Posted on : 15-10-2010 | By : admin | In : Pregnancy
I’ve never had a baby before – and I’m not pregnant yet. So, prepregnancy info would be good too.
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Talk to your dr! They will give you good advice and a prescription for prenatal vitamins to start getting your body ready. Good luck and hope that ttc goes easy for you!
hey you can go to the library and get some books on healthy pregnancy or search on the net too, also talk to your doc
The best book is what to expect when your expecting. It tells you everything you need to know and what you can expect when it comes to pregnancy. It really helped me.
Good Luck!
My wife read a book entitled “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”. I read some of it as well and it was really educational.
the internet is full of information but the best is from your mother, grandmother, sister, aunt or someone who has had a baby. Books are good but hearing about exp. from women who have had a baby is the best unless it was negative exp.
Try not to get caught up in the way it’s “suppose” to be. Every pregnancy is different & people will say anything to sell a book.
Just eat right & take care of yourself, follow any orders from your doctor and you’ll be fine.
Well a good book to read while you are pregnant is “What to Expect While You’re Expecting. ” I also enjoyed “The Girlfriends’ Guide to Pregnancy. ” If you have the right kind of sense of humor, you might enjoy “Belly Laughs” by Jenny McCarthy.
I am sorry I don’t know of any books about trying to conceive.
TALK 2 UR DR ABOUT INFO ON A PREPREGNANCY AND DURING PREGNANCY CARE. GOOD LUCK!
My favorite book was “What to Expect When You are Expecting”. There is a chapter about preparing to be pregnant too (ie, see your doctor and get a check-up, take prenatal vitamins before you get pregnant too, stop smoking, drinking alcohol and drugs). Online, you could try About. com which has lots of informative articles on all subjects and have been a very good reference for health topics. Thye also give links to related websites.
Well you should go to see your doctor and let him/her know you are wanted to have a baby. Thats what I did and they are so informative. You can get pretty much all you need to know from them and you will feel better because the advice is coming from your doctor.
Start fueling up on folic acid, quit smoking, eat healthy, have loads of sex “lol”. . . kidding. . and just pray.
I have been trying 3 months with no luck and I am so emmotional and stressed which is not good. . they tell me to not worry and it will happen, so don’t worry (I know its hard). . oh yeah and if it dosen’t happen over night “lol” it will happen when its supposed to. Some people think it happens right away, for some it does for others like me we play the waiting game!
Good luck
baby dust to you!!!!!!!
A good book is “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” by Heidi Murkoff.
There are also many online resources. The one I found most useful was ivillage. com
you should read as much as posible about befor getting pregnant , during and after. . . and your health befor getting pregnant is inpprtant
The book, “The Girlfriend’s Guide to Pregnancy” helped me just plain survive being pregnant, and it gives an honest look at what you’ll face
I really enjoyed:
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn, Revised and Updated: The Complete Guide by Penny Simkin
- This book is very detailed.
I absolutely hated that “What to Expect” book.
However, the best advice I got on preparation was from my doctor. Go for a checkup and tell your doctor that you are planning to be pregnant, he/she will test you for things like german measles and chicken pox antibodies so that if needed, you can be vaccinated before your preganancy. My doctor also started me on a prenatal vitamin prior to my pregnancy so that I had better nutrition, like folic acid, from the start.
A little later on, I recommend Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin. It made birth less scary for me. I ended up with a c-section, but then I knew I needed it and was ok with the decision.
Ask your doctor or ask a specialist. You can even get some good advice from your parents and people whom I had a healthy pregnancy. The internet and magazines has really good advice.
A good website to try it’s www. babycenter. com
the book “what to expect when your expecting, has the first chapter all about prepping for pregnancy, go sit at the bookstore and read it!! GOOD LUCK!!
A good book to read is what to expect when your expecting.
take pre-natal vitamins with vitamins B6, B12, iron, and folic acid, beginning 1 month prior to conception and until you give birth. all of these are crucial to a healthy growing baby.
also, check out babyzone. com and babycenter. com
also wouldn’t hurt to start a savings account for the child.
