incredible odds against her & her baby and actually have a healthy baby, it would be a miracle. Dr. Shapiro has absolutely *no* "bedside manner" and he puts the worst news first: only after being scared to death would a woman learn, for example, that the risks of flying during pregnancy are actually quite minimal. Other books will answer your questions and will do it without scaring you to death, undermining your confidence in your own body's ability to grow a healthy baby, and have you worrying needlessly.

5.0 out of 5 stars Flip through it first., September 18, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Pregnancy Book for Today's Woman (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book, but I can see how some women might not. This is not a book to read cover-to-cover, nor is it light reading. It is a reference book, and it really lays out the facts. If you are comfortable with medical jargon, and you want more information than you'll find in the typical pregnancy books, check this one out. I wanted to know more about WHY I couldn't have certain medications, what studies had shown, etc. I found answers to many questions in this book that either weren't in the other books or weren't covered in depth. This is a good book if you're not content with being pat on the head and told to listen to your doctor. It's also a good book if you've got medical conditions and want to do some extended research. But don't rely on it alone. It's best as a suppliment to a book like What to Expect.

1.0 out of 5 stars Read this to be paranoid throughout your pregnancy, October 15, 2000

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Licensed Medical Physicist (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pregnancy Bk Today W (Paperback)

Although this book is written from the standpoint of presenting the facts, it does so in a warped and paranoid way. The "facts" presented in this book are not the facts but the author's extreme ideas presented from extreme reported examples that are perfect to make any mother-to-be paranoid about her pregnancy. This book will make you believe that having sex WILL cause you to have a miscarriage (which is extremely rare!) In addition, the author speculates that having one x-ray at any time in your life will cause all of your future offspring to be deformed... which could not be more FALSE. This book sells lies instead of the helpful information a mother-to-be will need. In my profession I have already had to council the fears of a young mother who read this book and received all of the wrong information.