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Publisher
The Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most pro-found, 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, award-winning economist Emily Oster shows that pregnancy rules are often misguided and sometimes...
2) Expecting better: why the conventional pregnancy wisdom is wrong-- and what you really need to know
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Series
Language
English
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Description
What to Expect When You're Expecting meets Freakonomics: an award-winning economist disproves standard recommendations about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting. From the author of Cribsheet, a data-driven decision making guide to the early years of parenting
Pregnancy—unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful experiences of adulthood—can reduce otherwise intelligent...
Pregnancy—unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful experiences of adulthood—can reduce otherwise intelligent...
4) Call Jane
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Chicago, 1968. As the city and the nation are on the brink of political upheaval, suburban housewife Joy and her husband and daughter are living the all-American dream. But Joy's tranquil world is shattered when her life-threatening pregnancy forces her to navigate a medical establishment unwilling to help. This impossible situation leads Joy to the 'Janes,' an underground network providing the only available alternative, helmed by fierce advocates...
Author
Publisher
Human Kinetics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Pregnancy Fitness provides information and techniques to help women build and maintain physical fitness to have a healthy pregnancy. It also provides exercises to enable them to gain the functional fitness skills they will need to be prepared for the everyday physical demands of motherhood. It details information about the physical changes that occur during pregnancy, programs of physical fitness for all stages of pregnancy, physical training to...
Author
Publisher
Spring House Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
On your journey into mamahood, making your own healthy meals, soothing skin care products, and everyday sen baby items allows you to choose what goes on and into your--and your baby's--body. Inside you'll find directions for belly butter and baby powder; ginger syrup and healthy first birthday smash cake; burp cloths and changing maths; and much more! --
Many of the everyday products we rely on through pregnancy and baby's first year are actually...
Author
Publisher
Harper Horizon
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Being Zen(ish) is what we call it--and it's the ish that we endorse! Teresa Palmer and Sarah Wright Olsen, two moms from opposite sides of the world, are doing their best to raise happy, empathetic children while working, traveling, and maintaining their sanity. With seven kids between them, the founders of the much-loved Your Zen Mama blog know as well as anyone that motherhood doesn't exist in the highlight reel of life, and that finding even a...
Author
Publisher
Diana
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"�Cu�al es el peor miedo al que te has enfrentado durante el embarazo? Es natural que al recibir la noticia pases de la emoci�on a un mar de preguntas y cuidados basados en creencias populares o experiencias ajenas. Todos te dan consejos sin que se los pidas y son m�as los mitos que las verdades. Por eso Emily Oster, destacada economista, se dio a la tarea de investigar a profundidad las opiniones sobre el embarazo y comprobar la veracidad...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Cuando estás embarazada, y especialmente de tu primer hijo, familiares, amigos y hasta conocidos no suelen reprimirse en ofrecer muchos consejos y advertencias -todos ellos bien intencionados, claro está, pero a veces contradictorios- sobre lo que debes o no debes hacer. Las recomendaciones del tipo "por si acaso, mejor no lo hagas" se están convirtiendo para muchas madres en una verdadera dictadura. Algunas se constriñen en el papel de víctimas,...
Author
Publisher
Familius
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Pregnant women are bombarded by 'risk factors' they must avoid from the moment the stick turns pink. Heroic mothers-to-be sacrifice their favorite foods and activities for the sake of their baby, but with such long lists of 'dont's' and conflicting information, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. Daphne Adler, a mathematician, management consultant, and self-proclaimed 'numbers junkie' turns her expertise to pregnancy and the real research behind the...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Image
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The bestselling authors of the First Forty Daysencourage mothers-to-be to care for themselves-and not just their babies-during pregnancy There is so much noise surrounding pregnancy and birth. There are countless books teeming with information-what test does what, the "rights" and "wrongs" of eating, and "safe" or "risky" lifestyle choices-but few that hold a woman through the experience, acting as an elder sister, a matriarch, or a circle of women...
Author
Publisher
Dundurn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Sweeping away the clutter of iffy parenting advice, the Green Mama speaks to scientists, researchers, and moms to give expecting and current parents the best guide to health issues affecting our children. Filled with humour, good advice, and helpful resources, Green Mama-to-Be is the essential book for today's expectant parent."--
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