What to Expect When You're Expected: A Fetus's Guide to the First Three Trimesters [Paperback]

David Javerbaum (Author), Mike Loew (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 13, 2009

This new second edition is filled with the latest, most accurate wombhood information, including comforting answers to hundreds of questions, such as

• “My mother just took a sip of white wine. Am I going to end up looking like some Chernobyl baby now?”
• “So far Mommy is spending most of her pregnancy in a state of stress, anxiety, and depression. Which one should she focus on?”
• “I’m kicking as hard as I can, but Mom says it feels like ‘butterflies fluttering.’ Am I doing something wrong?”
• “Why do my parents blast Mozart at me every night right when I’m trying to sleep?!?”
• “To the nearest hundred, how many people should Mommy invite to my birth?”

Editorial Reviews

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"This story has it all— perfect pacing, organic character development, a plot that truly thickens, and a shock ending you literally won't see coming until the final spellbinding moments!" —Publishers Trimesterly

"I am in receipt of your check for $20. Here is the positive blurb you requested." —Stephen King 

"Swim, don't wriggle, up your nearest Fallopian tube and land on a copy today!" —The New York Pre


"I'm as sure that this book is terrific as I am that, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research is not an infringement of copyright!" —The Copyright Act of 1976, § 107 

"I wish you'd never been born! (Without reading this, that is!)" —Your father
 
 

About the Author

David Javerbaum has won nine Emmys and two Peabody Awards for his work as Writer, Head Writer and Executive Producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He was one of three principal authors of that show’s 2004 best-seller America: The Book. His work as a lyricist includes collaborating with composer Adam Schlesinger on the score for the Tony-nominated Broadway musical Cry-Baby and Stephen Colbert’s television special A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All. He lives in Manhattan with his wife Debra and their daughters Kate and Sara.


Mike Loew is a contributor to The Onion and the author of two previous books, Tough Call and Citizen You! He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Spiegel & Grau; 2 Original edition (October 13, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385526474
• ISBN-13: 978-0385526470
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.5 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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48 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is what great satire is about, October 15, 2009

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Jack "Jack" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What to Expect When You're Expected: A Fetus's Guide to the First Three Trimesters (Paperback)

My wife is expecting so I was wandering the parenting section doing my husbandly duty when I ran across this book. Javerbaum nailed it (keep your minds out the gutter) and created this funny as all hell, smartly written and timely piece of satire. THIS is what great satire is about! And what's so great about this book is that it's so necessary -pregnancy is such a serious and heavy time (babyproofing the place, doctor visits, classes, checking and re-checking diet, making sure your taking the proper vitamins etc etc)with just a general sense of worry that you're bringing another life into the world and you're now responsible for it, that you need to take a break. You need to laugh. But whether you're expecting or not, if you love great satire this is for you. So go down to your local bookstore and flip through a couple pages. Just be prepared for the strange looks you'll get when you start laughing out loud!

31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very funny, non-serious look at pregnancy., October 16, 2009

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Mac (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What to Expect When You're Expected: A Fetus's Guide to the First Three Trimesters (Paperback)

Let me start by stating that Loyd Eskildson's one star review is garbage. Loyd Eskildson only writes a blog and wishes he was as talented as a writer as Javerbaum, who happens to be graduate of Harvard University and won an Emmy.

This is book brings a refreshingly new and funny perspective to the trials of pregnancy.
There are too many pregnancy "how to" books out there that just copy each other's advice.
Finally I can sit down and laugh during this all too serious time in my life. This book isn't to be taken serious, and I think that was Javerbaum's intent when he wrote this book.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Book's A Keeper, October 19, 2009

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Maxine Maxwell "Golden Oldie" (Lincoln, NE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What to Expect When You're Expected: A Fetus's Guide to the First Three Trimesters (Paperback)

I bought this book for my daughter who's expecting. She may have to fight me for it. I haven't stopped laughing since the first page. It also mixes in good info along the way. Great way to get any expectant mommy (and daddy) through the ups and downs of pregnancy.