Expecting Better : : how to Fight the Pregnancy Establishment With Facts

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Call Number: Adult Book / Nonfiction / Health & Fitness / Pregnancy & Childbirth / Oster, Emily, 618.2 Os
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Pt. 1: In the beginning : conception. Prep work ; Data-driven conception ; The two-week wait -- Pt. 2: The first trimester. The vices : caffeine, alcohol, and tobacco ; Miscarriage fears ; Beware of deli meats! ; Nausea and my mother-in-law ; Prenatal screening and testing ; The surprising perils of gardening -- Pt. 3: The second trimester. Eating for two? You wish ; Pink and blue ; Working out and resting up ; Drug safety -- Pt. 4: The third trimester. Premature birth (and the dangers of bed rest) ; High-risk pregnancy ; I'm going to be pregnant forever, right? ; Labor induction -- Pt. 5: Labor and delivery. The labor numbers ; To epidural or not to epidural? ; Beyond pain relief ; The aftermath ; Home birth: progressive or regressive? And who cleans the tub?
Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most pro¬%x;found, meaningful experiences of adulthood--can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. We're told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee, but aren't told why. Rules for prenatal testing are hard and fast--and unexplained. Are all of these recommendations right for every mom-to-be? Here, award-winning economist Emily Oster shows that pregnancy rules are often misguided and sometimes flat-out wrong. Pregnant women face an endless stream of decisions, from the casual to the frightening. Expecting Better presents the hard facts and real-world advice you won't get at the doctor's office or in the existing literature. --From publisher description.

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great resource for those pregnant or trying to get pregnant submitted by laurenalysse on August 6, 2018, 10:18am I enjoyed this book very much -- it truly approached the pregnancy research in a comprehensive way that took note of the paternalistic tendencies of much of the research on exposures during pregnancy.

Reassuring! submitted by srah on June 17, 2019, 11:20am I enjoyed this book and I wish I'd thought to read it before actually getting pregnant, because the sections about getting pregnant were also interesting.

*sigh* submitted by mrajraspn08 on April 29, 2021, 9:04am Maybe it's because I know how to read the facts myself (Master degree, with both degrees featuring statistics heavily), but I find this book and its sequel more infuriating than reassuring. It doesn't look at all the facts--she says repeatedly that there's no facts to support the opposite opinion when, in fact, there are. I don't believe doctors should be followed blindly, but I would trust the medical establishment as a whole over an economist when it comes to medicine. I think this book can be a great point to begin your own research and discussion--her facts and research are true, after all, just varying degrees of incomplete--but shouldn't be taken as a be-all-end-all for medical advice.

A must have for any expectant parent submitted by dpersonke on August 2, 2023, 9:57am The data driven insights are essential and Emily Oster's light hearted writing style is a delight to read.