What was the best book that you bought during pregnancy?

Answer 1

I *hate* the "What to Expect" books and the "Girlfriend's Guide" books.

Best Pregnancy Books:
The Pregnancy Book by Dr. Sears
Your Pregnancy Week By Week by Curtis

Best Birth Books:
The Birth Book by Dr. Sears
The Birth Partner by Simkin
Birthing From Within by England
Choosing Waterbirth by Bertrahm (sp?)
Husband Coached Childbirth by Dr. Bradley

Best Breastfeeding Books:
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League
So THAT'S What They're For by Janet Tamaro

Best Child Development Books:
The Baby Book by Dr. Sears
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child by the AAP

Best Parenting Books:
Adventures in Gentle Discipline by Hilary Flower
The Discipline Book by Dr. Sears
The Successful Child by Dr. Sears
Kid Cooperation by Elizabeth Pantley
Kids, Parents & Power Struggles by Kurcinka
Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline by Becky Bailey
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Faber & Mazlish
Siblings Without Rivalry by Faber & Mazlish

Answer 2

What To Expect When Your Expecting
by Arlene Eisenberg, Hiedi E. Murkoff, & Sandee E. Hathaway, B.S.N. with a foreword by Dr. Richard Aubry.

Also, try What To Expect The First Year & What To Expect The Toddler Years. These will get you through to the child's 3rd Birthday

Answer 3

"What to Expect When You're Expecting" was the absolute best. It tells you what common ailments are every month, what to expect at doctor visits and how the baby is developing.
It calmed a lot of my fears to see what I thought of as abnormal as common.
I also bought a week-by-week book, but I don't remember the name. I gave it away a few months ago. I just didn't like it as much.

Answer 4

Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way is the best book I bought. It tells everything you need to practice in order to have a baby.

Answer 5

I loved your Pregnancy Week By Week, but I also owned a What to Expect When Your Expecting. Out of both I loved the Pregnancy Week By Week the best!! ((CoNgRaTs)) and ((GoOd LuCk))!
=^..^=

Answer 6

What to Expect While Expecting. I bought it and then when I went for my first Dr. visit they gave it to me! So I have 2, my husband took one of them so he can read it. Your pregnancy week by week is good too

Answer 7

"Belly Laughs" by Jenny McCarthy. It's a really quick read and it's hillarious!! It's a nice brake from all the "informative" books I read all throughout my pregnancy. It's really funny..because she makes fun of the many symptoms that we pregnant women go through. It really cracked me up.

Answer 8

Your Week by Week Pregnancy, by Dr. Glade Curtis. I liked it better than "What to Expect..." because it went by weeks, rather than months.

Answer 9

what to expect when you're expecting
jenny mccarthy's "belly laughs" and "baby laughs" (they are sooo funny!)
and i've been reading TONS of girly books, like the shopaholic series by sophie kinsella and other fun novels
also, i've been reading a lot of baby magazines and parenting magazines.

the fun reads are for me b/c all my friends and family keep telling me to read now, b/c soon i won't have time to read anything!

take care.

Answer 10

What to expect when expecting and week by week... Also try going online to

www.babycenter.com

And you can emails sent to you with updates on your pregnancy

Good Luck!!!