Expecting better : why the conventional pregnancy wisdom is wrong and what you really need to know / Emily Oster.
Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most pro-found, 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.
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- ISBN: 9780143125709 (paperback)
- Physical Description: xxii, 313 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2014, c2013.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Subject: | Pregnancy > United States > Popular works. Childbirth > United States > Popular works. Pregnancy > Health aspects. Pregnant women > Health and hygiene. Prenatal care. |
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