What to Expect When You're Expecting Book (5th Ed)
What to Expect When You're Expecting Book (5th Ed)
What to Expect When You're Expecting (Fifth Edition) is a completely revised and updated edition of America’s pregnancy bible. This cover-to-cover (including the cover!) new edition is filled with must-have information, advice, insight, and tips for a new generation of moms and dads. With What to Expect’s trademark warmth, empathy, and humor, it answers every conceivable question expecting parents could have, including dozens of new ones based on the ever-changing pregnancy and birthing practices and choices they face.
- Paperback
- Advice for dads is fully integrated throughout the book.
- All medical coverage is completely updated, including the latest on Zika virus, prenatal screening, and the safety of medications during pregnancy, as well as a brand-new section on postpartum birth control.
- Current lifestyle trends are incorporated, too: juice bars, raw diets, e-cigarettes, push presents, baby bump posting, the lowdown on omega-3 fatty acids, grass-fed and organic, health food fads, and GMOs.
- Expanded coverage of IVF pregnancy, multiple pregnancies, breastfeeding while pregnant, water and home births, and cesarean trends (including VBACs and “gentle cesareans”).
By Heidi Murkoff
With Sharon Mazel
The longest-running New York Times bestseller ever!
With 18.5 million copies in print, What to Expect When You’re Expecting is read by 93% of women who read a pregnancy book and was named one of the “Most Influential Books of the Last 25 Years” by USA Today.
What to Expect© When You’re Expecting was conceived during Heidi Murkoff’s first pregnancy, when she discovered that most guides only added to her questions and worries. Five editions and 19 million copies later, it has become the most widely read pregnancy guide in America (as reported by USA Today).
Paperback | 656 pages
150 x 226 x 38mm | 771g
