Great Expectations: Your All-in-One Resource for Pregnancy and Childbirth by Sandy Jones, Marcie Jones, Claire Westdahl (With), Peter S. Bernstein (With)

From the Publisher

“Congratulations, you’re pregnant!”

Whether you’ve just heard these words, or saw the telltale blue lines on the pregnancy test, you’ve now just entered a world filled with ever-changing medical studies; conflicting nutritional advice; a myriad of birth options; and lists of products you’ve been told you must buy. With your active, hectic lifestyle, it’s important to get the information you need without having to wade through mounds of extraneous information. How can you be sure you’re doing all you can to have a happy and healthy baby?

Great Expectations: Your All-in-One Resource for Pregnancy and Childbirth is the most comprehensive and authoritative pregnancy and childbirth book available today, and the ultimate pregnancy guide for today’s intelligent, discerning parent. Neither an update, nor a revision, Great Expectations contains:

• the most current, evidence-based information medical information available today
• critical week-by-week timetable of mother and fetus development
• up-to-the minute guidelines for nutrition and exercise
• comprehensive baby gear information by the nation’s top expert
• the most detailed pregnancy dictionary ever produced in a pregnancy book

What People Are Saying

Jennifer James
Great Expectations really is great! I told a girlfriend of mine that, "it's so good it makes me want to get pregnant all over again." (Editor, Mommy Too! Magazine)

Peg Moline
Emotions, physical changes, lifestyle changes, baby development, it's all there. Get ready: This book will get dog-eared from all your reading and then passed along to your best friends and sister. (Editor-in-Chief, FitPregnancy)

Stacia Ragolia
Great Expectations is the perfect resource for moms-to-be. Sandy and Marcie Jones speak to the expectant mother of today in a friendly, approachable tone, and present their thorough information in a way that's great for both quick look-ups and in-depth reading. (VP, Community & Parenting, iVillage.com)

Ann Stadtler
[Great Expectations] is terrific. The style of writing is clear, warm and very supportive. The breath of the information is terrific. It's a great reference for any question that might arrive in pregnancy. I'm sure parents who are asked to s hare their opinion or explanation of everything will find this reference very helpful for enhancing their confidence in forming an opinion of their own. (MSN, CPNP, Director of the Brazelton Touchpoint Center at Children's Hospital in Boston)

Maureen Corry
Consumer friendly book filled with great women's quotes, helpful information and tips for pregnant women and new families. (Executive Director, Maternity Center Association)

Cherie C. Binns
Accurate, comprehensive, empowering, and current. I see this as being the new Dr. Spock for pregnancy....This is definitely a book I will recommend to my clients who are planning a pregnancy or currently pregnant. (RN, BS, MSCN)

Sharon Schindler Rising
Lots of good info and advice for moms and dads….a book that's fun, readable and full of good information...a great combination. I especially liked the embryology/fetal development sections that make it easy to envision how the baby is growing. Helps to make the normal discomforts of pregnancy worth the bother! (MSN, CNM, FACNM, Founder and Executive Director, The Centering Pregnancy & Parenting Association)

Claire Westdahl
This is a book I will gladly recommend to the women I care for. It provides the most up-to-date medical information about the complexities of modern pregnancy and birth care, but most importantly, communicates the belief that women are powerful; pregnancy is a joyous time; and that birth can be an empowering experience. This is a message that pregnant women desperately need to hear. (CNM, MPH, FACNM)

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