Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know (Spiral Bound)

Biographical Note:
Emily Oster is a professor of economics at Brown University and the author of Expecting Better, Cribsheet, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected. She writes the newsletter ParentData and her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Bloomberg.com. She has two children.

Marc Notes:
Published in Penguin Books 2014--Title page verso.;Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1. In the Beginning: Conception -- 1. Prep Work -- 2. Data-Driven Conception -- 3. The Two-Week Wait -- Part 2. The First Trimester -- 4. The Vices: Caffeine, Alcohol, and Tobacco -- 5. Miscarriage Fears -- 6. Beware of Deli Meats! -- 7. Nausea and My Mother-in-law -- 8. Prenatal Screening and Testing -- 9. The Surprising Perils of Gardening -- Part 3. The Second Trimester -- 10. Eating for Two? You Wish -- 11. Pink and Blue -- 12. Working Out and Resting Up -- 13. Drug Safety -- Part 4. The third Trimester -- 14. Premature Birth (and the Dangers of Bed Rest) -- 15. High-Risk Pregnancy -- 16. I'm Going to Be Pregnant Forever, Right? -- 17. Labor Induction -- part 5. Labor and Delivery -- 18. The Labor Numbers -- 19. To Epidural or Not to Epidural? -- 20. Beyond Pain Relief -- 21. The Aftermath -- 22. Home Birth: Progressive or Regressive? And Who Cleans the Tub? -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Quick Reference: OTC and Prescription Drugs -- Notes -- Index.

Review Quotes:
"A revelation for curious mothers-to-be whose doctors fail to lay out the pros and cons of that morning latte, let alone discuss real science. And it makes for valuable homework before those harried ob-gyn appointments, even for lucky patients whose doctors are able to talk about the rationale behind their advice." --New York Times