The Day-by-Day Pregnancy Book: Count Down Your Pregnancy Day by Day with Advice From a Team of Experts
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Summary
Count down your pregnancy day by day with advice from a team of experts and amazing images for every stage of your baby's development。
Fully updated to reflect changes in medical practice， including advice on non-invasive prenatal testing and ways to adapt special diets during pregnancy， The Day-by-day Pregnancy Book provides a comprehensive look at every week of pregnancy。 From early foetal development to how your hormones prepare you for birth， Q&As with experts and mums will help put your mind at ease。 The Day-by-day Pregnancy Book also breaks down the 12 hours post delivery with an hour-by-hour account and the day-by-day format continues for the first two weeks of life with a newborn baby。
The Day-by-day Pregnancy Book will be your pregnancy bible - every day。
Fully updated to reflect changes in medical practice， including advice on non-invasive prenatal testing and ways to adapt special diets during pregnancy， The Day-by-day Pregnancy Book provides a comprehensive look at every week of pregnancy。 From early foetal development to how your hormones prepare you for birth， Q&As with experts and mums will help put your mind at ease。 The Day-by-day Pregnancy Book also breaks down the 12 hours post delivery with an hour-by-hour account and the day-by-day format continues for the first two weeks of life with a newborn baby。
The Day-by-day Pregnancy Book will be your pregnancy bible - every day。
Reviews
Whitney
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3。75 stars - I loved this in the beginning of pregnancy when I wanted to read about what was happening with the tiny little being inside me every single day， but once I got far enough along that I could feel him move and know more about what was going on in there I was less interested。 Since there's something to read every single day， it does repeat info as well。 I mean， that's a lot of days to fill， so I get it。All that being said， there's a TON of great info in here and if I hadn't already rea 3。75 stars - I loved this in the beginning of pregnancy when I wanted to read about what was happening with the tiny little being inside me every single day， but once I got far enough along that I could feel him move and know more about what was going on in there I was less interested。 Since there's something to read every single day， it does repeat info as well。 I mean， that's a lot of days to fill， so I get it。All that being said， there's a TON of great info in here and if I hadn't already read several other pregnancy books I would have learned a lot。 I still learned things from this book that my other book didn't cover。 And I really enjoyed the hour-by-hour happenings of a newborn's first day and then the daily expectations for the first two weeks。 。。。more
Buse Doğar
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Super practical and handy book that you can track the improvement of your baby and changes in your body and emotions day by day。 Strongly suggest that for the parents-to-be！！！
Abigail Lauren
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Overall we got a lot out of this book， and reading the updates （which my partner and I did together daily until the third trimester， and then bundled by week because life got busy） became a nice tradition。 There is a fantastic level of detail and， as a first time mum， I’ve learned so much about what my body is going though and how the baby is developing。That said， I do have a few gripes: mainly with how infantilising it is to partners。 Aside from the fact that it was written assuming only male/f Overall we got a lot out of this book， and reading the updates （which my partner and I did together daily until the third trimester， and then bundled by week because life got busy） became a nice tradition。 There is a fantastic level of detail and， as a first time mum， I’ve learned so much about what my body is going though and how the baby is developing。That said， I do have a few gripes: mainly with how infantilising it is to partners。 Aside from the fact that it was written assuming only male/female relationships （but I’ll let that slide）， the author seems to assume that the “dads” are taking a back-seat in the whole thing and are a bit of a tag-along to the baby rearing affair。 There was a bit much of “want to let your partner feel involved？ Why don’t you let him cook for you once in a while！” and “maybe dad is feeling nervous too - talk to him about it！” for my liking。 The specific “focus on dads” sections are very infrequent and more than a little patronising。 。。。more
Steph
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In some ways this book is so bad that it’s funny。 The editing is often off; for example in my edition， some sentences don’t make grammatical sense， and the pronouns for the baby start off alternating between weeks but by the end change at random mid-sentence。 The sexism is nauseating （lots of the vibe of “here’s how to get back to your bikini body！”， “ask your husband to help out by cooking dinner occasionally！”）。 With the exception of a few appendices the whole thing is written as though you ha In some ways this book is so bad that it’s funny。 The editing is often off; for example in my edition， some sentences don’t make grammatical sense， and the pronouns for the baby start off alternating between weeks but by the end change at random mid-sentence。 The sexism is nauseating （lots of the vibe of “here’s how to get back to your bikini body！”， “ask your husband to help out by cooking dinner occasionally！”）。 With the exception of a few appendices the whole thing is written as though you have an easy pregnancy （“you’ll be feeling full of energy this week！” “getting tests done will be so reassuring for you！”）， which is infuriating and isolating for women experiencing bad pregnancy symptoms， complications， or worrying test results。 There is so much repetition and some of the information isn’t even consistent （like saying a particular week that it’s the week your baby starts hearing， then saying the same thing two weeks later。。。 so which week is it？）。 As a guide to pregnancy I wouldn’t recommend it。 However， pregnancy is such an epic experience， and it’s nice to mark the time by counting down the days， and to take time to think about your baby each day and what they’re up to。 We borrowed this book for our first pregnancy and thought it was funny-bad but still bought it for our second pregnancy because reading aloud from the book every day became a valued tradition。 :） 。。。more
