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Adventures in Tandem Nursing: Breastfeeding During Pregnancy and Beyond 29 reviews
Hilary Flower
La Leche League International, 2003
Wonderfully helpful for mamas thinking about tandeming
This book really helped me sort out what was best for our family when I was pregnant while nursing a 2-year-old. What I liked about the book is that it is, as much as possible, based on research rather than opinion. So many health care professionals advise their pregnant patients to wean their nurslings, regardless of age, when this advice is completely unsupported by evidence. I also was very ...
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Swimming Upstream, Slowly: A Novel16 reviews
Melissa Clark
Broadway, 2006
Must read
This is the present I'll be giving to all my girl friends in 2007. This book is funny, poignant and sassy. I was hooked right away, and couldn't put the book down after chapter one. The ending is fabulous - I only wish there was more to read. I hope there is a sequel.
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The Kind of Love That Saves You16 reviews
Amy Yurk
Bantam, 2000
A Heartwarming Afternoon Delight
What a charming little book! At only 225 pages, with large typeface, the story kept me enthralled for one rainy, gray afternoon in February. As the book jacket says, the author possesses a deep understanding of what it means to be human, to be alive. Sarah Strickland and her best friend, Calista have been best friends, almost sisters, since childhood. They share every intimate detail of their ...
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Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood20 reviews
Sandra Steingraber
Da Capo Press, 2001
An uncommon telling of a common story
I loved this story, both as a scientific narrative and a touching personal story. I'm thinking about pregnancy, and this book awakened me to many of the dangers of toxins in the environment I hadn't even contemplated before. I'm so glad that Steingraber told the full story of fish in the diets of pregnant women, for example: that a food with such healthy fats and potential for fetal brain ...
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Mother's Ordeal: One Woman's Fight Against China's One-Child Policy13 reviews
Steven W. Mosher
Harcourt, 1993
Mothers a World Apart
I've read "A Mother's Ordeal" twice now and it's one of the most compelling books I've ever read. I was born just weeks apart from Chi An, the main character in this true story, but our lives have been lived worlds apart. As she vividly describes her childhood in Communist China, her poverty and famine and cruel government policies, I couldn't help but trace my own life events and be painfully ...
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The Truth Teller20 reviews
Angela Elwell Hunt
Bethany House Publishers, 1999
No amt of money can ever buy truth. Ask Sloan
Lara is a young woman who just lost her husband to cancer. She desperately wants to have HIS baby. So, after a few months have passed, she approaches her doctors to use frozen sperm and fertilize her egg so she can have this dream child. Unknown to her, a billionaire who wants to live forever, has bought his way into the lives of those around her, and she ends up deceived, used and humiliated.
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I Have 4 Feet, He Has 217 reviews
Janice Savage
BookSurge Publishing, 2006
A dog with kaleidoscope eyes
This is a nice children's book about families in transition, with a deceptively simple twist- like the Beatles converting a simple love song to second person to make "She Loves You" unique- of telling the story from the point of view of a pet adapting to a human baby. It's a nice bit of displacement for discussing new family arrivals with kids. Of course, this book ends with a happy ending that ...
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babyTales: A Pregnancy Companion24 reviews
Minnie S. Woodson
Hanrow Pr, 2002
One of the best pregnancy books on the market
This was a great book. I found it difficult to put down. Any parent or parent to be will love this book
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Can a Guy Get Pregnant? : Scientific Answers to Everyday (and Not-So-Everyday) Questions12 reviews
Bill Sones, Rich Sones, 2005
Scientifically true and hilarious!!
This book answers some of these questions that you really wanted to know the answer to, but were afraid to ask somebody. 'Can A Guy Get Pregnant?' answers oddball question on the Body, Love, Death and Animals through scientific reasearch with a good dose of humor. Questions range from 'Do Dogs watch TV?' to "Could A Black Hole Kill Us All?'. You'll have to read the book to find out. I smell a ...
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Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul16 reviews
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, ...
HCI, 2000
beautiful
this book was exactly what i needed to help me love the feeling of being pregnate. during my second pregnancy i wasn't feeling all that hot until my hubby came home with the book. i read this book three times already, even my four year old loves the stories. i cried and laughed and cried some more...read this book if you're looking for something to cheer you up while you're feeling down! An ...
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The Working Woman's Pregnancy Book11 reviews
Yale University Press, 2008
Fantastic source of information
This book is very well done. It reads like a conversation that every pregnant woman would hope to have with her OB/GYN...while the title may lead you to belive it's only about being pregnant in the workplace, it is actually much more broad than that and covers all aspects of pregnancy from pre-conception to after delivery. An excellent resource.
