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What to Expect When You're Expecting

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Because this book is so well known, people buy it regardless of its quality..there are too many of them around. It is garbage. My midwives and my obstetrician both told me to throw it out, not sell it to a used book store but throw it out. They didn't want it falling into the hands of another expecting family and causing unneeded anxiety - which is all its good for. if you are looking for a expecting book buy the birth book by the Dr.s Sears, much more up to date and scientifically based.

even my babys daddy likes reading this book , my dr gave me one and i bought one for him to have to read along with me at night.... it has so much in it its amazing have fun reading it together

I was a bit disappointed with this product. I thought I was buying a book in "very good" condition and when it arrived it was torn, bent and some pages were stained. For the same price I could have bought a new book but I like to recycle books, I will not buy from this seller again.

Every new mother (or father) should have a couple of Eisenberg's books and this audio cassette tapes were such a life saver. I read the book throughout the first pregnancy and found it was a great resource to learn about becoming a mom and what to expect... I found everything I needed for the whole experiance of first weeks to the painful but wonderful birth of our first son. I felt it was such a great source that I also purchased the What to expect the first 12 months, also for sale on our link with amazon, they have this audio and the book ,... they have a journal out there (i'd sell mine but its written and you don't want that!) Seriously, I purchased this audio cassette and then received one as a shower gift, so I am keeping my gift and selling the new one I bought. I felt at that timeI knew it all, what could I learn? That is the beautiful part about this someone reads it for you, I suggest both because sometimes I want to see it in black and white so they make great pair to own. In my 2nd pregnancy 4 years later things had changed and now I know I will never stop learning and if I can pass that on to a new mom or a not so new mom 2 or 10th baby you can never be too prepared. Good luck, I hope this helps.

I AM A LITTLE SHOCKED BY THE NEGATIVE REMARKS. I HONESTLY FEEL THAT THOSE WHO CALL THIS BOOK A HORRIFYING EXIERENCE IS TAKING THE BOOK TO LITERAL. YES, THE BOOK DOES GO INTO GREAT DETAIL TO PREPARE YOU FOR THE WORST AND YET THE BEST. THIS IS MY FIFTH PREGNANCY, WE HAD A MISCARRAIGE WITH OUR THIRD, AND I HAVE FOUND THIS BOOK TO BE VERY HELPFUL ON EXLPAINING THE THINGS THAT WERE PERTAINING TO MY PREGNANCY. EACH PREGANCY IS DIFFERENT, JUST LIKE EACH BABY IS DIFFERENT.

I AM THE KIND OF WOMEN WHO DOESN'T EXPIERENCE THE "TEXT BOOK" SYMPTOMS. WHEN WE WERE PREGNANT WITH OUR THIRD I BEGAN TO BLEED, BUT HAD NO CRAMPING OR ANY OF THE OTHER SIGNS OF A MISCARRIAGE. WE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WAS FINE, BUT I STILL CONTINUED TO BLEED. I FINALLY READ THE SECTIONS ON MISCARRAIGE IN THIS BOOK AND FOUND IT TO BE VERY HELPFUL AND COMFORTING. AFTER READING THE SIGNS AND REALIZING THAT I WAS NOT HAVING A "TEXT BOOK" MISCARRIAGE I WENT TO THE ER AND IT WAS THERE THAT THEY CONFIRMED THAT I WAS LOSING THE BABY AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO PREVENT IT. THIS BOOK ALSO EXPLAINED THAT MISCARRIAGES JUST SOMETIMES HAPPEN AND THAT MADE ME FEEL SO MUCH BETTER SINCE I WAS SURE I HAD DONE SOMETHING TO GET IT STARTED.

I WOULDN'T EXACTLY CALL THIS BOOK A "BIBLE" BECAUSE LIKE MOST BOOKS IT DOES HAVE IT'S FAULTS BUT THE WOMEN WRITING THE BOOK ONLY WANTED TO PROVIDE US WITH AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE. I FOR INSTANCE AM NOT THAT FOND OF THE BEST ODDS DIET THAT IS IN THE BOOK, I PERSONALLY FIND IT A LITTLE LESS STRESSFUL NOT TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERY CALORIE, ETC. BUT SINCE THERE ARE SOME REALLY GREAT IDEAS FOR KEEPING YOU MORE HEALTHY DURING YOU PREGANCY I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HURT TO TAKE A LOOK AND TRY IT OUT TO SEE IF IT'S RIGHT FOR YOU.

