Customer Reviews

Your Second Pregnancy: What to Expect This Time

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Most of the information in this book is common sense. Saying that all pregnancies are different and that juggling two (or more) kids is a challenge isn't exactly earth shattering news. Very few of the subjects in this book are really explored in depth. I agree with the reviewer who said this book is like something you'd expect from a magazine. It hits on several good topics but doesn't really say a lot about any of them. I got more out of re-reading the books I had with my first pregnancy. This book felt like a waste of time. I don't really think it's worth the money.

I thought this book was reassuring and informative. It's been 5 years since my last pregnancy, so I wanted a "refresher" book and a book that commented on second pregnancies and how the first child feels. I thought there was some good information about preparing your first child. The section on working moms was nice too.

I disagree with some of the other reviews that say the author is pessimistic about raising 2 kids. I did not get that feeling from her. Yes there were comments in the book that things will get more complicated, but that is, of course, TRUE. I thought the author had good information about juggling the pregnancy and the newborn period, while also having a toddler/school age child on your hands.

Let's face it, most of these books all have information in them that are common sense and that most of us know anyway. The nice thing about the book, is that it is reassuring to just hear another person talk about the things that you're thinking of, questioning, and worrying about.

I recommend this book.

I was not happy with this book. I did not think this book gave a very positive view of parenting two children. It seemed to be very pessimistic - instead of giving helpful hints on how to juggle everything, it talked about how difficult it was. The comments from various people all seemed to be complaints, not tips or hints to help othersin the same situation. I will be exchanging this book for one of the other ones - it was depressing!

Not only is this negative about being a parent for the second time it's very anti-breastfeeding and anti-natural birth. I basically says that pregnant nursing and tandem nursing is a bad idea. At one point 4 of the 5 nursing "personal accounts" are very negative. In the breastfeeding vs. formula section she completely fails to mention that breastmilk is full of nutrients that cannot be duplicated by formula. I'm not a breastfeeding fanatic but the book was in no way even handed with the way that it was treated.

The entire book is very passive aggressive and at one point made me feel like I was being a bad mom, until I snapped out of it. This is what she says about choosing a nurse-midwife. "If you think not using all the technology available would represent poor care of your unborn child, then choosing a midwife is probably not advised." pg. 25

I will be returning it for something a little more fairly presented.

This book was about what I'd expect from a magazine; not much in depth information, and not many creative ideas for dealing with subsequent pregnancies/children. (This book isn't just about your second pregnancy; it also addresses third and fourth, etc.) It needs an update from the 1995 publishing date; apparently at that time there was no chickenpox vaccine. I rolled my eyes at the authors matter-of-fact statement that women have a 50-50 chance of having a girl or boy. Tell that to the family of 7 sisters that lived up the street from me when I was a kid.

I decided to give this book the benefit of the doubt anyways even though the reviews weren't great. The testimonials were interesting but not much else. And I don't usually write reviews but I had to chime in because: CAREFUL with the medical info in this book! It seemed outdated and erroneous in more than one section. I have gestational diabetes and the information she gives in that section was flat out wrong. You don't have to give yourself insulin shots anymore (there are pills) and sometimes it can't be controlled with a very strict diet (because of genetic predisposiiton). Also it made it seem like epidurals are some sort of amazing new technology...uhh welcome the future, lady?! It really made me question the validity of the other information in the book.

All in all it felt like a bunch of anecdotal information threaded together and not backed up by much recent fact or research. And hey, I can get that kind of info on the internet for free!

I bought this book when I was expecting child #2 a couple years ago and was surprised it was essentially a rehash of common pregnancy issues, which I had already learned about while expecting child #1. I would have liked it to address more fully issues of a second pregnancy, instead of just touching on such issues, and discussing medical problems that are already in books I read the first time around and still had laying around. I didn't pick this book up when I was expecting baby #3 because it was just not very helpful. I don't even loan this book out to my expecting friends.

Too bad, as a good book that really gets down and dirty regarding parenting while pregnant, managing a pregnancy when one already has children and how labor may vary for a subsequent pregnancy, etc, would be really valuable to a lot of mamas. I volunteer for a mother's organization, and that's one of the main questions I get... how am I going to manage being pregnant this time? What is L&D going to be like (which it did touch on, but not to a lot of depth) .... and having a good resource I could point mothers to would be great. But this is not that resource.

This is a great book about being pregnant for the second (or third, etc.) time. I wasn't looking for any advice on parenting two children, just wanted something to read about the experience of second pregnancy. I am a big fan of books on the mommy experience like Iovine's Girlfriend's Guides to Pregnancy and to Toddlers. Yes, I understand that pregnancy does generally lead to children, I figured that out after my first pregnancy ;) I like to read books about being a mommy and being pregnant too!

It was nice to finally find a book that would help me with all the questions that I had about my second pregnancy. The book was in excellent condition & arrived right on time!

I was really hoping this would get into meaty situations like "oh my god I have vericose veins there because....?" It skimmed the surface of many areas I was interested in, and went deeper into topics I didn't care about. I would suggest going to the library before buying this one.