Review: The Joy of Pregnancy
Shop Indie Bookstores The subtitle of The Joy of Pregnancy says it all, “The Complete, Candid and Reassuring Companion for Parents-To-Be.” Written by Tori Kropp, R.N. with a forward by Michael Scott, M.D. (yes, his name made me giggle), this is one of two pregnancy books I would highly recommend. The other is Your Pregnancy [...]
Review: Your Pregnancy for the Father-to-Be
Shop Indie Bookstores This is the daddy companion book to Your Pregnancy Week by Week. My dad bought it for my husband shortly after we announced that I was pregnant. I was surprised that he sent it and more surprised that hubs read the whole thing. In fact, he brought it out the field with [...]
Review: Your Pregnancy Week-by-Week
Shop Indie Bookstores When I was pregnant, my dad bought this for me (and bought Your Pregnancy for Father’s-To-Be for my hubby). It was by far one of my favorite pregnancy books. It was well-organized and written without any of the terrifying “everything that could possibly go wrong and probably will” kind of language. It’s [...]
Review: Hip Mama Survival Guide — Ariel Gore
I picked up Hip Mama Survival Guide thinking it would be a fun read to break up the monotony of pregnancy books I was reading. It met my expectations there, but fell short in some other areas. The book was published in 1998 and from all the pop-culture references in it, you can tell. There [...]
Review: Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy
I should start out this review by saying that I didn’t have high hopes for this book. I’d heard all kinds of wonderful things from pregnant or recently pregnant people about it. I heard it was hilarious, sarcastic, kind of scary, honest, and a fun read. Most importantly, I had heard nothing negative about it, [...]
