A review by knachknachjoke
Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster

hopeful informative lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

This book helped me feel SO much more peace about pregnancy (something that, deservedly, I've been nervous about!) Emily Oster goes into the whys of so many pregnancy rules and regulations, and for someone so factually-grounded like me, it made me feel so much more relaxed about things I know my husband and I would have been neurotic about before. It also did a much better job (in my opinion) than What to Expect about some of the pitfalls and expectations in pregnancy; Oster doesn't give a full timeline of every possible event, but she goes into what some common side effects are and how to tell if what you're experiencing is normal or not (with statistics to reassure you that you're probably going to be fine!) The book is much easier on the anxiety than WtE's laundry-list-of-complications style of delivery.
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