This is a perfect gift purchase for the friend, partner or family member who is facing the nine-month wonder of pregnancy. Text is light and humorous, reassuring and informal with first-person accounts from Susan's extensive experience as a physician and midwife. The carefully designed and illustrated pages bring the right lightness of touch to supply a reassuringly informal guide to one of the most important times of a couple's life. With ten chapters including Letting It All Sink In, Early Pregnancy, Concerns - Your Changing Body, Your Health and Nutrition, A simple Guide to Prenatal Testing, Late Pregnancy Concerns - Your Aches and Pains, Baby Stuff - Getting Ready for Your Bundle of Joy, Heading to the Hospital, Your Special Delivery, So What Now? - After the Delivery, and Daddy Boot Camp - Important Issues for Every Expectant Father.
Cute, colorful book that gives a broad overview of pregnancy, apparently geared towards young women or women who don't like to read too much. Does not go into much depth on most subjects, but it does have cute illustrations and interesting "fascinating facts." I did learn a few things but only because I haven't read What to Expect yet.