When you found out you were pregnant (or even before), did you get this book? Did you find it useful? Are there better books out there?
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I didn't. i skimmed through it at the bookstore, but you can find all the info in the book online. I signed up for babycenter and get weekly updates
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Nope. I read the TTC one: What to Expect Before your Expecting. And I liked it a lot.
I have the What to Expect app on my phone, also.
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I skimmed it and put it back. I brought home the Mayo Clinic Guide to Pregnancy (something like that.)
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That book sucked! I love this book: http://www.amazon.com/Pregnancy-Childbirth-Newborn-Complete-medically/dp/074321241X
and know one of the authors (took my newborn class from her). There's a new edition and I trust them implicitly. Ann was so right on in everything she taught us in baby class!
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I got it as a gift, and I did not care for it. I prefer the week by week book I recieved and also just look stuff up online. I have noticed a lot of stuff contridict each other so I was getting annoyed.
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I have the Mayo Clinic guide and have found it to be pretty useful. I was scared away from the What to Expect after hearing lots of negative reviews.
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Thanks ladies! I'll have to stop by the bookstore and see if they have the Mayo Clinic one.
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I started reading it before I got pregnant, but am finding that most of the info in the book can be found online from my babycenter updates or here on the hive! I also bought the book that @Mrs. Jacks recommended, which seems a bit more comprehensive.
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I didn't like it because I thought it was overly cautious about a lot of things. I bought the Mayo Clinic book and liked it, but as pp said, you can find all the info on sites like babycenter.
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Nope, I got the Mayo Clinic one too and I like it so far.
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Nope. I found it kind of condescending and annoying.
I second Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn. That was a good one. I also read The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth and Pregnancy Week by Week.
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I had it in my first two pregnancy's and I likes. I liked a Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy, much less information , but more intertaining. I had donated my books when we thought we were done. This time I am getting most of my information online or the binder my doctor's office gave me.
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Yeah, I've found it to be really redundant. There's much less information in there than what there is on things like babycenter, and their website is more informative than the book.
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My best friend gave me hers, but I never really read it. I got Natural Hospital Birth and Ina May's Guide to Childbirth instead.
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I do have it (I was told it was the pregnancy Bible!) and quite honestly don't even pick it up that often. I much prefer the Week-by-Week Guide: http://www.amazon.com/Your-Pregnancy-Week-Edition-Series/dp/0738214647/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340748354&sr=8-1&keywords=week+by+week+pregnancy.
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another vote for Mayo Clinic's Guide to Health Pregnancy. my doctor recommended it and rolled her eyes when talking about What to Expect, and said a lot of stuff in there is unnecessarily inflammatory.
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Hahaha so glad everyone hates that book as much as I do. Alarmist and obnoxious. I also recommend the Mayo guide!
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I got the Dr. Sears Pregnancy book.
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I was told not to read this book, so I avoided it, even though a couple of people tried to pass it to me.
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I bought Expecting 411 and What to Expect but I never read What to Expect...it was too dated and boring!
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i bought it as soon as i had a positive test. i don't hate it as much as everyone here seems to, but i do find it boring to read. it was more entertaining in the first couple of weeks i got pregnant because i seriously knew nothing and so it was all new info for me. now i find between my weekly emails, daily app tips, and googling online, i am reading the same info everywhere.
My friend lent me the Dr. Oz book: You: Being pregnant (or something like that) and i just started it but so far i like it more than WTE as it is written in a more captivating style.
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I have the app, which is fine (nothing super informative but nice.) I have Mayo Clinic and Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Newborn.
Truth is I just look most stuff up online....
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I got it as a gift as well...it's alright...I ended up looking online most of the times because it's much easier with an iPhone
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Wow, thanks girls! I'll definitely look for the Mayo Clinic book and the Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn book and skip What To Expect!
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I have the app on my phone with the daily updates...But I just borrowed books from a friend who had already had a baby ( You being Pregnant and Pregnency week by week). Although I didn't read them all the way through. The only pregnancy book I've read cover to cover is Ina May's guide to natural childbirth.
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I use the app on my phone, but didn't buy the book. I do most of my research/reading via real life blogs, HB, and online baby resources
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I just wanted to say thanks to you ladies! I bought the Mayo Clinic book and I LOVE it!!!
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I bought it on the Kindle but I didn't care for the tone or the depth of info. I love the Mayo Clinic book but looks like you already got that one! YaY!
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One of my sweet friends mailed me the Mayo Clinic book. I love it! I have heard that What to Expect makes you too nervous so have stayed away.
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No I never read this book. I mostly used the internet for information especially forums like this and weddingbee. The only books I bought during pregnancy were about bradley birth
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