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Your Pregnancy Week by Week, 6th Edition (Your Pregnancy Series) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Glade B. Curtis, Judith Schuler
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  357 reviews
Sales Rank: 1640
Media: Paperback
Edition: 6 Rev Upd
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Pages: 664
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1.5
ISBN: 0738211095
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.2
EAN: 9780738211091
ASIN: 0738211095
Publication Date: December 3, 2007
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Amazon.com Review
When you're pregnant, there is nothing more exciting than keeping up with the drastic changes your body undergoes on a weekly basis. In Your Pregnancy Week by Week, Glade B. Curtis, M.D. (Your Pregnancy Questions and Answers, Your Pregnancy After Thirty) has written a clear, easy to follow guidebook. Each "week" includes information on: How Big Is Your Baby?, How Big Are You?, How Your Baby Is Growing and Developing, Changes in You, How Your Actions Affect Your Baby's Development, You Should Also Know, and a Tip of the Week. With the exception of the You Should Also Know sections (which sometimes focus on rare problems and concerns), the tone of the book is informative, chatty and reassuring. An extensive, excellent glossary adds value. Your Pregnancy Week by Week seems intended to both simplify and expand on the information an inexperienced or first-time mother-to-be receives from her medical provider. It is especially ideal for very young pregnant women seeking to better understand the changes in their bodies. --Ericka Lutz
Product Description
Your Pregnancy Week by Week is the most medically current and comprehensive pregnancy guide available. Doctors recommend it. Reviewers praise it. Pregnant couples rely on it. With over 70 new topics covered, and completely updated throughout to keep up with trends, new products, and safety recommendations, this comprehensive, authoritative, and easy-to-use guide includes: Detailed descriptions of baby’s developmental milestones each week Clear illustrations of how both mother and baby are changing and growing Up-to-date information about medical tests and procedures Tips on nutrition and lifestyle and the ways actions affect baby Safe weekly exercises to help mother stay in shape and comfortable Helpful hints for the father-to-be and information on how a pregnancy affects a couple
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 Horribly negative and scary...some misinformation October 11, 2008
Most of the week-by-week's "changes in you" section are so negative and include little gems like depression, varicose veins, urinary tract infections, migraines, mercury poisioning, canavan disease, and the bird flu. No one woman is going to be this unlucky.
The best part is their little piece on homebirth that states, "...Research has shown that giving birth at home is an extremely risky undertaking." Really? Because the World Health Organization's research shows different results, and in this book they did not cite their "research" anywhere. I highly suspect a bias here towards physicians, NOT mothers and babies.
I can see why the US has one of the highest maternal/fetal injury and death rates in the developed world. If women are fed this information they are probably terrified and willing to submit to any medical procedures their doctor suggests in order for him/her to cover his/her liability, often creating a cascade of medical interventions that takes birth away from the hands/power of moms and into the hands/power of docs and HMOs. This book made me upset and anxious. STAY AWAY from this book. For most women birth is a natural, healthy, wonderful time. Get a book that supports that.
limited scope September 27, 2008
This book is helpful when refering to the babies development but does not have a holistic approach to the birthing process, family planning options and child birth and infant care. The good information found in this resource can be found on numerous websites and in many other books that are much better than this. I recommend reading Penny Simkin's Pregnancy Childbirth and the Newborn.
 wonderful book September 22, 2008
This book is so much fun. I read it every week with my husband. It tells you how big your baby is every week and how it is developing.
 Excellent - Informative August 14, 2008
I give this four stars instead of five only because there is information in the later weeks that I wish had been in the beginning weeks. That said, I loved reading about where my baby was in her development each week. Also, this book taught me about pre-eclampsia - I was able to self-diagnose myself, keep my Nurse Practitioner from giving me a "stress test" eight months into the pregnancy (which would have most likely induced seizures), and get into triage right away. I did, in fact, have very severe pre-eclampsia and had to be induced right away with medication to stave off seizures. Five doctors and three nurses later (all in the same room at once) I gave birth to a healthy beautiful baby girl a month early. I'm not sure I would have known about pre-eclampsia and the warning signs had I not read this book. My daughter is now nearly nine years old - I'm very thankful for this book.
I hated this book!!!! Don't waste the time or money. August 13, 2008
Not only are there much better books out there that are informative and inspiring, but aside from style issues, this book does a disservice because of it's haphazard presentation of information. The organization is terrible!! For example, they don't mention cord blood preservation till the 39th week, when it's way too late to order the kit. There are many such examples where they bring up a topic weeks and even months after a pregnant woman should know about that issue.
I feel fortunate that I had access to other books but if this is the only book you're planning on reading during your pregnancy, you will find you are learning about things after the fact, almost useless. There are so many better books out there. Don't waste your time or money on this. I can't imagine how it's in its 6th edition???!
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