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luvsun27
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Kim
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Books?
What are some good books I can get being newly PG? I would love to get DH something also...thanks much.
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Posted 3/1/06 9:05 AM  |
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dandr10199
Grace is growing up too fast!
Member since 10/05 11561 total posts
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Dina
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Re: Books?
For DH:
1 -She's having a baby and I'm having a meltdown!
2 - The expectant father
For you:
1- Girlfriends guide to Pregnancy
2- Baby Laughs
IMHO...I would not get "what to expect" because it freaked me out. HAlf of the book talks about all of the things that can go wrong in pregnancy and birth. After reading it I did not sleep for two nights, and came into my first OB appointment practically crying and totally freaked out. The book had convinced me for weeks that I would miscarry.
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| Posted 3/1/06 9:10 AM |
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maybebaby
LIF Adult
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Maureen
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Re: Books?
I actually have to say I love "what to expect"..i thought it was very to the point and offered a ton of advice. It didn't scare me at all and i found it so helpful. But some people don't love it...
Another book I have is "the pregnancy bible" and it has pictures week by week of the baby as well as your body as it changes. I thought it was good! The Jenny McCarthy book is hilarious, but prob scared me more than the others!! She speaks the absolute truth, good and bad!
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| Posted 3/1/06 9:43 AM |
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Marcie
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Re: Books?
I have week by week of your pregnancy
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| Posted 3/1/06 9:48 AM |
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LI2VA
Love my life!!
Member since 11/05 3125 total posts
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Melissa
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Re: Books?
Posted by Marcie
I have week by week of your pregnancy
I have this one too, i love it!
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| Posted 3/1/06 10:09 AM |
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ckdk
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Cheryl
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Re: Books?
Posted by maybebaby
I actually have to say I love "what to expect"..i thought it was very to the point and offered a ton of advice. It didn't scare me at all and i found it so helpful. But some people don't love it...
Same here... I also have Your Pregnancy Week by Week.
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| Posted 3/1/06 10:14 AM |
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MrsSchwags
Soccer Baseball Lax Mom
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Jennifer
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Re: Books?
Posted by Marcie
I have week by week of your pregnancy
I have this and really enjoy it. DH and I read it together.
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| Posted 3/1/06 10:15 AM |
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mom2be
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Re: Books?
Posted by mrsv1015
Posted by Marcie
I have week by week of your pregnancy
I have this one too, i love it!
I just ordered this, my friend recommended it to me. I have what to expect now, but hardly read it, I feel it is all just people asking questions.
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| Posted 3/1/06 10:18 AM |
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DRMom
Two in Blue
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Melissa
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Re: Books?
Belly Laughs is funny too by Jenny McCarthy. I laughed out loud to a couple of things in there.
What to expect when you're expecting
Your pregnancy week by week-it didn't scare me either but I am a person that likes to know ALLL the research thats out there. I gues it depends what type of person you are
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| Posted 3/1/06 10:53 AM |
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Shelly
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Re: Books?
I DEFINITELY recommend the Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy as the first book you read. It is very funny, calming and reassuring.
I also love Pregnancy: week by week
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| Posted 3/1/06 10:54 AM |
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michele31
LIF Adult
Member since 5/05 3372 total posts
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Michele
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Re: Books?
Girlfriend's Guide is GREAT
I love A Thinking Women's Guide to Birth
A Nursing Mother's Companion Guide
Working Mother/Nursing Mother
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| Posted 3/1/06 11:33 AM |
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wowcoulditbe
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Member since 1/06 6689 total posts
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D
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Re: Books?
I read Belly Laughs by jenny McCarthy and it was good - but I might recommend taking it out of the library, you don't really "need" a copy of it - at least in my opinion.
We also got the set "What to Expect when you are expecting" and "what to expect in the first year" from BJ's - its 20.00 right now but honestly we haven't read them yet.
I borrowed the Anxious Parent's Guide to Pregnancy and read it but it freaked me out with all the things that can go wrong and I didn't love it....thats just me....
My ob/gyn gave us a book as well when I becem pregnant that is wirrten by the American Obstetrics Association (or something like that) and I read that one as well and found it helpful.
Mostly I got a lot of info online too!
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| Posted 3/1/06 1:10 PM |
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Anniegrl
I'm two!
Member since 5/05 4320 total posts
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Ann
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Re: Books?
I have this and I love it:
"The Pregnancy Journal; A Day-To-Day Guide to a Healthy and Happy Pregnancy"
I also have "The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy". It's funny, although her whole chapter about exercise and how you shouldn't bother doing it because you're going to get fat and ugly anyway really ticked me off 
But otherwise it's a cute book.
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| Posted 3/1/06 1:23 PM |
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