What To Expect When You're Expecting & What To Eat When You're Expecting

by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, Sandee Hathaway

Two great books published in one volume....totaling over 900 pages.
"What to Expect When you're Expecting" is in a comprehensive month by month format, from planning stage through to returning home with your baby. And provides comforting answers to hundreds of questions. If your going to be pregnant you don't want to be without this book.


"What to Eat When You're Expecting" gives clear answers to hundreds of concerns, including: How diet affects morning sickness, mood swings....How tom tell whats safe to eat and what's not........Wether or not your baby will suffer if you can't drink milk. It also features the best-odds diet, with tips for proper wieght gain, ordering in restaurants and accomodating special diets, as well as 100 recipes for high protein meat and meatless dishes, non alcoholic cocktails, naturally sweetened cakes and desserts.

Genres: Nonfiction, Parenting

908 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Heidi Murkoff is the co-author of the What to Expect When You're Expecting series of pregnancy guides. She is also the creator of WhatToExpect.com and founder of the What to Expect Project.

Reviews

[Angela Maher · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have to say I can see why this has been such a successful book. It is easy to find information about just about everything in it, and is written in easy to understand language, in a non-alarmist way. I especially liked the chapters dedicated to each particular month of pregnancy. It made it easy to focus on what was happening at the time, rather than getting overwhelmed by an overload of information. Each of the chapters talked about what you might be experiencing or worrying about at that stage, and it matched in really well with reality.
A couple of other books I read about pregnancy were quite alarmist in their tone, the way they discussed problems that might arise. This book does mention possible problems, but is reassuring in tone, letting you know what might happen without making you worry about it.
If you buy only one pregnancy book, buy this one!

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful guide and resource about what is happening to a woman's body during each month of her pregnancy. It was my bible for several years. There is a lot of good information and tips in this book.