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A review by steph_84
Pregnancy Day By Day by Paula Amato
3.0
In some ways this book is so bad that it’s funny. The editing is often off; for example in my edition, some sentences don’t make grammatical sense, and the pronouns for the baby start off alternating between weeks but by the end change at random mid-sentence. The sexism is nauseating (lots of the vibe of “here’s how to get back to your bikini body!”, “ask your husband to help out by cooking dinner occasionally!”). With the exception of a few appendices the whole thing is written as though you have an easy pregnancy (“you’ll be feeling full of energy this week!” “getting tests done will be so reassuring for you!”), which is infuriating and isolating for women experiencing bad pregnancy symptoms, complications, or worrying test results. There is so much repetition and some of the information isn’t even consistent (like saying a particular week that it’s the week your baby starts hearing, then saying the same thing two weeks later... so which week is it?). As a guide to pregnancy I wouldn’t recommend it.
However, pregnancy is such an epic experience, and it’s nice to mark the time by counting down the days, and to take time to think about your baby each day and what they’re up to. We borrowed this book for our first pregnancy and thought it was funny-bad but still bought it for our second pregnancy because reading aloud from the book every day became a valued tradition. :)
However, pregnancy is such an epic experience, and it’s nice to mark the time by counting down the days, and to take time to think about your baby each day and what they’re up to. We borrowed this book for our first pregnancy and thought it was funny-bad but still bought it for our second pregnancy because reading aloud from the book every day became a valued tradition. :)