Arlene Eisenberg, Sandee E. Hathaway, Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff - What to Expect When You're Expecting Books

Pros: Outline format; Easy to find answers to questions
Cons: Not very useful for those who have already experienced being pregnant

Childbirth can have its ups and downs and it can be especially stressful for those who are experiencing it for the first time. For those who have been through the ordeal more than once, pregnancy is a little more bearable because you have already ...

Pros: easy, interesting read
Cons: NONE

Whenever anyone I knew got pregnant, all they would do is talk about this book. Also every movie I have ever watched based on pregnancy has the leading woman reading “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”. So as you can imagine when I first found out I...

Pros: Informative; Easy To Understand
Cons: none

When I found out I was pregnant 2 years ago, I immediately went to the bookstore to get this book after a close friend recommended it. Needless to say, once I got it home, I could not put it down.

Finding out you are pregnant is a very...

Pros: Very informative and helpful to those expecting or hoping to in the near future.
Cons: Once you start reading, you won't want to stop.

What To Expect When You're Expecting is a book that every pregnant woman and her family members should possess. My ob/gyn agrees. For this very reason, this book is distributed to each new obstetric patient in their office. I first heard of this ...

Pros: easy to read, provides some information
Cons: scares you half to death, not very encouraging to breastfeeding

With this review, I will first summarize the book and then tell you what is good and bad about the book, and why I don't recommend it.

I never bother to read the introductions in books, but I tried to read this one. No luck. Entirely too...

Pros: A wealth of information
Cons: if you are paranoid, you may only be hurting yourself by buying this book

What To Expect When You're Expecting was my best friend during my third pregnancy. Before you go saying that I should have been more sure of myself, I didn't buy the book. My friend gave me her copy because she had read it and never looked at it...

Pros: anwsers to all questions
Cons: none

What to expect from “What to expect when you are expecting?” Everything! and that is exactly what you will get. The answers to all of the questions you will have in the nine months that you are expecting that precious baby. Answers to questions like: Why...

Pros: Answers all your questions and then some
Cons: None

When I was five months pregnant, I moved to a different city, and saw a new doctor. The doctor gave me a lovely gift package including common baby products, magazines and a copy of What To Expect While You’re Expecting.

Getting this book for...

Pros: Mentions the majority of what you're likely to look up
Cons: Condescending, simplistic, fear-inspiring, not "the last word" on anything

When I pulled this off my shelf, three remarkably telling things fluttered out: -- a paper with my scribbles on it, primarily notes on better books to read -- a bookmark/advert hustling me to buy yet more books in the series -- something torn out ...

Pros: This book is great for before pregnancy, during and even for after.
Cons: None known

This is my first Book review so please bare with me. I chose this book because I personally used this book a lot when I was expecting. It's a great book with lots of useful information. It covers almost everything from A to Z about being pregnant,...

Pros: First page of every chapter is informative.
Cons: Where do I start???

This book is so highly rated that I could hardly wait to get pregnant just so I could read it. Luckily I did not have to buy it, it was handed down to me. It went threw both of my sister-in-laws and they saw it as handing down the family secret! To my...

Pros: easy reading, good references, wonderful for "1st timers"
Cons: not in depth on certain subjects, not great for subsequent pregnancies

I've got babies on the brain. It probably has something to do with being 27 weeks pregnant with my third child (another girl), but then again, with all my little kids running around, one barely past being a baby herself, I don't think it can be helped....

Pros: Detailed month-by-month info
Cons: Should come complete with epidural

Let's face it, pregnancy isn't pretty. Let me ask this, how many of you went into pregnancy picturing yourself glowing, content, and at peace with the world. Oh my, would you look at all those hands raising. Now, how many of you would describe your...

Pros: comprehensive information, practical advice
Cons: American bias, a dry read

Pregnancy is a time of great happiness for most people, but can also be a time of worry and stress. There are so many new things happening to your body, that it can be quite unnerving, and lots of first time mums need a bit of reassurance that what they ...

Pros: tons of information on how you may feel during pregnancy
Cons: information is only suggestive...everyone's pregnancy is different

What to Expect When You're Expecting is a month by month guide on pregnancy. It starts with signs of pregnancy and goes all the way through how to prepare for your next baby. It answers many questions like:
Is it safe to have a baby after...