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The Working Woman's Pregnancy Book
<P style="MARGIN: 0in -0.2in 0pt 0in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%">This up-to-date guide addresses all the subjects you would expect to find in an authoritative book on pregnancy plus issues of special concern to the 60 to 80 percent of women who hold jobs during their pregnancies:</p><P style="MARGIN: 0in -0.2in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HE...more
Paperback, 584 pages
Published
May 8th 2008
by Yale University Press
(first published 2008)
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About 75% of the information found in Greenfield's pregnancy guide for career women can be found in other pregnancy preparation books - information on what to expect each month, tips about finding and communicating with doctors, advice for easing discomforts, etc. However, the book does include helpful tips about talking with your employer about work and maternity leave, preparing for the return to work and managing pregnancy symptoms and problems within the workplace. Greenfield, facing a dau...more
Although I'm not working right now, this book was written by my current OB. It is a very long book, but very comprehensive. Although none of the information was surprising, I was impressed at how thorough it was. If you were just to read one book, I think this could be the one. In addition to covering getting pregnant and the stages of pregnancy she discusses all options for types of classes to take to prepare for birth, medical interventions that may be necessary (or not), and details about...more
This book had lots of quotes from actual women which I really like and it was an overall thorough book with a couple of standout sections.
This book pretty much the generic guide to pregnancy that you can find with a few tidbits thrown in that might relate to a working woman. However, I found those tidbits to be ridiculously unhelpful such as the advice to sit by the door during meetings so you can easily escape if needed to toss your cookies. Or how about this gem... tell your boss that you are pregnant by making an appointment to talk to him or her - that's a big duh.
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I liked this one. It was straightforward, and the vignettes from the women I found to be helpful, insightful, and thoughtfully quoted by the author.
It was balanced - neither too laid-back nor too alarming.
I did feel like the info on work accommodations could have been fleshed out more. It was a little bare. But I suppose with laws changing all the time, this was unavoidable.
It was balanced - neither too laid-back nor too alarming.
I did feel like the info on work accommodations could have been fleshed out more. It was a little bare. But I suppose with laws changing all the time, this was unavoidable.
I read this one in our planning phase, too, to have a better understanding of what we were in for and what my work life might look like for the better part of a year. It's a good book: fairly basic information, simple to understand, and a good introduction for folks like me (who had been very focused on work, and was starting to figure out the details of what I'd need to know).
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