MANY OF THE NEGATIVE REMARKS SUGGESTED THAT THIS BOOK SCARED THEM TO DEATH AND SEVERAL REVIEWS COMPLAINED THAT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH INFORMATION OR TOO MUCH INFORMATION, ETC. ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT, AGAIN, THEY ARE TAKING IT WAY TO LITERAL AND THAT THEY NEED TO DO WHAT MOST PEOPLE "SHOULD" DO AND THAT IS TO TAKE THE INFORMATION THAT APPLIES TO YOU AND FORGET THE REST. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE DIET THEN DON'T DO THE DIET BUT DON'T THROW AWAY THE BOOK. AND IF YOU FEEL THIS BOOK IS MISSING SOME THINGS THEN FIND A BOOK THAT EXPAINS THE MISSING PARTS AND USE THE TWO TOGETHER. THE AUTHORS OF THIS BOOK NEVER SAID YOU HAD TO USE THIS BOOK AND ONLY THIS BOOK. I USE THIS BOOK MORE TO RESEARCH DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I FIND TAKING PLACE AND MOST OFTEN HAVE FOUND THE INFORMATION VERY HELPFUL, WHICH MAKES IT SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE UP TO MUCH OF MY DOCTORS TIME. IF I AM UNABLE TO FIND THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTIONS OR THE ANSWER THEY GIVE DOESN'T PUT ME AT EASE THEN I ASK MY DOCTOR AND GO FROM THERE.

THIS BOOK HAS ALSO HELPED ME TO BE PREPARED FOR THINGS THAT ARE VERY SCARY, LIKE THE POSSIBLE DEATH OF THE CHILD, ETC. I FIND THIS INFORMATION TO BE A LITTLE SCARY BECAUSE WHO WANTS TO THINK OF THE WORST BUT AT THE SAME TIME I REALIZED, AFTER MY MISCARRIAGE, THAT I CAN'T RELY ON THE DOCTOR TO ALWAYS DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM, MY DOCTOR SAID I WAS FINE AND I LOST THE BABY THAT NIGHT. THIS BOOK DOES HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE "POSSIBLES" AND IN RETURN IT HAS KEPT ME VERY MUCH AWARE OF WHAT COULD GO WRONG AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR SO THAT I CAN GO TO MY DOCTOR AND TELL HIM/HER THAT "THIS IS WHAT I AM FEELING AND PLEASE CHECK ME FOR THE FOLLOWING THINGS".

WHEN IT COMES TO PREGNANCY I HAVE LEARNED THAT IT IS BEST TO NOT KEEP YOUR HEAD IN THE CLOUDS AND TO BE AS INFORMED OF ALL THAT CAN GO WRONG AND THEN BE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT IS GOING RIGHT. WE CAN'T TAKE FOR GRANITE THAT JUST BECAUSE MEDICAL SCIENCE HAS COME ALONG WAY WE'LL BE OKAY. I HAD TWO PERFECT PREGNANCIES/DELIVERIES AND THEN WITH THE THIRD SOMETHING WENT WRONG, BUT SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD TWO MORE PRERFECT PREGNANCIES AND YET I STILL TURN TO THE BOOK FOR ANSWERS TO THINGS I DIDN'T EXPIERENCE BEFORE, LIKE SKIN TAGS THAT WERE DEVELOPING ON MY NECK WITH MY SECOND PREGNANCY, THE BOOK EXPLAINED IT AND I WORRIED NO MORE!

I KNOW MY REVIEW IS A BIT LONG BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET THOSE WHO ARE CONSIDERING BUYING THIS BOOK TO NOT BE PUT OFF BY THE NEGATIVE REMARKS BUT INSTEAD TO BE OPEN MINDED AT THE FACT THAT THIS BOOK, LIKE ALL THE REST, ISN'T GOING TO BE 100% PERFECT FOR EVERYONE BUT IT IS STILL VERY HELPFUL, AT LEAST IT WAS FOR ME DURING MY FIVE "VERY DIFFERENT" PREGNANCIES. GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL WITH YOUR PREGNANCY!