Expecting better
Subtitle: how to fight the pregnancy establishment with facts
By: Emily Oster
Publisher: The Penguin Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781594204753
Subjects: Pregnancy; Health aspects; Health and hygiene; Prenatal care; Pregnant women
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Description: Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful experiences of adulthood--can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. We're told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee, but aren't told why. Rules for prenatal testing are hard and fast--and unexplained. Are all of these recommendations right for every mom-to-be? Here, the author shows that pregnancy rules are often misguided and sometimes flat-out wrong. Pregnant women face an endless stream of decisions, from the casual to the frightening. Expecting Better presents the hard facts and real-world advice you won't get at the doctor's office or in the existing literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-302) and index.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning : conception. Prep work ; Data-driven conception ; The two-week wait; title: The first trimester. The vices : caffeine, alcohol, and tobacco ; Miscarriage fears ; Beware of deli meats! ; Nausea and my mother-in-law ; Prenatal screening and testing ; The surprising perils of gardening; title: The second trimester. Eating for two? You wish ; Pink and blue ; Working out and resting up ; Drug safety; title: The third trimester. Premature birth (and the dangers of bed rest) ; High-risk pregnancy ; I'm going to be pregnant forever, right? ; Labor induction; title: Labor and delivery. The labor numbers ; To epidural or not to epidural? ; Beyond pain relief ; The aftermath ; Home birth: progressive or regressive? And who cleans the tub?