Baby Melissa Skye born on Saturday 29 March 2008. Nearly 21 months old now, running around and into...
Baby Melissa Skye born on Saturday 29 March 2008. Nearly 21 months old now, running around and into everything! Not been on Ciao for a while, been busy with Melissa and part time work, hope to be back on here soon. 091209.
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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.
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l'm glad my pregnancy days are over . . . although my children are producing grandchildren now . . . (womb gone) . . . hope all goes smoothly for you
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lulu2004 07.02.2008 14:48
Great Review. I didnt read this book but I found Miriam Stoppard very good, and the blokes guide to Pregnancy was really funny too. I havent read anything this pregnancy though! Fingers crossed you sail through labour :)
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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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The Rough Guide to Pregnancy and Birth sets out to offer "the soundest, sanest, wittiest ... more
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