Customer Reviews
Thank goodness I had this! - By: J. Marshall Thornhill, 05 Sep 2008 
My partner & I have been so grateful to the friends who bought us this book! It really does contain everything you need to know, & has been very reassuring for me as someone who tends to worry a lot about everything! Even my partner has read large chunks (something he has not done with the other books we have). I particularly liked the step by step weekly guide which was incredibly informative. The photography is amazing & the narrative is very well informed (by properly qualified professionals). Buy this for yourself & your pregnant friends - they'll be forever grateful.
Your Pregnancy Bible: The Experts' Guide to the Nine Months of Pregnancy and the First Weeks of Parenthood, New updated edition - By: Mandy Kemp, 05 Sep 2008 Finding myself slightly overwhelmed at expecting another baby after twelve years, I thought I ought to treat myself to a comprehensive book as my previous antenatal carers didn't really have the time to answer all my questions & I was slightly concerned to be 40 & pregnant. Having acquired a copy of Your Pregnancy Bible, I'm not only feeling more confident about my having a successful pregnancy but also am much better informed about what I should be doing. There seems to be a lot that has changed! The advice about what to eat during pregnancy as well as avoiding environmental hazards stories of which appear constantlyin my newspaper is very easy to follow & I'm more reassured about undertaking the different diagnostic tests. I've also caught husband, who to my knowledge, never read a book during my earlier pregnancy, looking at the book particularly the week-by-week photos & marvelling at the rapid pace of development. The book has become a great talking point between us.
Not necessarily the best buy - By: Ferryjane, 02 Sep 2008 
As first time parents to be, we wanted to buy a book that could tell us more than the scant information given by the medical profession! This book is,in the main part, well written, clear & offers what appears to be a good guide to the main points relating to pregnancy. It provides a good clear insight into how your body develops along with that of your baby, throughout pregnancy.
However, both my husband & I feel that the book does have its flaws & could do with being a bit more down to earth. It assumes that the reader already has a certain level of knowledge of pregnancy & pregnancy-related terms (which my hubby was oblivious to & subsequently confused about), concentrates on projecting the image of a perfect pregnancy with married parents (a scant paragraph is the only mention of potential single mums to be) & relatively few adverse effects (such as no mention of the headaches many mums to be experience, nor any suggestion that morning sickness is anything but that - a bit of nauseain the morning). Aside from the slightly patronising tone, there are a number of infuriating spelling mistakes, grammatical & syntax errors, & some sentences which just don't actually make sense - clearly the proof-reading didn't go too well!
Although the photographs are clear & mostly useful, we both found some of them quite distressing, especially as onein particular shows a foetus photographed through the amniotic sac, & that sac looks like it has been cut away - leading one to wonder if the little mite has been aborted / dissected. See page 36 of this edition (week 15). You choose!
By far the best of it's genre - By: Sophie Edwards, 02 Jul 2008 This book is bloody ace. I went mad & bought 4 pregnancy books but this one is by far the clearest, most sensible, most reassuring, best laid out, most informative & least patronising of the lot. This is my first pregnancy & I live abroad so need as much info as possible about what's happening to me & my baby & this is just brilliant - totally indispensable. If you're going to buy a pregnancy book - just buy this one, you won't need any others.
Unfortunately i had a fever during my first trimester & without this book i would never have known whether calling the doctor was the right or wrong thing to do (it;s the right thing to do) - I can't praise this book enough.
The best of it's kind! - By: Mrs. K. M. Brown, 21 May 2008 Whilst pregnant, i bought both this book, & the similar one by Dr Miriam Stoppard. This was by far the best. I loved the week by week explanation of the baby's progress including a photo for each week, then a seperate explanation of my own development. Many other books show your developmentin months for example rather than weeks.
I also found this book nicely up to date, some others on the market have been updated with regards to content but the photo's are very old which is off putting - seeing a picture of a woman dressed head to footin a towelling nightie!!! Or a checkered tent rather than modern maternity clothes!
