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12-19-2012 at 11:58 AM
AlliJeee
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Best Pre-Pregnancy Book?

Just wondering if anyone's read a great pre-pregnancy book?  Not a "how to conceive" more like how to prepare your body, eating habits, spouse, bank account, lifestyle, etc.  Thanks! 
 
12-19-2012 at 12:02 PM
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I really like what to expect before expecting...gave a lot of good info on insurance stuff and not just how to conceive.

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12-19-2012 at 12:09 PM
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Any book that does not talk about conceiving and pregnancy!! You will need something to get your mind off of it too. Just some words of advice :)

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12-19-2012 at 12:10 PM
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This isn't realy what you're lookinh for - but Origina by Annie Murphy Paul is a fascinating read.

The Amazon summary:

What makes us the way we are? Some say it’s the genes we inherit at conception. Others are sure it’s the environment we experience in childhood. But could it be that many of our individual characteristics—our health, our intelligence, our temperaments—are influenced by the conditions we encountered before birth?That’s the claim of an exciting and provocative field known as fetal origins. Over the past twenty years, scientists have been developing a radically new understanding of our very earliest experiences and how they exert lasting effects on us from infancy well into adulthood. Their research offers a bold new view of pregnancy as a crucial staging ground for our health, ability, and well-being throughout life.Author and journalist Annie Murphy Paul ventures into the laboratories of fetal researchers, interviews experts from around the world, and delves into the rich history of ideas about how we’re shaped before birth. She discovers dramatic stories: how individuals gestated during the Nazi siege of Holland in World War II are still feeling its consequences decades later; how pregnant women who experienced the 9/11 attacks passed their trauma on to their offspring in the womb; how a lab accident led to the discovery of a common household chemical that can harm the developing fetus; how the study of a century-old flu pandemic reveals the high personal and societal costs of poor prenatal experience.


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12-19-2012 at 12:11 PM
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You, having a baby. By dr oz.
12-19-2012 at 12:13 PM
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I just started reading "Making Babies". It might be a little "how to," but it gives a lot of great advice on what to eat, charting, health ect. There is even an online test you can take with personalized advice based on how you answer questions on your habits, health and cycle. Makingbabiesprogram.com 

It might not be what you're looking for but you might want to check out the site.  


 
12-19-2012 at 12:50 PM
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BrazilianPeach:
Any book that does not talk about conceiving and pregnancy!! You will need something to get your mind off of it too. Just some words of advice :


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12-19-2012 at 12:52 PM
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I read "What to Expect Before You're Expecting" about a year ago.

It had good information but I found it a little general.  Especially if you've already been thinking about/researching getting pregnant or are close to someone that you "went through" their pregnancy with.



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12-19-2012 at 2:07 PM
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My SIL read the bible and it worked for her. She has 5 kids.
 
12-19-2012 at 2:48 PM
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ttcfriend:
My SIL read the bible and it worked for her. She has 5 kids.

Somehow, I don't think that's what the OP had in mind.

I read What to Expect Before You're Expecting. The writing is crap but the info is good. The Mother of All Pregnancy Books is good for pre-pregnancy prep as well. There are separate editions of that one for Canada and the US.

12-19-2012 at 3:26 PM
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ttcfriend:
My SIL read the bible and it worked for her. She has 5 kids.

This is MUD, right?  



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12-19-2012 at 4:24 PM
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I liked Making Babies as well. I also enjoyed The Impatient Woman's Guide To Getting Pregnant, although apparently being impatient has done nothing for me so far lol!

 I also just started reading some of my old chick lit books, Jane Green, Marian Keyes, etc, which are nice to relax to, get me away from overthinking TTC and checking my FF app 87 times a day...

 
12-19-2012 at 4:52 PM
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eyris:

ttcfriend:
My SIL read the bible and it worked for her. She has 5 kids.

This is MUD, right?  

 

I was trying to think if there was some pregnancy bible out there, or if she actually meant the Holy Bible.  Not sure  :-P


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12-19-2012 at 10:28 PM
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eyris:

ttcfriend:
My SIL read the bible and it worked for her. She has 5 kids.

This is MUD, right?  

I was wondering if the SIL is the child of her 3rd cousin MIL.





 
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