What to Expect When You're Expecting Heidi Murkoff; Arlene Eisenberg; Sandee Hathaway

What to Expect When You're Expecting

Author: Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg and Sandee Hathaway

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated

Publication Date: 01 April, 2002

ISBN: 9780761121329

Pages: 624

Subjects: Health and fitness

Available as: Trade Paper, 978-0-7611-4857-9 Trade Cloth, 978-0-7611-5079-4 Trade Cloth, 978-0-7611-2549-5 Trade Paper, 978-0-7611-2132-9

Description:

Introducing a completely Revised & Updated Third Edition of America's bestselling pregnancy book, What to Expect When You're Expecting. Two years in the making, it's a cover-to-cover, chapter-by-chapter, line-by-line revision and update.

Incorporating the most recent developments in medicine, and responding to the many queries and letters received from readers, the book contains both the most accurate information available, and the most reader-friendly. The Third Edition includes more information on working while pregnant. It offers more in-depth coverage of complementary and alternative birthing. Greater attention is paid to pre-conception, alternative families, second pregnancies, HMOs, the role of the father, and lifestyle. There's a completely new look at the Best-Odds diet, which is better suited to the needs of busier women with less time. An updated cover and all-new black-and-white illustrations give the classic a fresher look.

PW Publishers Weekly

Review Source: Publishers Weekly

Review Date: 2008-04-21

Murkoff is back with yet another edition of the indispensable What to Expect When You're Expecting--this time with a largely rewritten and revised edition of the comprehensive guide she introduced 24 years ago. The book has undergone an extensive overhaul, beginning with the cover, which depicts a stylish expectant mom dressed in jeans and a form-fitting shirt--a far cry from the original text's comfy, frumpy mom seated in a rocking chair. Inside, the author has added a number of new features, including a chapter that draws upon current research to steer parents-to-be to a healthier lifestyle even before conception begins, chapters on healthy eating and giving birth to multiples (a growing trend) and expanded sections on working during pregnancy. While the general layout and appearance of the book will be familiar to readers, Murkoff has successfully broadened and sharpened the material while keeping the overall style and presentation intact. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved