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What to Expect When You're Expecting What to Expect When You're Expecting (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 62,910 ratings — published 1984
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Ina May's Guide to Childbirth Ina May's Guide to Childbirth (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.35 — 35,795 ratings — published 2003
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Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.27 — 60,397 ratings — published 2013
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The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read [and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did] The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read [and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did] (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,614 ratings — published 2019
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The Whole-Brain Child: Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind The Whole-Brain Child: Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.26 — 64,706 ratings — published 2011
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La Maternidad y El Encuentro Con La Propia Sombra La Maternidad y El Encuentro Con La Propia Sombra (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as maternity)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,044 ratings — published 2003
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Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (Audiobook)
by (shelved 8 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.02 — 82,489 ratings — published 2012
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.27 — 40,965 ratings — published 1980
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Somos la leche (edición revisada y actualizada): Dudas, consejos y falsos mitos sobre la lactancia Somos la leche (edición revisada y actualizada): Dudas, consejos y falsos mitos sobre la lactancia
by (shelved 7 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,654 ratings — published 2017
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Bésame mucho Bésame mucho (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,708 ratings — published 1999
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Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.34 — 13,210 ratings — published 2023
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Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.11 — 48,964 ratings — published 2019
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The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,243 ratings — published 2016
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Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as maternity)
avg rating 3.89 — 20,667 ratings — published 2019
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Twelve Hours' Sleep by Twelve Weeks Old: A Step-by-Step Plan for Baby Sleep Success Twelve Hours' Sleep by Twelve Weeks Old: A Step-by-Step Plan for Baby Sleep Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as maternity)
avg rating 3.71 — 4,288 ratings — published 2006
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Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five (Audiobook)
by (shelved 5 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.30 — 15,564 ratings — published 2010
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The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as maternity)
avg rating 3.45 — 4,096 ratings — published
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Un regalo para toda la vida Un regalo para toda la vida (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,609 ratings — published 1999
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The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as maternity)
avg rating 3.89 — 31,820 ratings — published 2002
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The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition) The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two (Revised and Updated Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,520 ratings — published 2010
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Hypnobirthing: Practical Ways to Make Your Birth Better Hypnobirthing: Practical Ways to Make Your Birth Better (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.29 — 7,114 ratings — published
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Neuromaternal: ¿Qué le pasa a mi cerebro durante el embarazo y la maternidad? Neuromaternal: ¿Qué le pasa a mi cerebro durante el embarazo y la maternidad? (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.20 — 796 ratings — published
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Parir: El poder del parto Parir: El poder del parto (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as maternity)
avg rating 3.96 — 926 ratings — published
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Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood―and Trusting Yourself and Your Body Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood―and Trusting Yourself and Your Body (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,039 ratings — published
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The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,234 ratings — published 1999
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Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.19 — 7,504 ratings — published 2004
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The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,162 ratings — published 2013
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Comer, amar, mamar Comer, amar, mamar (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.42 — 358 ratings — published 2011
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What to Expect Before You're Expecting What to Expect Before You're Expecting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as maternity)
avg rating 3.54 — 3,970 ratings — published 2009
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What to Expect Eating Well When You're Expecting What to Expect Eating Well When You're Expecting (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as maternity)
avg rating 3.49 — 1,295 ratings — published 1986
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What to Expect the First Year (What to Expect) What to Expect the First Year (What to Expect)
by (shelved 4 times as maternity)
avg rating 3.94 — 20,815 ratings — published 1989
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How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.37 — 27,451 ratings — published 2017
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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.30 — 224,145 ratings — published 2024
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There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge) There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.11 — 12,758 ratings — published 2017
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The Argonauts The Argonauts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.01 — 58,647 ratings — published 2015
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Educar en el asombro Educar en el asombro (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,308 ratings — published 2012
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El nudo materno El nudo materno (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.23 — 815 ratings — published 1976
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Ser mamá. Guía de embarazo, parto y posparto con ciencia y emoción Ser mamá. Guía de embarazo, parto y posparto con ciencia y emoción (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,170 ratings — published 2022
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Palabra de madre. El poder de la maternidad Palabra de madre. El poder de la maternidad (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.41 — 153 ratings — published
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El cerebro del niño explicado a los padres El cerebro del niño explicado a los padres (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.43 — 3,651 ratings — published 2015
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Hipnoparto. Preparación para un parto positivo Hipnoparto. Preparación para un parto positivo (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,371 ratings — published
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Mamá desobediente: Una mirada feminista a la maternidad Mamá desobediente: Una mirada feminista a la maternidad (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.00 — 738 ratings — published
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What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,431 ratings — published
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Natural Hospital Birth: The Best of Both Worlds Natural Hospital Birth: The Best of Both Worlds (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,326 ratings — published 2018
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My Child Won't Eat: How to Prevent and Solve the Problem My Child Won't Eat: How to Prevent and Solve the Problem (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,937 ratings — published 1999
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Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: The Wisdom and Science of Gentle Choices in Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: The Wisdom and Science of Gentle Choices in Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,387 ratings — published 2005
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Birth without Violence: Revised Edition of the Classic Birth without Violence: Revised Edition of the Classic (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as maternity)
avg rating 4.07 — 781 ratings — published 1974
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Julia Kristeva
“Pregnancy = "the slow, difficult, and delightful apprenticeship in attentiveness, gentleness, forgetting oneself. The ability to succeed in this path without masochism and without annihilating one's affective, intellectual, and professional personality - such would seem to be the stakes to be won through guiltless maternity.”
― Julia Kristeva

“…the male desire to control women’s sexual activity can be traced to efforts to ensure paternity. This impulse lurks behind even the most extreme or bizarre expressions of religious obsession, misogyny, and sexual repression.”
― Malcolm Potts, Sex and War: How Biology Explains Warfare and Terrorism and Offers a Path to a Safer World

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