I was given this book to read roughly a year before trying for a baby. And no, the extra year's wait had nothing to do with the book. Although, for those less familiar with the medical aspects of pregnancy, I could understand why this book might scare the ever-loving crap out of people. While most Hollywood moms are out there making pregnancy look effortless and glamorous, this book perhaps swings a bit far to the opposite extreme.

To clarify, McCarthy is no wordsmith, and her sense of humor is generally crude. I was very back and forth on finding her both candidly charming, and tactlessly repelling. For that I actually applaud her, as it ensured she held my interest all the way through just for the sake of seeing what she would say and HOW she would say it.

She did bring up a few legitimate things that I rarely see mentioned regarding childbirth, so in that there was some value. But this should, by no means, be used as any sort of a serious guide to the very individualistic process of pregnancy and birthing. I view this as merely a humorous Layman's pregnancy memoir.