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| Your Pregnancy Week by Week | 
 enlarge | Author: Lesley Regan
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
Category: Book
List Price: £19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 3687
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.7
ISBN: 0751336823
Dewey Decimal Number: 618
EAN: 9780751336825
ASIN: 0751336823
Publication Date: March 3, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 probably a good book August 1, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book answered my questions, and almost set my mind at rest, I just have a small concern because it came out in April 2005. I seem to read about new problems (and advances) in the papers everyday, so just wonder if much has actually changed.
 the best I've read! July 31, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am an anxious first timer and this answered all my questions and more. It made me realise that I am normal and that the things I am experiencing are the same as others before me.
I have found this especially useful in the 'keeping it a secret' stage when you can't ask your friends questions!
I have read a few pregnancy books and this is definately the best.
INFORAMTIVE & EASY TO READ May 8, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book provides first time parents with all the facts - and dispells many of the myths associate with pregnancy. It rarely preaches but presents balanced arguments concerning some of the advice given in pregnancy, allowing women to make their own judgements. It's also a well presented book, with full coulour life-size photos of the foetus at various stages. Highly recommended.
Written by an expert January 3, 2007
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
This book is written by an expert obstetrician and as such, it gives a lot more information with reference to current medical knowledge than other books. It gives the facts plainly, which provides the best form of reassurance whilst still maintaining a sympathetic tone. As an example, on the subject of itching, Dr Miriam Stoppard's book "Conception, Pregnancy & Birth" has only one tiny paragraph effectively saying nothing beyond the blindingly obvious. Prof. Regan refers to the rare but potentially very serious condition of cholestasis together with an explanatory section at the back along with other preganancy related problems. If one were to rely on either book, which one would you rather have?
However the book remains easily readable for the averagely intelligent reader. I echo another reviewer that the facts given on miscarriage are reassuring, particularly as the author runs a leading clinic on recurrent miscarriage. It's also practical, dealing with the everyday as well as the more unusual/alarming issues.
As for the charge that the book doesn't live up to its title, I don't believe anyone would buy a book for its title alone. Baby's development isn't segregated into weeks (let's grow a leg one week and a lung the next!!) but rather, many aspects of development run side by side over many weeks, so it would be rather artificial and perhaps misleading to chop it up into a week by week analysis.
I've not been motivated to submit a review before, but for something as important and potentially fraught as pregnancy and birth, I really do want to recommend this book in preference to any other. No one wants or expects complications in pregnancy, but they happen despite that, and it's better to come from an informed position, particularly when discussing your options with your midwife/doctor. But even for the straightforward pregnancy, this book is a must.
Only one book needed! September 1, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am now 26 weeks pregnant and I haven't yet come across a query that this book hasn't covered. It is informative, positive, encouraging and is written with clarity, including the odd personal anecdote making it more than an information book. The author could be talking to you in person.
The technical bits are simply explained and anything scary is dealt with constructively.
You won't need another book, so save your money for clothes!
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