... I bought two books, Miriam Stoppard and this one - The Rough Guide to Pregnancy and Birth by Kaz Cooke.
I wanted an allround education, so have got a serious book and a not so serious book
This book is excellent. It starts with a pregnancy quiz and says to take this before and after ... Read review
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advice you'll ever get" about life as an expectant mum. Covering "the scary parts, the funny parts and your private parts" Australian author Kaz Cooke counts down t...
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advice you'll ever get" about life as an expectant mum. Covering "the scary parts, the funny parts and your private parts" Australian author Kaz Cooke counts down to motherhood using a week-by-week format, at each stage explaining what's going on to you and baby, exploring common health complaints, suggesting remedies and looking at what will happen at antenatal visits. She also includes a semi-fictitious weekly diary account that provides a friendly and very funny voice to reassure you that you're not alone.Overall, this format works well, particularly if you're a reader who dips in and out. Not least, it means you can check up on whether you're growing out of your clothes at a normal rate! It's also good to sneak a peak at a couple of weeks in the future and suss out what's in store. Its readable, illustrated layout lends itself to perusal when symptoms are getting you down, not just because it makes you laugh about morning sickness, constant weeing and leaking breasts, but also as it make you realise that actually things could be worse! Having sneaked a peak at week 41 you could be disappointed that the diary birth is eventually by Caesarean. Obviously this prepares you for the worst case scenario but it results in skipping over the protracted labour stages which, for most new mums, makes required reading, not matter how scary they sound.On the whole this book is funny, frank and perfect to dip in and out of but it's not one you'd really use as a reference guide, particularly if you were genuinely worried about an aspect of your pregnancy. Being the work of one sole author it's obviously a rather subjective view of what is for everyone, a uniquely personal experience. It complements the likes of Miriam Stoppard and Sheila Kitzinger but (despite being much more entertaining) really couldn't begin to replace them. Pregnant women are notorious for reading every book they can get their hands on, and despiteThe Rough Guide to Pregnancy and Birthpresenting itself as a definitive guide, it's not going to change that habit any time soon.--Shona Campbell
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...Stoppard and this one - The Rough Guide to Pregnancy and Birth by Kaz Cooke.
I wanted an allround education, so have got a serious book and a not so serious book
This book is excellent. It starts with a pregnancy quiz and says to take this before and after you read the book, to see how much you learn, although the quiz is tongue in cheek.
The book starts with weekk 1 - getting ready for pregnancy and ... .../>
Then basically the book goes from week to week, assuming that you are pregnant.
It tells you what to expect from your midwife and hospital appointments. It covers all the issues that women face when pregnant and covers all the things that concern you as well.
The book is in the form of a diary, with some educational bits thrown in. It covers serious issues as well, such as miscarriage.
When I discovered I was pregnant I wanted some books to read to help me find out what lay ahead. I bought two books, Miriam Stoppard and this one - The Rough Guide to Pregnancy and Birth by Kaz Cooke.
I wanted an allround education, so have got a serious book and a not so serious book
This book is excellent. It starts with a pregnancy quiz and says to take this before and after you read the book, to see how much you learn, although the quiz is tongue in cheek.
The book starts with weekk 1 - getting ready for pregnancy and helps you to think seriously about what you are doing. Week 2 covers ovulation and how to get pregnant.
Then basically the book goes from week to week, assuming that you are pregnant.
It tells you what to expect from your midwife and hospital appointments. It covers all the issues that women face when pregnant and covers all the things that concern you as well.
The book is in the form of a diary, with some educational bits thrown in. It covers serious issues as well, such as miscarriage.
This book is a really funny look at pregnancy and childbirth. It suggests that your days of designer heels and clothes are long gone. (Not that I had any to start with!).
The author covers all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth and everything is explained in a sensible way when required and in a more light hearted way in general.
All the way through the book it gives you website addresses and useful books that you can buy. It covers the changes that your body will go through and the lovely and nasty things that you can expect.
It covers pain relief and all aspects of childbirth in a helpful, funny yet serious way and it takes you through the whole thing from start to finish.
The book goes right up to week 43 when you have had your baby and taken it home.
There is a Help section, which covers various issues and gives plenty of website addresses and places where you can get help on breastfeeding, and birth issues.
I found this book to be very useful and it helped to give me an allround view of pregnancy and childbirth, without terrifying the life out of me as well.
