Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong–and What You Really Need to Know (The ParentData Series)
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“Emily Oster is the non-judgmental girlfriend holding our hand and guiding us through pregnancy and motherhood. She has done the work to get us the hard facts in a soft, understandable way.” —Amy Schumer
What to Expect When You’re Expecting meets Freakonomics: an award-winning economist and author of Cribsheet, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected disproves standard recommendations about pregnancy to empower women while they’re expecting.
Pregnancy—unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful experiences of adulthood—can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. Pregnant women are told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee without ever being told why these are forbidden. Rules for prenatal testing are similarly unexplained. Moms-to-be desperately want a resource that empowers them to make their own right choices.
When award-winning economist Emily Oster was a mom-to-be herself, she evaluated the data behind the accepted rules of pregnancy, and discovered that most are often misguided and some are just flat-out wrong. Debunking myths and explaining everything from the real effects of caffeine to the surprising dangers of gardening, Expecting Better is the book for every pregnant woman who wants to enjoy a healthy and relaxed pregnancy—and the occasional glass of wine.
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting meets Freakonomics: an award-winning economist disproves standard recommendations about pregnancy to empower women while they’re expecting. A data-driven guide to better, more relaxed parenting, from birth to preschool, covering topics including feeding, sleep, and potty training. Oster offers a classic business school framework for data-driven parents to think more deliberately about the key issues of the elementary years: school, health, extracurricular activities, and more. A guide to navigating a second pregnancy when the first did not go as planned—with Dr. Nathan Fox, maternal fetal medicine specialist.
Publisher : Penguin Books; 1st edition (June 24, 2014)
Language : English
Paperback : 384 pages
ISBN-10 : 0143125702
ISBN-13 : 978-0143125709
Item Weight : 10.9 ounces
Dimensions : 5.45 x 0.78 x 8.38 inches
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Customers find the book very informative and fantastic. They also say the reading is simple and clear. Readers describe the humor as humorous and entertaining. They appreciate the data quality, saying it’s great to help make decisions. In addition, they say the book is refreshing and puts their mind at ease. Opinions are mixed on the bias, with some finding it non-judgmental and not overtly opinionated, while others say the conclusions and facts are wrong.
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