Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is

Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know (The ParentData Book 1)

*Newly Revised for 2019*Â

What to Expect When You're Expecting meets Freakonomics: an award-winning economist disproves standard recommendations about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting. From the author of Cribsheet, a data-driven decision making guide to the early years of parenting

Pregnancyâ€”unquestionably one of the most proÂfound, meaningful experiences of adulthoodâ€”can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies.Â Pregnant women are told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee without ever being told why these are forbidden. Rules for prenatal testing are similarly unexplained. Moms-to-be desperately want a resource that empowers them to make their own right choices.

When award-winning economist Emily Oster was a mom-to-be herself, she evaluated the data behind the accepted rules of pregnancy, and discovered that most are often misguided and some are just flat-out wrong. Debunking myths and explaining everything from the real effects of caffeine to the surprising dangers of gardening, Expecting BetterÂ is the book for every pregnant woman who wants to enjoy a healthy and relaxed pregnancyâ€”and the occasional glass of wine.
Country USA
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-08-20
Format Kindle eBook

Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know (The ParentData Book 1)