I found myself reading a couple of weeks ahead to see what was coming, but generally I read it week to week rather than all in one go, I read it as a diary each week.
I bought my husband the Blokes Guide to Pregnancy which he found very useful, and this is the equivalent for ladies really.
I liked the fact that this was not a technical book and by using it with the Miriam Stoppard one, meant I got a very balanced view.
kismet 07.02.2008 (07.02.2008)
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Review of The Rough Guide to Pregnancy and Birth (Rough Guides Reference Titles) - Kaz Cooke
Advantages: Chatty, friendly style. Informative Disadvantages: Not a technical 'manual'
Almost five months ago now, the good lady and I found out that we were expecting a little bundle of joy. As this was our first, and we had no idea what to expect (outside of the usual advice from friends and family), we thought we'd better invest in a book to guide us through the early stages.
I picked Kaz Cooke's book up on Amazon for about £8 (RRP £9.99). The book is just over 400 pages long and is largely written in a first person style, following ... ...from my point of view...) the little worries that are bound to crop up in the man's head from time to time such as what partners can do to help.
Another useful feature is a ruler guide that shows how big the embryo is on a weekly basis, which is particularly helpful in the later months once you get past the 20 week scan.
Another bonus of the week by week format is that the book can aid planning - week 23 for example (where we are now) guides you ...
Maylie 14.01.2008
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Advantages: Warm, funny and reassuring Disadvantages: Breadth but not depth
...mum. Covering "the scary parts, the funny parts and your private parts" Australian author Kaz Cooke counts down to motherhood using a week-by-week format, at each stage explaining what's going on to you and baby, exploring common health complaints, suggesting remedies and looking at what will happen at antenatal visits. She also includes a semi-fictitious weekly diary account that provides a friendly and very funny voice to reassure you that you're ... ...I especially enjoyed looking at the week by week descriptions of my baby's growth and mine too - this book would be useful to all those planning or preparing for a baby, especially first time mothers. There is not too much doctor's jargon that not everyone understands - but I felt that I needed to read in conjunction with a more medically-oriented book so I could get a rounded view. I also wished there were some supporting pictures and photographs. ...
redbeanxh 13.10.2009
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Type
Non-Fiction
Genre
Lifestyle
Subgenre
Health & Beauty
Title
The Rough Guide to Pregnancy and Birth (Rough Guides Reference Titles)
Author
Kaz Cooke
Publisher
Rough Guides Ltd
ISBN
1843536846
EAN
9781843536840
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<I>The Rough Guide to Pregnancy and Birth</I> sets out to offer "the soundest, sanest, wittiest advice you'll ever get" about life as an expectant mum. Covering "the scary parts, the funny parts and your private parts" Australian author Kaz Cooke counts down to motherhood using a week-by-week format, at each stage explaining what's going on to you and baby, exploring common health complaints, suggesting remedies and looking at what will happen at antenatal visits. She also includes a semi-fictitious weekly diary account that provides a friendly and very funny voice to reassure you that you're not alone. <p> Overall, this format works well, particularly if you're a reader who dips in and out. Not least, it means you can check up on whether you're growing out of your clothes at a normal rate! It's also good to sneak a peak at a couple of weeks in the future and suss out what's in store. Its readable, illustrated layout lends itself to perusal when symptoms are getting you down, not just because it makes you laugh about morning sickness, constant weeing and leaking breasts, but also as it make you realise that actually things could be worse! Having sneaked a peak at week 41 you could be disappointed that the diary birth is eventually by Caesarean. Obviously this prepares you for the worst case scenario but it results in skipping over the protracted labour stages which, for most new mums, makes required reading, not matter how scary they sound. <p> On the whole this book is funny, frank and perfect to dip in and out of but it's not one you'd really use as a reference guide, particularly if you were genuinely worried about an aspect of your pregnancy. Being the work of one sole author it's obviously a rather subjective view of what is for everyone, a uniquely personal experience. It complements the likes of Miriam Stoppard and Sheila Kitzinger but (despite being much more entertaining) really couldn't begin to replace them. Pregnant women are notorious for reading every book they can get their hands on, and despite <I>The Rough Guide to Pregnancy and Birth</I> presenting itself as a definitive guide, it's not going to change that habit any time soon.--<I>Shona Campbell</I>
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