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What to expect. . . the first step. Answers to all your baby-making questions.
Are there ways to improve our chances of having a girl (or boy)?Does stress affect fertility?Should we be having sex every day? Every other day? Three times a day?I’m 37. Does that mean I’ll have a harder time getting pregnant?How long should we keep trying to conceive before we get some help?What fertility treatments are available—and how will we be able to pay for them?
Expecting to expect? Plan ahead. Here’s everything you need to know to help prepare for the healthiest possible pregnancy and the healthiest possible baby. Filled with practical tips, empathetic advice, and savvy strategies, all designed to help you get that baby of your dreams on board faster. How to get your body into the best baby-making shape. Which foods feed fertility. Which lifestyle habits to quit and which to cultivate. All about baby-making sex, from timing to positions to logistics—and how to keep it sexy. Figuring out your fertility (and his). When to seek fertility help, and the latest on tests, treatments, and reproductive technology. Expecting to become a dad? This book has you covered, too. Plus, all about the family-building options for single women and same-sex couples.
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What to Expect
What to Expect is the world’s bestselling pregnancy and parenting series by Heidi Murkoff.
The What to Expect series is used and trusted by parents and medical professionals for a reason—it’s continually updated with the latest medical information, has over 43 million copies in print and provides the reassuring answers expecting and new parents need.
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Why do I need a book when there’s so much information online?
Researched and vetted by doctors, the books contain reassuring answers to hundreds of the most common questions, saving you from the dreaded Google rabbit hole.
Is the series up-to-date?
Yes! What to Expect books are updated with every reprint—sometimes multiple times a year—with the absolute latest information and best practices.
Do I need all the books in the series?
Not all at once—but the series grows with your child—from trying to conceive, to that first positive pregnancy test all the way to your child’s third birthday.
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Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
Publication date : October 3, 2017
Edition : 2nd
Language : English
Print length : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 1523501502
ISBN-13 : 978-1523501502
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.95 x 0.65 x 9 inches
Part of series : What to Expect When You’re Expecting
Best Sellers Rank: #25,889 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #11 in Fertility #27 in Pregnancy & Childbirth (Books) #40 in General Women’s Health
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Customers find the book informative and helpful, with easy-to-understand language that’s not boring or stuffy. Moreover, they appreciate its readability, with one customer noting the digital text is well-organized with helpful in-text links. Additionally, the book is funny and serves as a good pre-pregnancy guide. However, the writing style receives mixed reactions, with one customer noting it’s written at a 5th grade reading level, while another finds it repetitive.
