ISBN: 9781847393890    Publisher: SIMON Year of publishing: 2008     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 614        Language: English

About The Book The single most influential pregnancy manual on the planet - What To Expect When You're Expecting has a complete revision in this fourth edition. This book is part of a series titled What To Expect and it features a fresh perspective towards the concerns of parents-to-be. Trailing your pregnancy right from the start and providing you with every last detail you need to know from month to month, Heidi Murkoff speaks to potential mothers directly, integrating the most recent developments in obstetrics and keeping the present lifestyle trends in mind. The book explores the practical, physical, emotional, nutritional and sexual aspects of a pregnancy and all the requirements of support expected from your partner. Only furnishing you with details that will answer your every last question about your current situation, this version is completely revised to include tips, hints and humours, about topics like amniocentesis, sex, alternative birthing and breastfeeding among many more. Illustrating week-by-week fetal development in its pages, What To Expect When You're Expecting in this fourth edition provides a comprehensive and friendly approach to all things connected to maternity. Also included in this book are an extended chapter on pre-conception and a brand new one on carrying multiple fetuses. The pregnancy bible gives more advice, solutions and symptoms on physical, emotional, nutritional and sexual facets of this turning point in your lives. Published on 30 May 2008, this book is available in paperback. Key Features This book is a perennial New York Times bestseller and one of USA Today's 25 most influential books of the last 25 years. It is read by 90% of pregnant women who are interested in pregnancy books and has sold over 14.5 million copies in print. A film adaptation of this book was released in May 2012 with the same title, starring Cameron Diaz among many other stars.
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About the Author: Author of the world's best-selling pregnancy and parenting series What To Expect, Heidi Murkoff was born as Heidi Eisenburg in the USA. She is the creator of WhatToExpect.com and founder of the What to Expect Foundation. She has been named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2011 by Time magazine and inducted into the Books For A Better Life Hall of Fame. Heidi lives with her husband Erik and two children in Southern California.
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