Pregnancy Day By Day [Hardcover]

DK Publishing (Author), Maggie Blott (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 17, 2009

For expectant parents who want to know everything about their developing baby at every stage, Pregnancy Day by Day provides a daily countdown to the date of delivery. Covering each day of pregnancy in detail, as well as labor, birth, and life with a new baby, Pregnancy Day by Day is an unprecedented and comprehensive guide that is written by a team of experts and is the one resource no parent-to-be should be without.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Dr. Maggie Blott is a Consultant in Obstetrics and Maternal Medicine and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at The Institute for Women's Health, and University College London Hospitals.
Dr. Amato is a former associate editor of Sexuality, Reproduction, & Menopause, a vice chair of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Sexuality Special Interest Group, and a member of the ASRM Ethics Committee. She was the US medical consultant for DK's bestselling title, I'm Pregnant!.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 496 pages
• Publisher: DK ADULT; 1 edition (August 17, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756650410
• ISBN-13: 978-0756650414
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,566 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #40 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Personal Health > Women's Health > Pregnancy & Childbirth

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Find EVER!, December 29, 2009

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Bluerose_really "Bluerose" (Fremont, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pregnancy Day By Day (Hardcover)

This is my FAVORITE BABY BOOK!!!!! When I found out I was pregnant I was so excited I went out on a baby book shopping rampage. I bought books both new and used hoping to get an early attachment to my baby. My biggest complaint was they all seemed to be either month or trimester grouped as far as information. Thats fine..but I was getting tired of reading general information and answers to other women's questions instead really learning what I wanted to know..what was happening DAILY to ME.

I had never heard of anything that even discussed DAILY info until I found this book at the local library..after checking it out 3 times in a row I knew it was time to purchase it for myself. I would have paid the full price of $40, but thankfully amazon was cheaper.

It was EXACTLY what I wanted. The pictures are amazing and really give you a personal view of what your baby is actually doing. The one a day page set up is fantastic. It takes about 3 minutes to read and gives you the updates you're looking for (today your baby is growing its finger nails, yawned for the first time, can cry..etc) The BEST part of all is for the 1st trimester it has an EXACT SIZE picture at the end of each week so you know just how big your baby really is. Its mind boggling to watch it triple in size in just 1 month :)

To sum it all up..
This book is well worth the money. I will be buying a copy for anyone I know that gets pregnant in the furture and even my parents who are too far away to see me daily are having fun following along in their copy. My only extra advice is to get a clear plastic book cover as you will be using it so much the paper jacket gets a little worn out. :)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book in Market, April 8, 2010

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Avinash Gupta (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pregnancy Day By Day (Hardcover)

This is the best book in market. It explains every stage of pregnancy in detail. There are hardly any questions which is not been answered here.
It explains Pain management(like aqua therapy, meditation, hypnosys etc), birth complications, Risk of each procedure, Nutrition, What to expect each week etc.
Every page has High resolution ultrasound pictures of babies.
The book is definately worth its cost

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars great pictures, terrible information, July 10, 2011

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Reader, Esq. (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pregnancy Day By Day (Hardcover)

I bought this book, along with the clasic "What to Expect When You're Expecting," and have really enjoyed seeing all of the pictures in this one. The information, however, is terrible. The first signal that it was sub-par in terms of information: the editing is terrible - spelling errors, incorrect grammar; not a good sign in a book that's providing information about a medical condition and allegedly written by a doctor.

That said, my husband and I are enjoying looking at the pictures (except for several completely unnecessary pictures of breasts in "info boxes" about topics other than breast changes), so it's not completely worthless. Would recommend this book for the pictures and "What to Expect..." for the information.