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YOU: Having a Baby: The Owner's Manual to a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy |  | Authors: Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz
Publisher: Free Press
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Pages: 464
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.2 x 1.6
ISBN: 1416572368
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Publication Date: December 1, 2009
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 Some helpful information- probably shouldn't be your only pregnancy book August 23, 2010
mom of 4 girls (MA)
I'm pregnant for the third time, and most pregnancy books put me to sleep- no offense to any of them, but I have heard so much of the same info over and over. I enjoyed reading this book because it was so different than other pregnancy books. I found the descriptions of some of the biological processes at work to be pretty interesting (although the whole "epigenetics" phenomenon is greatly over-hyped: basically, all you need to do is eat healthy, avoid stress and quit smokin' and drinkin'.) The fact that the doctors are men and write from a male, medical perspective didn't bother me particularly either- I think I've read enough holistic earth-mama pregnancy books that I don't mind hearing a different take on pregnancy. Some of the puns and lame jokes and euphemisms for sex are annoying, but I'm kind of used to those in pregnancy books, and some of the jokes are actually funny. I agree that the pictures are weird but I think that's the style of this whole series. This wouldn't be a bad read to get some additional medical background on what's going on during your pregnancy, but I wouldn't use it as your primary reference book throughout the nine months.
Reads better than other books, a lot of same info as elsewhere August 18, 2010
Lisa Linnell-Olsen (Fairbanks, AK)
I received this book as a gift during my current pregnancy. It has been ten years since my previous child. Where this book really shines is that it explains a lot of medical and science information in hip, fun ways. I earned a bachelor's degree in a biological science, so often I feel that books that are meant for the general public on medically related topics are dumbed down or so simplified they miss the point. Roizen and Oz have kept the why's and how's of what is happening in your body, and made a few very complicated ideas comprehensible to the general reader.
So why am I giving this book only three stars? To be fair, there are so many books available on pregnancy already it is hard to come up with something full of enough new and original information to get a book up to that five star status for this topic. The other reason is how the book is organized.
The authors decided to move away from the pregnancy week-by-week structure used in so many other pregnancy books. The book itself reads very well, if you are just sitting down to read all about pregnancy. I ran into trouble when I went back later looking for specific information that I knew I had read. I tried the index, but wasn't always able to find what I was looking for easily, leaving me to flip through pages until I happened across what I was looking for. The book does include information about common disorders, birthing and prenatal care options, nutrition and recipes, and exercise plans.
This book shined in getting me to really understand what was going inside my pregnant body. I am glad I own this book. What I would recommend is get a good classic week by week guide for your reference (often given for free at the OB's office nowadays) AND buy this book to sit down and read and understand what is happening with you and your baby.
 You Docs are getting more opinionated and less science backed July 31, 2010
Alli
I just moved to a small town for work, and the second I found out I was pregnant I went to Walmart (no bookstore here) and bought every pregnancy book they had- "What to Expect" and this one. I am used to the "You" series and the strange cartoons, so the format wasn't as disappointing to me as it was to some other reviewers. Also, I should mention at this point I'm a medical doctor, so I can appreciate the You docs being up on current research (pushing resveratrol in 'You- Staying Young' and now DHA in 'You- Having a Baby'). However, it seems like half the book is spent trying to convince pregnant women to take DHA. One constant in medicine is that things change, and sometimes today's truth becomes tomorrow's embarrassment, so it seems less wise to me to push new, exciting supplements than to stress the things we've known for years. To that end, the You docs do tell you how to make your own Bendectin for morning sickness. That's why I give the book 2 stars instead of one.
My real beef is that for some reason the You Docs veer off course from the book's supposed focus of antenatal and postpartum issues to talk about vaccination of your child. While many pregnant women may have this on their minds, I do not believe this book is an appropriate place for the debate. The section claims to look at all sides (and then gives you the 'You Docs Take,' which is shamefully absent of any evidence). The reader is left wondering whether it wouldn't be better to avoid vaccinations. Much of the population still believes there is a cause and effect relationship between vaccines and autism, despite the discrediting of research that indicated a link. This is not the public's fault; however, I expect that two wealthy doctors who have access to any medical journal in the world could do the research FOR the layperson shelling out bucks for this book and at least paint an accurate picture of the current debate. The truth is, no link between vaccines and autism has been found, the Institute of Medicine has laid it to rest, and children are dying again from diseases which were supposed to be eradicated by vaccines, like whooping cough. Do you want your three month old to die because your neighbor refused to vaccinate her child?
Overall, the You Docs are just kind of 'out there' and it's obvious they can do whatever they want because they have a lot of money and notoriety. Dr. Oz tells you that he chose to vaccinate his kids the way they do in Europe, which involves less vaccines spaced farther apart. Good luck convincing your doctor to go along with that! Even though I could vaccinate my child personally in the office, I guess, I won't follow some European vaccination scheme because as soon as my maternity leave is up, I go back to work, and my kid gets to go to a child care center where, you guessed it, they require vaccinations. According to the U.S. schedule. And I'm ok with that.
What is does well is condescending, what it doesn't do well is better found elsewhere July 16, 2010
Pie Fuchs (Boston MA)
Having read a large number of books for my 1st pregnancy, I decided to buy this one for the second - in spite of the overall poor reviews. I, like others, was intrigued by the epigenetic discussion and had heard good things about the YOU books in general. I was sorely disappointed. For starters the epigenetic discussion is not only short, but confusing and failed to differentiate between things that were clinically proven to promote epigenetic changes (for instance smoking) from those that are merely the authors hypothesis (i.e., unhealthy eating in general). The end result was the conclusion on the epigenetic section read more like the "What to expect" best odds concept - we-have-no-proof-but-why-don't-we-try-to-make-you-do-these-things-anyway...
The strength of this book is that it does go into substantial detail on the changes taking place in your body due to pregnancy. The discussion on hormonal changes, fetal growth etc. are the most detailed I have read in any pregnancy book. Unfortunately, the same descriptions are sprinkled with gratuitous sarcastic comments which are either disturbing to anyone who believes woman have half a brain or someone with an actual sense of humor. In the interest of gathering the information I tried to ignore these BUT...I did put down the Kindle more than once because I could not go one.
The weakness of the book is that in addition to the medical detail, it tries to rapidly cover the typical pregnancy book topics - what to buy the for baby, how to prepare, how to chose an OB/GYN etc. These are covered in much less detail than other better books and read like a last minute add on.
If you are interested in medical details this book is excellent with the caveat of the annoying comments. If you want a good general pregnancy book, this certainly is not it. For people interested in non condescending detail as well as a high quality general guide, "I'm Pregnant" by Leslie Regan (a DK book) is excellent.
 Save your money. July 15, 2010
KMS (Chicago)
What a stupid book. It's poorly organized, superficial, condescending, and glib--the humor is totally lame and not even appropriate at times. There's nothing here that you won't find in WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING, and you'll find a LOT more useful and well-organized advice in that book. The authors make a big deal about their discussion of epigenetics, but all it amounts to is the same advice you'll find elsewhere, and in better detail, about eating healthfully during pregnancy. Duh. The section on labor is too short and, like the rest of the book, is illustrated with grotesque, ill-conceived drawings that will only serve to heighten women's fears about pain. Just about every topic is handled too briefly, including such important topics as circumsion, making this book an insult to thinking women who really would like to know in depth what's going on with their babies and their bodies. The authors clearly rushed through this book to beef up their "You" series and horn in on the pregnancy market. Terrible.
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