Romanova Anastasia
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Excellent texts， brilliant pictures and useful advices
Jo
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Very insightful as soon to be new grandparents。
Anielle casagrande
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Katherine
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Nice to read just 1 page a day。 Much less overwhelming。
Lake Villa District Library
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Kara Heiss
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I enjoyed this book， I feel like it provided a lot of information on what is biologically happening to the mother （host） as the baby grows as well as information about the common side effects that may occur from each stage of pregnancy。 There wasn't an excessive amount of pressure， rules or advice in this book which I appreciated。 I enjoyed this book， I feel like it provided a lot of information on what is biologically happening to the mother （host） as the baby grows as well as information about the common side effects that may occur from each stage of pregnancy。 There wasn't an excessive amount of pressure， rules or advice in this book which I appreciated。 。。。more
Hiba Mukhtar
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This guide was excellent！ Helped predict my symptoms and helped me stay head of the next change happening to my body。
Kristin
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Definitely a useful read。 I found the info and images of the baby’s development most interesting。 Toward the end of the third trimester， though， the info felt more repetitive and less useful than before。 Still， the day-by-day format was nice because it prevented information overload。
Nathan Albright
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This was an uncomfortable book to read， and it seems deliberately so。 In reading this book I had all kinds of questions， and they were not necessarily the right kind of questions as well for someone who is not expecting children nor is in a romantic relationship at present。 For one， the editors of this book appear to be of the belief that nipples not only need to be freed when it comes to encouraging public breastfeeding but also to demonstrate the way that breasts change in appearance during This was an uncomfortable book to read， and it seems deliberately so。 In reading this book I had all kinds of questions， and they were not necessarily the right kind of questions as well for someone who is not expecting children nor is in a romantic relationship at present。 For one， the editors of this book appear to be of the belief that nipples not only need to be freed when it comes to encouraging public breastfeeding but also to demonstrate the way that breasts change in appearance during the course of pregnancy。 Indeed， the book's photographic approach is remarkable， whether that includes lots of images of how an unborn child looks in the womb or what it looks like to put cold lettuce or cabbage leaves under one's bra in order to cool down those toasty pregnancy breasts。 Also of concern to this reader at least was the way in which the editors felt it necessary to repeatedly hammer in the "day by day" tips how it is that one could encourage pregnancy， since it appears that this book is aimed at people who appear to have fertility problems， whether because either （or both） the husband or wife is old or because of various health conditions。 None of these make for comfortable reading， it should be noted。This massive book of about 500 pages or so is divided into several unnumbered sections and many of the pages are full of photographs that must have been sourced in a very disciplined way given their similarity in filter and focus on the bodies of suitably diverse pregnant women。 The book begins with a short introduction and then moves on to a discussion of what is involved in a healthy pregnancy， including diet， exercise， sex， illnesses and medications， and even such matters as traveling。 After that comes a section on pregnancy day by day， which is further divided into the three trimesters and then week by week， along with sections that deal with such subjects as conception， genes and inheritance， exercises， prenatal care options， ultrasounds， diagnostic tests， and assessing fetal growth and well-being。 Some of the discussions focus on the partner or doctors or various other pregnancy-related matters。 The next section after that is labor and birth， including pain management for women in labor。 Then comes a discussion on life with a new baby， with a focus on the first two weeks and then a discussion on the six week checkup。 Finally， the book ends with a discussion of concerns and complications during and after birth of diverse kinds， as well as a glossary， resources， index， and acknowledgements。In reading this book， it is pretty easy to tell that this book is aimed at suburban mothers-to-be who have various reasons （including the possibility of past STDs from lengthy sexual experience） for having fertility concerns who are highly motivated to care for an unborn child and have the means to adopt strange but potentially useful means of caring for themselves as well。 