Each person has their own body chemistry and there is no “guide for all”. The best thing to do is go to the doctor appointments and with their test results you can get the literature that supports it. Example: some say to eat plenty of fruit,but what if your border-line diabetic? then some fruits would effect your body different then the next pregnant person. Ask your DR. for info from literature they have in the office.
I found “What To Expect When You’re Expecting” to be very outdated. I found the best book to be “The Pregnancy Bible”. . . Very helpful and up-to-date.
Make sure you’re getting lots of folic acid. . . Drink lots of water throughout the whole pregnancy. . . . . .
A library and/or your family doctor is a good source of info on pregnancy. But you shouldn’t limit yourself to just that part. You’ll need info on birthing,and a lot on raising the child,budgeting a household,how to divide time between your baby and husband and how to make time for yourself. How to include the father in caring for the baby so he doesn’t feel left out and becomes jealous. If you have pets you need to know the do’s and don’t before introducing a baby into your pets world. And that is just the beginning.
i dont know much but it is common sense to be healthy.
eat lots of fruit and try to complete your food pyramid everyday.
avoid red meat and exersise everyday.
try chick chocolate it is designed for women. it is also healthy taste great and sustains your cravings.
but no matter what be healthy and happy
I found Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin very enlightening. She’s one of the most experienced midwives in the U. S. and she makes a very valid point that we (humans) like to tell “scary stories,” but most births are actually quite uneventful in terms of risk. She frankly acknowledges the difficulties that can sometimes arise during childbirth — and offers realistic, tested methods of dealing with various situations — but also celebrates the joy of birth. She points out that we are designed to give birth and there’s a wide variety of normal in the birthing experience. I found her writing to be well-researched and reassuringly optimistic in a field where scare tactics and dramatizations abound.
Other favorites:
Henci Goer, The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Childbirth
the series on pregnancy, breastfeeding, and parenting by Dr. Sears and Martha Sears
Birthing From Within (I don’t remember the author’s name)
Typically, for something important, read everything!! Then talk to your doctor about which things you really should and shouldn’t do and expect, just as a confirmation so you can learn some on your own–most people remember more that way. Good Luck!!
“What to expect when your expecting” followed by “What to expect the first year”
Dr Spock it’s pretty good
When i was in nursing school they always told the expextant mothers to read “What to expect, when you’re expecting” I’ve never been pregnant, but have read the book. Almost as insightful as the medical books I had to purchase.
I always see women at work reading “What to expect when your expecting” . You can find it at any bookshop or even at Walmart.
Try this out:
The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating During Pregnancy
By W. Allan Walker, M. D.
All parents know that kids need nutritious foods as they grow. New research confirms that what a woman eats during pregnancy can also profoundly affect the health of her baby when that baby becomes an adult – for better or for worse. HEALTHY EATING DURING PREGNANCY by W. Allan Walker, M. D. offers solid information and medically sound advice for pregnant and nursing women by one of the world’s leading experts in nutrition.
Healthy Eating During Pregnancy offers safe and easy-to-follow guidelines so moms and their babies can get the nutrition they need without adhering to a strict or limited diet. Also included are:
Foods to eat as well as avoid
Exercise routines
Information on how to eat after pregnancy and while nursing
Vegetarian and special diets
Recipes such as Eda-Mommy (Edamame) Vegetable Salad, Turkey and Spinach Meatballs, and Chocolate Fondue.
And much more…
My wife read “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”. I read pieces of it also. It breaks pregnancy down to a week by week analysis that shows what development the fetus is undergoing, what the mother’s body is doing, what kind of diet to follow and why, generally answers any questions a mother might think of.
Its re-edited about every year so the information is as current as anything else out there. (Dr Spock’s book is 30 years old and still worth reading also)
There are companion books “What to Eat When. . . ” also child rearing books for each year of a baby’s life.
what to expect when your expecting. I think all clinics give it out when you go in for your first checkup. I have 2 boys 10 years apart and got the same book each time and it was my bible thru both pregnancies
what to expect when expecting cant rember the author
A good book on keeping an unborn healthy . an no smoking or drinking for the love of your child.
Prescription for Natural Cures or any books in whole foods market for prenatal health.
