Expecting better - BookWyrm.de

E-Book, 334 Seiten

Sprache: English

Am 31. Juli 2025 von Orion Spring veröffentlicht.

ISBN:: 978-1-4091-4232-4
ASIN:: B00D434A38

A groundbreaking guide to pregnancy: empowers women with the facts and allows them to make their own decisions. FREAKANOMICS meets WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING.

Award-winning Emily Oster debunks myths about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting.

Pregnant women are often treated as if they were children, given long lists of items to avoid - alcohol, caffeine, sushi - without any real explanation from their doctors about why. They hear frightening and contradictory myths about everything from weight gain to sleeping on your back to bed rest from friends and pregnancy books. In EXPECTING BETTER, Oster shows that the information given to pregnant women is sometimes wrong and almost always oversimplified.

EXPECTING BETTER overturns standard recommendations for alcohol, caffeine, sushi, bed rest and induction, while putting in context the blanket guidelines for fetal testing, weight gain, risks of pregnancy over the age of 35, and …

A groundbreaking guide to pregnancy: empowers women with the facts and allows them to make their own decisions. FREAKANOMICS meets WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING.

Award-winning Emily Oster debunks myths about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting.

Pregnant women are often treated as if they were children, given long lists of items to avoid - alcohol, caffeine, sushi - without any real explanation from their doctors about why. They hear frightening and contradictory myths about everything from weight gain to sleeping on your back to bed rest from friends and pregnancy books. In EXPECTING BETTER, Oster shows that the information given to pregnant women is sometimes wrong and almost always oversimplified.

EXPECTING BETTER overturns standard recommendations for alcohol, caffeine, sushi, bed rest and induction, while putting in context the blanket guidelines for fetal testing, weight gain, risks of pregnancy over the age of 35, and nausea, among others.

Oster offers the real-world advice one would never get at the doctor's office. Knowing that the health of your baby is paramount, readers can know more and worry less. Having the numbers is a tremendous relief - and so is the occasional glass of wine.

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JJ hat Expecting better von Emily Oster besprochen

Interesting challenge to outdated, conventional beliefs around pregnancy based in evidence and updated studies

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Whilst I am not a pregnant woman, my wife happens to be one, so I thought this book would be ideal to get a better understanding of what to expect around the different phases of pregnancy, as well as diving deeper into some of the fears, recommendations and options to consider during pregnancy.

I always considered myself a data-driven person, so I found the research done by Emily Oster very informative whilst also brief and easy to digest.

I really enjoyed the deep dive into studies and some of the graphs included in this book, which I’ve bookmarked and will certainly go back to when it comes to make some decisions. I also enjoyed the extra sprinkle of her own personal experiences around pregnancy and birth.

Themen

Pregnancy
Child Care