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What to Expect Before You're Expecting: The Complete Guide to Getting Pregnant Hardcover – Illustrated, October 3, 2017

by Heidi Murkoff (Author)

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What to expect. . . the first step. Answers to all your baby-making questions.

Are there ways to improve our chances of having a girl (or boy)?
Does stress affect fertility?
Should we be having sex every day? Every other day? Three times a day?
I’m 37. Does that mean I’ll have a harder time getting pregnant?
How long should we keep trying to conceive before we get some help?
What fertility treatments are available—and how will we be able to pay for them?

Expecting to expect? Plan ahead. Here’s everything you need to know to help prepare for the healthiest possible pregnancy and the healthiest possible baby. Filled with practical tips, empathetic advice, and savvy strategies, all designed to help you get that baby of your dreams on board faster. How to get your body into the best baby-making shape. Which foods feed fertility. Which lifestyle habits to quit and which to cultivate. All about baby-making sex, from timing to positions to logistics—and how to keep it sexy. Figuring out your fertility (and his). When to seek fertility help, and the latest on tests, treatments, and reproductive technology. Expecting to become a dad? This book has you covered, too. Plus, all about the family-building options for single women and same-sex couples.

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Workman Publishing Company
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October 3, 2017
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9 x 1.3 x 6.1 inches
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1523501510
ISBN-13

978-1523501519
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Heidi Murkoff is the author of the What to Expect® series of pregnancy and parenting books with over 38 million copies in print. She is also the creator of WhatToExpect.com and the WhatToExpect app, which reach over 18 million expecting and new parents, and the What to Expect Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping at-risk moms around the world expect healthier pregnancies, safer deliveries, and healthy, happy babies.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Workman Publishing Company; Second edition (October 3, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1523501510
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1523501519
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.35 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 1.3 x 6.1 inches

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Heidi Murkoff is the author of the What to Expect®; series and author of Eating Well When You're Expecting, The What to Expect Pregnancy Journal & Organizer, What to Expect the First Year, The What to Expect Baby-Sitter's Handbook, and the What to Expect Kids series from HarperCollins. Her interactive website is www.whattoexpect.com, and she lives with her family in Los Angeles, California.
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Are you worried? Not enough!

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2018

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Okay, so to be fair, this is a manual and if you need a manual, it's great. It's not really meant for a one sitting read-through. In this respect, the prose is easy to read, the digital text organized with helpful in-text links, and it's pretty short and sweet. A doctor could probably tell you everything in this book, but there may be things you wouldn't think to bring up that'll help you prepare better than you would otherwise.

That said, if, like me, you were thinking, "Maybe I'm just not sure about getting pregnant because I need to educate myself!" and plan to read it in one sitting, don't get this book. Being a manual, this guidebook will cover all the good things, but also ALL THE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG, and in one sitting it's exhausting and nerve-wrecking. If you're in 100%, you might feel assured having all these helpful checklists and reminders and vocabulary lists, but, if not, you might end up feeling even less ready and a bit unnerved.

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Vic

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Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2019

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I have never left a bad review of a book before, but I keep stopping to yell “I hate this book!” at my husband and that’s probably not healthy. The sentence that got me to finally review it is as follows: “Thin may be in, but here’s the skinny on being really skinny.” There’s some helpful info in here, but it’s hard when you can only read a few pages at a time before throwing the book at a wall. Also, my husband was excited to read this with me, only to be put off by the fact that advice for men was relegated into infrequent, tiny boxes with titles like “Butt Out, Dad.” I love a good pun, but these are not punny. Pick literally any other book than this.

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Kaylee Smith

Cutesy alliterated writing style just about ruins any takeaway you'd get

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2018

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Having a hard time getting through it because of the cutesy, tabloid-like lingo author uses. Every other sentence is a punny alliteration. It has some decent info, but it's written like a Seventeen Magazine. Some literary devices peppered in here or there would be just fine, but it's just about every single sentence.

38 people found this helpful

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MC

Shouldn’t this be written for adults?

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020

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I couldn’t shake the feeling while reading this book that it was written for 13 year old girls, who giggle at the slightest mention of sex. While there is some useful information in this book, it’s dumbed down to an embarrassing level. Cutesy acronyms like DP for ‘dancing partner (spouse/ partner)’ and BD for ‘baby dance (aka sex)‘ have no place in a book written for adults who are taking the momentous step of intentionally trying to get pregnant. If this cloying, wink-wink tone doesn’t appeal to you, skip this one and any other books in their series (What to Expect When You’re Expecting, etc).

16 people found this helpful

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Stephanie

Eh, it's okay.

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2018

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The book had tons of good information in it, but it was overwhelmed with the author's constant remarks and attempts at joking. I understand it's done to relate to the consumer, but when it's literally in every other sentence, it's a bit much. If she toned it done a bit, I would've enjoyed it more.

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Enjoying the read 😊

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2020

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I’m enjoying this book. Some information is very interesting and new. Other information is not new and obvious but you have to keep in mind that this is almost like a “how to” book and the author has to assume that she’s teaching the ignorant. You have to walk before you can run right? Anyways using this book I think I have a pretty good guideline of how to go about things including but not limited too,
1. what are necessary changes that need to be made.
2. What are some things that should be done prior.
3. What to do when things don’t go as planned or when you are faced with some milestones.
So on and so forth..
This book is good for people with pcos, endometriosis and other hormonal issues who feel or fear the struggles of trying to conceive. And the best part is, you don’t need a medical dictionary to read this book. The book reads like a simplified visit with your ob-GYN. Very easy to understand language and as though you are actually having a conversation (being spoken too.) I would personally recommend this book.

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MontessoriMiss

Learned a whole lot more than expected

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2018

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I thought I was educated, but I learned so much from this book. I found this book while looking for What to Expect Your Child's First Year, which I wanted to read because I work with infants and its always nice to get more information from different places. when books are in a series, I like to read all of them, so I started with this one and will continue through the child's second year book. I didn't know what to expect from this book starting out, but I am glad I read it. I have no children and was interested in what women go through when they are pregnant, I never even thought about the before pregnancy process. The parts about hormonal changes and how to recognize them in your own body set of a light bulb above my head. I read sections out of order and reread some, Overall I really enjoyed this book. It also served as an introduction and I took some of the topics and conducted further research.

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Good pre-pregnancy book

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2020

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I will admit that I knew NOTHING about getting pregnant when my husband and I decided to start trying. This book really helped. I felt that it was to the point without being boring and stuffy. Without the help of technology and just learning my body's "signals" from this book, we were pregnant within 5 months of trying (and I'm in my upper 30s). I'd say that was a success and I contribute a part of that to this book!

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