A review by michelle_l_d
The Mother of All Pregnancy Books by Ann Douglas

2.0

This edition (2012) is significantly outdated. There is some good information and intent, but it would require so many grains of salt and scientific update sidebars for someone with no base knowledge of pregnancy, labor and delivery that I won't be recommending it to my clients; it was recommended to me as a doula. The author is also clearly enamored with herself and while she certainly must have had a lot of research go into writing this book and editing for a second edition, the fact is that she was a journalist self-educated on birth but does not legitimize through co-authoring with a medical professional, although she does cite legitimate research (again, outdated). In her bio (back page) she names herself "THE go-to pregnancy expert since . . . 2000" (her emphasis). Overall, would not recommend.