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Showers in Season (Seasons Series #2)8 reviews
Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock
Zondervan Publishing Company, 2000
Even better than the first one!!
I thought that LaHaye and Blackstock would never be able to duplicate and certainly not be able to top the writing in the 1st book of this series. How wrong I was!! This book is even better than the first! I can now relate even more to the characters of Cedar Circle, and I feel like they are my best friends. I can hardly wait to turn each page so I can find out what happens next. I am ...
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Ain't Nobody's Bizness (Five Star First Edition Women's Fiction Series)8 reviews
Laura Garner
Five Star (ME), 2002
Fiesty heroine in a thought-provoking story
Heroine: short and solid After surviving a harrowing adolescence and maintaining her status as the town's foul-mouthed, hard drinking tart for twenty-plus years, shop teacher Maddie "Max" Maxwell thinks she's one tough cookie. But she soon discovers her "soft center" when her hormones start going haywire with a surprise pregnancy. After all, it's not everyday you go into the doctor's for ...
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Quality of Care10 reviews
Elizabeth Letts
NAL Trade, 2005
Fans of Elizabeth Berg's novels will enjoy this book, as it is written in a similar style. So will health professionals.
It's hard to believe that this amazing effort is the author's first novel! Quality of Care is a tremendously well-written book, with realistic and natural-sounding dialogue and likeable characters who pull the reader into an emotional connection. It's an awesome medical drama that could be an episode of the television show ER. I love the way it starts in the present, and then uses flashbacks to ...
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The Fertile Female: How the Power of Longing for a Child Can Save Your Life and Change the World11 reviews
Julia Indichova
Adell Press, 2007
This book changed my life - I'm Pregnant!!!
I can't say enough about Julia Indichova, her workshop, THIS WONDERFUL BOOK, and also her first book: Inconceivable: A Woman's Triumph over Despair and Statistics!! My husband and I tried to conceive for over 2.5 years. After 10 months of trying on our own, we met with fertility experts. After several rounds of fertility treatments (including multiple rounds of INVITRO) we were pretty much ...
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The Pregnant Pen: The Expectant Mother's Guide to Baby Showers & Thank You Notes (2nd Ed.)11 reviews
Diane Quast
Big Belly Enterprises, 2008
A Practical Tine Saving Guide
Diane surely knows moms-to-be have a lot to think about! With her witty guide to writing thank you notes, she gives moms-to-be and new moms the words to pen gracious and thoughtful thank you notes. If you're worried how to write a thank you note for a gift you'll need to return- have no worries- she even gives guidance on that!
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Erased: Missing Women, Murdered Wives8 reviews
Jossey-Bass, 2008
A profoundly enlightening work, bringing compassion to the darkest of subjects
"Erased combines the scholarly wisdom of The Mask of Sanity and the true-life horror of In Cold Blood. Marilee Strong has discovered--and understands--the most insidious and perhaps most evil form of spousal killing" is the judgment of the high profile forensic psychologist J. Reid Meloy from UC San Diego. That's part of what gives this book its power--combining both powerful case stories worthy ...
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Prayers for Expectant Mothers: Celebrating the Miracle of Life12 reviews
Angela Thomas Guffey
Honor Books (OK), 1998
What an inspirational book!!
I am just about to have my first child and this book has been a God send to me. Angela was able to put the thoughts and emotions that I was having into words of praise for the Lord. Many times I would open the book when I was feeling down or discouraged and she would have written about exactly what I was feeling. I am now buying a copy for a friend that is expecting.
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Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here! A Word from your Baby-in-Waiting (Picture Book)11 reviews
Barbara Park
Random House Books for Young Readers, 2008
Ma There's Nothing to Do Here !
Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here! A Word from your Baby-in-Waiting (Picture Book) Loved this book! Read the whole book in the store and of course I bought it!!! It was supposed to be for my daughter-in-law who is expecting our second grandchild, a son, and for our grand-daughter who will be nearly three when he is born. She loves books and I can't wait for her to see this one, I know she will adore ...
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The Pregnant Couple's Guide to Working Out Together12 reviews
Isa Herrera
Wiley, 2002
Fantastic Idea
Herrera's workouts are a great way to stay in shape while pregnant, and a great way to share the experience of pregnancy with your partner in a new way. My husband and I found this book after I had been feeling tired and unhealthy because I was no longer able to continue my usual, non-pregnant workout. We started using Herrera's book guidelines for excercising together and things have been ...
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