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“…my summer reading has been filled up…” — Eastern Eye, August 2003″A book that lives up to its name… Incredibly comprehensive yet easy to follow.” (Chicago Tribune, June 16, 2002) “…my summer reading has been filled up…” (Eastern Eye, August 2003)”A book that lives up to its name…. Incredibly comprehensive yet easy to follow.” — Chicago Tribune, June 16, 2002A book that lives up to its name, author Ann Douglas has packed a remarkable amount of tex (more…)

From Library Journal

This valuable pre-pregnancy resource should be welcomed by prospective parents. Ogle, a dietician, exercise physiologist, and personal trainer, and Mazzullo (OB-GYN, Northwestern Univ. Medical Sch.) recognized that while the importance of optimal health during pregnancy is widely acknowledged, relatively little information is available to consumers about the significant 90 days that precede conception. Stressing that preconception counseling is relevant for a (more…)Smartphone Software

Our goal is to give you all the information you will need to care for your health and the health of your unborn child during your pregnancy.To do that, we believe it is important for you to understand pregnancy, and what is happening to your body as your baby develops and nears term.Therefore, all the information we give you about taking care of yourself will be clarified with information about what is happening to your body and why it is important to follow the recommendations (more…)

From Publishers Weekly

As any pregnant woman knows, there are an overwhelming number of books on the pregnancy resource shelves, and choosing the right one can be trying. Two forces are at work: one conventional, one alternative. Which road to take? Evans has found a solution to the problem by offering a volume that nicely combines both approaches. The author, founder and director of an integrative holistic health center in Fairfield County, Conn., has written a thorough, support (more…)

Everything you need to know about eating right and staying fit during your pregnancy * Sample meal plans for pregnancy, as well as breastfeeding and bottle feeding mothers * Advice on managing special needs: from cravings to morning sickness * Cooking tips for safe and nutritious meals and snacks * Information on food groups, serving sizes, and suggestions for eating wisely

About the Author

Glade B. Curtis, M.D., M.P.H., is board-certified by the Ameri (more…)

Amazon.com Review

With The Best Friend’s Guide to Maternity Leave, author Betty Holcomb tells mothers the wonderful, funny, and sometimes uncomfortable truth about maternity leave. Holcomb, a veteran of two maternity leaves and a contributing editor to Parenting Magazine, takes a practical, non- gimmicky approach to trading career time for precious time with a newborn baby. Reading between the lines of the family medical leave act, she offers sensible strategies for ev (more…)

Amazon.com Review

Beginning with the “10 Greatest Lies About Pregnancy” (number 10: Lamaze works), and ending with postpartum dementia, Vicki Iovine’s Girlfriends’ Guide to Pregnancy has fast become the laywoman’s mouthpiece for the American pregnancy experience. Iovine is irreverent, sassy, and incredibly reassuring as she exposes the “truths” of pregnancy and childbirth, from sex to cellulite to cesareans. Iovine birthed four kids in six years, none of them twins, which (more…)