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The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy
by: Vicki Iovine

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Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.2
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Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: January 09, 2007
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket
Sales Rank: 207997

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:

Your doctor gives you medical advice.
Your mother buys you baby clothes.
But who can give you the real skinny when you're pregnant?

Your girlfriends, of course -- at least, the ones who've been through the exhilaration and exhaustion, the agony and ecstasy of pregnancy. Four-time delivery room veteran Vicki lovine talks to you the way that only a best friend can-in the book that will go the whole nine months for every mother-to-be. Here is straight talk about those little things that are too strange or embarrassing to ask anyone about, practical tips and hilarious takes on everything pregnant. From learning you're expecting ("Oh my god, how do I get out of this?") to the day your newborn arrives ("You mean I have to take the baby home with me?"), she gives you the lowdown on:

WHAT REALLY HAPPENS TO YOUR BODY -- from morning sickness to eating everything in sight, what to expect when going from being a babe to having one.

COMMON FEARS AND PARANOIA -- from turning into your mother to leaving the baby on the car roof, rest assured your anxieties are perfectly normal.

THE MANY MOODS OF PREGNANCY -- or why you're so irritable/distracted/tired/lightheaded (or at least, more than usual).

THE PREGNANCY YENTAS -- from your mom to his mom, they think they know everything -- and they don't hesitate to tell you what you're doing wrong. Girlfriend, take heart: if it's working for you, then you're doing just fine.

HOW TO HAVE SEX DURING PREGNANCY, SHOULD YOU SO DESIRE -- bearing in mind you'll have no interest afterward.

LOOKING AND FEELING YOUR BEST -- cautionary style tips from your best friend, who really would tell you if your perky newmom haircut makes you look like a pinheaded whale.

When you need a reassuring voice or just a few good belly laughs, turn to The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy.

Amazon.com Review:
Beginning with the "10 Greatest Lies About Pregnancy" (number 10: Lamaze works), and ending with postpartum dementia, Vicki Iovine's Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy has fast become the laywoman's mouthpiece for the American pregnancy experience. Iovine is irreverent, sassy, and incredibly reassuring as she exposes the "truths" of pregnancy and childbirth, from sex to cellulite to cesareans. Iovine birthed four kids in six years, none of them twins, which certainly qualifies her as an expert. The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy does reveal Iovine's particular cultural biases (pregnant or not, most of us don't have record-producer husbands, hang out with supermodels, or wear size-four pants) and philosophical beliefs (she's not a particularly strong proponent of natural childbirth or nursing), but, taken with a grain or two of salt, she provides many hilarious moments, acres of advice, and honest reassurance readers will find nowhere else. --Ericka Lutz

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- great book
This is a great book to read when you are pregnant. Funny, yet informative, it tells you information you need and want to know in a girlfriend-type manner. I read it through a few times during my first pregnancy, and again during my second!

Rating:

- Read this book if you want a good cry.
This book is honestly one of the most mean-spirited, catty, snide and sarcastic books I have ever read in my life.

My Mother-In-Law worked at a bookstore and told me how popular this book was amongst the newly-pregnant, so I got it. After all, with all these changes going on with my body and emotions, I needed a good laugh. Well, the only laughable thing about this book is that we first-time preggos have gotten duped into buying this piece of horse vomit. (Please note that I do not blame my M.I.L at all for this, I mean, how could she have known that I would want to eat a bullet after reading the first 10 pages?

Just because this fat piece of crap author let herself become disgusting and undesirable (not that her lack of desirability has anything to do with her ... Read More

Rating:

- Funny and reassuring
As a first time mom, I enjoyed reading this. It feels like your girlfriend is cluing you in on what to really expect during your pregnancy, the good, the bad and the gross. It's funny, and it makes me realize that what's happening to me is perfectly normal.

Rating:

- Gives you a great laugh!
I really enjoyed reading this book when I was pregnant. It gave me great laughs and educated me as well. A+

Rating:

- The good, Bad and the BABY
With this book you either love it (as I did) or you hate it. There really is no middle ground at all. I bought this book while pregnant with my first child, because honestly, I was sick of reading materials that all related to the blessing growning inside of me to the size of *insert odd food item that you never eat* here. This book completely lightened the mood. It talks about things that you don't generally want to talk about (a woman's *ahem* taste) or things that you're just too embarrassed to ask your real life girlfriends (No - my belly button never did go back to it's original shape, even though I'm #45 LIGHTER then when i got pregnant with #1!)

Now that I'm actively TTC #2 - I'm looking forward to digging this book out of the forgotten baby stuff and revisting the light ... Read More

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