A review by asipofcozy
What to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff

informative medium-paced

3.5

Definitely has been helpful to answer a lot of questions and concerns I have had thus far in pregnancy. It actually covered a lot of questions that many other pregnancy books don't touch on which was nice!

What I liked:
  • Contained a lot of great information and a lot of questions that many pregnant women ask.
  • Contains a break down of month-by-month and week-by-week of what you can expect and what's going on with baby.

What I didn't like:
  • It pushes breastfeeding and doesn't give any alternatives. All pregnancy books tend to say "breast is best" but many still go over formula and bottle feeding, this one does not. It encourages and pushes breastfeeding as the only option and doesn't discuss alternatives.
  • It's a dry read, this is definitely not a cutesy pregnancy book and you need the brain power at times to get through it.
  • It tends to follow the very strict guidelines on debunked pregnancy myths (coffee, sleeping on back, eating sushi, etc.) which contradicts a lot of what doctors say now of days and studies show.
  • Fear based approach to examples given - definitely don't think putting fear in first time mom's is the way to go. Especially around birth examples.
  • If you are looking at a  naturopathic pregnancy route, definitely wouldn't recommend reading this. Read for what the body is going through and the baby growth but not the recommendations.