This book is not really written for someone involved in an uncomfortable or even unwanted pregnancy， but is aimed at those who want children and are willing and able to take fairly serious steps in order not only to have children but also to provide those children with the best possible situation。 The authors also expect that some of the readers will be single mothers， but single mothers who would be able to schedule daytime classes to avoid lovey-dovey couples， and to have an awareness of the legal protections that pregnant women are supposed to have according to the law。 Again， this book is aimed at a savvy， middle-class audience that can be expected to have reasonably flexible and understanding job situations and bosses as well as the resources to do well in pregnancy。 Whether or not that is a reasonable assumption to make is not really for me to decide。 。。。more
Vicky
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I really love this book。 It helped me throughout my pregnancy， it was an easy read with lots of important information。 It was definitely worth reading。
Jay Kenobi
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3。5 stars。On the whole extremely informative with a lot of really useful contents。 I did however have several gripes about this book:1。 Its size。 There are a ludicrous number of pictures that are mostly unnecessary （I don't need a daily foetus development photo - you can imagine how little variance there is from photo to photo at that frequency） with the end result that the book is so large that it's too heavy to lift to read for any duration， but even in the first trimester was way too uncomfor 3。5 stars。On the whole extremely informative with a lot of really useful contents。 I did however have several gripes about this book:1。 Its size。 There are a ludicrous number of pictures that are mostly unnecessary （I don't need a daily foetus development photo - you can imagine how little variance there is from photo to photo at that frequency） with the end result that the book is so large that it's too heavy to lift to read for any duration， but even in the first trimester was way too uncomfortable to have it resting against my abdomen whilst reading， so I had to prop it awkwardly on cushions balanced in my lap any time I wanted to read it。 2。 The 'focus on Dads' sections are extremely infrequent， very small， often patronising， and not once did they contain information I felt worth relaying to my husband。 Originally we had planned for him to read this book also， and we quickly ascertained it wasn't worth his time & ended up buying him a separate book on parenthood。 It also frustrated me that the authors automatically assumed a mum/dad parentage and excluded same sex couples。 3。 Baby was referred to as he or she intermittently， sometimes even changing gender mid paragraph。 I wish the authors had chosen 'they' and stuck with it。 。。。more
Linda Fricker
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The Day-By-Day Pregnancy Book is really the only book you will need from conception to well-after birth of your first born。 My favourite thing about this book is that it is so easy to read in little chunks thanks to the page per day of pregnancy format， which allowed my husband and I to sit together and read it each day to see how our babies were developing。 The only downside to this is that the book is huge and heavy！ I struggled to sit with it comfortably on my lap by the time I was 24 weeks w The Day-By-Day Pregnancy Book is really the only book you will need from conception to well-after birth of your first born。 My favourite thing about this book is that it is so easy to read in little chunks thanks to the page per day of pregnancy format， which allowed my husband and I to sit together and read it each day to see how our babies were developing。 The only downside to this is that the book is huge and heavy！ I struggled to sit with it comfortably on my lap by the time I was 24 weeks with my twins。 It is a very comprehensive yet easy to understand pregnancy book， with information on all aspects of pregnancy， from trying for a baby right through to the early stages of parenthood。 I found it the most informative of all my pregnancy books on labour and child-birth。 。。。more
Wayne Farmer
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Good information for pregnant people - contains all the info you need relevant to the time of the pregnancy you are at。 I guess its quite difficult in a day by day book to find things to write without some repetition and that is a downside to the format。 Our other complaint is that while sold in the UK the book is written in the US so while most of the info is relevant there is a lot of info on health schemes， etc which is aimed at the US population that will be different to us here。 It would ha Good information for pregnant people - contains all the info you need relevant to the time of the pregnancy you are at。 I guess its quite difficult in a day by day book to find things to write without some repetition and that is a downside to the format。 Our other complaint is that while sold in the UK the book is written in the US so while most of the info is relevant there is a lot of info on health schemes， etc which is aimed at the US population that will be different to us here。 It would have been nice for the volume to have been updated for the UK market。 。。。more
Leticia
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I can finally review all the books I've been reading！ I swear I've been reading， it has just been all pregnancy books haha！ I can finally review all the books I've been reading！ I swear I've been reading， it has just been all pregnancy books haha！ 。。。more
Margot