Read What to expect when expecting. . .
pamphlets distributed by your local W. I. C. office at your appts. if you qualify. the incomes are actually set pretty high! i taught nutrition classes at the MSU/Kent County EXT. in MI. if u r not a book reader, try these short reads and classes. also, parent magazine. very short, to the point and informative. also, pampers. com has real advice from real moms. i never even attempted the big “perfect” books. too boring! u r off 2 a wonderful start by being interested already! u will be a mom giving someone else advice before u even know it!
nutrition labels. . . . always.
you should be reading a book about baby’s, food you need to be eating that would be good for the baby and don’t be on your feet to long.
“What to Expect While You are Expecting” is a wonderful informative book. It starts with info on before pregnancy right through birth. It answered all my questions in a way I could understand. I know they have since also published a book called “What to Expect the First Year of Your Baby’s Life” and probably more since it was so long since my last baby.
Many Blessings in your future, and may you conceive and carry well and easily.
You will know becuase you will get fat and then a baby will come out around 9 months after you had sex
My favorite book: What to Expect when you are expecting. And its not just a good book to read before and then again during pregnancy but let your partner read it too! Men are so clueless!! I told my OBYGYN of my intention to get pregnant and she gave me a preliminary check up wich was very important because it turns out it is important to even know when was the last time you had certain vaccinations and to get booster shots in advance! And even certain medication that may seem harmless like antihystamine can interfere with your ability to get pregnant and stuff like antiacid can be harmful in your early pregnancy, so she gave me tons of important info and website addresses etc. . She also put me on pre-natal vitamins high on folic acid so that to minimize chances of brain development problems with your baby. I also bought a wonderful book on fertility but cant remember the exact name right now, it was something like “Taking Charg eof your Fertility”. It wsa great because it teaches you in a natural way how to get pregnant the fastest way. When I saw that I did everything right and still did not get pregnant, went back to my doc and got a referral to a fertility specialist. And it was a good thing I did because given my infertility proplems, my wondown to get pregnant was very small and just got it in time!! Good luck to you.
“What to expect when you’re expecting”. It’s in any book store.
what to expect when you’re expecting is good before during and after
I noticed that some of the other people suggested the “What to expect” book. This book is WONDERFUL. It’s so informative, and explains all the medical terms. There are a couple of other books in the series, “what to expect the first year” and “. . . the toddler years”. So if you like the format of the first one, the others are great to have later too. They have a website,(www. whattoexpect. com) and you can sign up for FREE e-mail newsletters. They come every day, and are really informative. I’ve learned so much from them. I also get weekly e-newsletters from www. todaysparent. com which are great, but some of the articles are Canada specific, so you might want to check if “Parent” magazine has their own. When you are pregnant, you can sign up for tons of great stuff like starter kits and coupons from huggies and similac and pampers(and other companies like those). Hope this helps. Email me(have 1 year old, 3 months preggo now) if you have any other questions i might be able to help with.
what to expect when you’re expecting
there is nothing you can read. to know how your pregnancy will go. you can’t perpare for that. I read What to Expect when your Expecting. I thought everything in the world was wrong with me and my baby. Just live day by day and ask your dr
Read ” What to Expect When You Are Expecting. ” it is very detailed, and goes by month, and I think by the week. It will tell you everything
Spiritual Midwifery by Ina Mae Gaskin gives dozens of first person accounts by women who describe their pregnancies and births. It’s informative and uplifting.
No one has mentioned Grantly Dick-Read’s “Childbirth Without Fear. ” This is an absolute “must read” for all expectant mothers. So many women on this site mention the pain of childbirth, and people still talk about “when your pains start” as opposed to “contractions. ” Our whole culture seems to be set up to expect painful labor, and consequently we get what we expect. This book explains what pregnancy and labor are all about and why it doesn’t have to be painful. It changed my life!
It’s an old title and may be out of print. Check your library. If they don’t have it, they can order it for you through Interlibrary Loan.
I had “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” and I couldn’t stand it. It gives you month to month info but your pregnancy changes from day to day. i found one that was week to week and I really liked it. It was “Your Pregnancy week by week’ by Glade B. Curtis. If you are having problems getting pregnant then I would try a different book that deals with that.
Good luck.