Favorite Pregnancy/Parenting Books?

[Anonymous]

PP again. The same author, Emily Oster, has an early parenting book coming out in April, entitled Cribsheet.

[Anonymous]

I didn't like any pregnancy books, including Expecting Better (I didn't feel like it actually helped me make any decisions about my habits during pregnancy or my delivery). I did like Easy Labor - it's a bit misnamed because it just lays out all of your pain relief options and their pros/cons, including natural methods, and how different complications/scenarios effect labor, so I felt more informed about eventualities once I was at the hospital.

Baby 411 is great and you can read through it before the baby comes to get acquainted with some of the topics you'll be thinking about/worried about once the baby comes. It's question and answer style and very straightforward.

[Anonymous]

The Science of Mom https://scienceofmom.com/the-book/

Also loved her blog!

[Anonymous]

Another vote for Expecting Better!

[Anonymous]

The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy by Vicki Iovine. Not a technical medical book, but a down to earth book about the experience of pregnancy and delivery. She also wrote books about the first year, toddler years etc.

[Anonymous]

Agree on expecting better but honestly most preggo books have info that can be found online for free. I bought panic free pregnancy because I had a few chemicals and wanted something to help me relax but while the author is an Ob doc he is also a man who has never experienced one iota of pregnancy symptoms and starts out the book trying to tell me that morning sickness is probably due to stress and psychosocial causes. Whatever guy, call me when you can experience it personally. Just because we don't know why it happens doesn't mean it's in our heads! OK rant over. Good luck!