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This book is fun and informative， if you have the time。 Inside you'll find a two-page spread for every single day of your pregnancy。 The information goes a little more in-depth than any pregnancy app I've seen。 But I found it was generally the same information I was getting elsewhere from other pregnancy books I'm reading。 I didn't have the time to keep up with this daily read， so only kept up with it for a couple of weeks in the second trimester。 This book is fun and informative， if you have the time。 Inside you'll find a two-page spread for every single day of your pregnancy。 The information goes a little more in-depth than any pregnancy app I've seen。 But I found it was generally the same information I was getting elsewhere from other pregnancy books I'm reading。 I didn't have the time to keep up with this daily read， so only kept up with it for a couple of weeks in the second trimester。 。。。more
Heather
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This hefty tome includes all the features kids love about Dorling-Kindersley books: lots of pictures and little blurbs of text on various topics。 It is intended to be used literally day by day during pregnancy， and as such provides interesting little facts about baby's development and mom and dad's feelings and preparations， too。 Inevitably， some of the information is relevant only to particular situations （e。g。 carrying multiples， single moms， households with older siblings）。 All in all， it is This hefty tome includes all the features kids love about Dorling-Kindersley books: lots of pictures and little blurbs of text on various topics。 It is intended to be used literally day by day during pregnancy， and as such provides interesting little facts about baby's development and mom and dad's feelings and preparations， too。 Inevitably， some of the information is relevant only to particular situations （e。g。 carrying multiples， single moms， households with older siblings）。 All in all， it is nice for what it is: a glossy page-a-day compendium。 However， nearly all the information is contained more fully and in a more logically organized form in other pregnancy books。 。。。more
KayD
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Easy to follow， very detailed， easy to understand， it's now my pregnancy bible。 Easy to follow， very detailed， easy to understand， it's now my pregnancy bible。 。。。more
Jaime Morse
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Quite a detailed read。 This was my third pregnancy and I still learned a lot。
Kate McElfatrick
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This sucker is as big as a textbook！ It has a full page dedicated to each day of your pregnancy， and for a little while after。 I really liked this as a way to read a little bit about your pregnancy each day - a lot of pregnancy apps give you updates once a week。 The book is a little dry if you try to read it all at once， though。Update: Yeah， this was only fun for the first couple months， and then got a bit boring。 It’s hard to keep up enthusiasm for your pregnancy every day！
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Laura
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My sister loaned me this book， since it had been her favourite for her pregnancies。 In addition to this one， I've read about eight other books on pregnancy， and I think this was the one I liked best。 Things I liked about this book: it was a Canadian edition so information on maternity leave and medical was relatively accurate）; it was informative but not alarmist; the bulk of it was set up in a day-by-day format， with one page per day （I tended to pick it up once or twice a week so I could read My sister loaned me this book， since it had been her favourite for her pregnancies。 In addition to this one， I've read about eight other books on pregnancy， and I think this was the one I liked best。 Things I liked about this book: it was a Canadian edition so information on maternity leave and medical was relatively accurate）; it was informative but not alarmist; the bulk of it was set up in a day-by-day format， with one page per day （I tended to pick it up once or twice a week so I could read a few pages in a go）。 There was some repetition here and there， but it wasn't excessive。 。。。more
Hannah
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Lots of pictures of what's going on。 Very reassuring Lots of pictures of what's going on。 Very reassuring 。。。more
Maggie
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Very Informative， love reading about my baby's development from week to week。 Very Informative， love reading about my baby's development from week to week。 。。。more
Courtney Hatch
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Woof。 This book has a page or two for every DAY of your pregnancy。 Not month。 Not week。 DAY。 It is some serious information overload。 Because it is so long， there is a ton of repeated information。 The pictures are also weird--like they're from a glossy magazine where all pregnant women just love having swollen ankles hahah。 I understand the concept is to give women something to read every day of their pregnancy but seriously who has the time。 Woof。 This book has a page or two for every DAY of your pregnancy。 Not month。 Not week。 DAY。 It is some serious information overload。 Because it is so long， there is a ton of repeated information。 The pictures are also weird--like they're from a glossy magazine where all pregnant women just love having swollen ankles hahah。 I understand the concept is to give women something to read every day of their pregnancy but seriously who has the time。 。。。more
Jacqueline
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It was a lot of fun reading about my baby's development week to week。 It was a lot of fun reading about my baby's development week to week。 。。。more
Kristin
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