Tool's Title

Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know [➦]

Languages
✎ English
✎ French

Target Audience
• Pregnant people

Type
• Educational book

Duration
N/A

Conception by
Emily Oster, Ph.D.

Release Date and Last Update
2013 (updated in 2019)

Description

Pregnancy — unquestionably one of the most pro­found, meaningful experiences of adulthood — can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. Pregnant women are told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee without ever being told why these are forbidden. Rules for prenatal testing are similarly unexplained. Moms-to-be desperately want a resource that empowers them to make their own right choices.

When award-winning economist Emily Oster was a mom-to-be herself, she evaluated the data behind the accepted rules of pregnancy, and discovered that most are often misguided and some are just flat-out wrong. Debunking myths and explaining everything from the real effects of caffeine to the surprising dangers of gardening, Expecting Better is the book for every pregnant woman who wants to enjoy a healthy and relaxed pregnancy.

*** Note that this description was written by Penguin Publishing Book. ***

Official Reference
Oster, E. (2019). Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know (4th Ed.). Penguin Publishing Group.

To Access the Tool
You can buy the book in bookstores at a cost of $23.00.