Let me begin by simply asking, WHERE WAS THIS BOOK WHEN I WAS PREGNANT?
If you are pregnant, The Joy of Pregnancy, by Tori Kropp, R.N. is a must have for you! If you know someone pregnant, please buy this book for him or her – they will love you for it! This is a book about enjoying and celebrating pregnancy – not worrying someone with too much medical jargon of what things might or might not happen to you when you are pregnant.
In today’s world we have access to so much information – sometime we are on information overload and sometimes we read too much that we begin to get scared. This book tells you simply what you need to know without overwhelming you in an easy-to-read format.
Many of my favorite parts in this book deal with those things you needs to know but are reluctant to ask: foods and activities to stop when you are pregnant, proper sleeping posture, when to stop air travel, dealing with varicose veins, and how (and when) to break the news to friends and family. This is the kind of book that reassures a worry-wort, because the author, Tori Kropp, R.N has been there and done it all from both the medical and personal sides, and that gives this book so much more credibility.
What I love about this book is that it is divided into each month of your pregnancy (with a little bit about conception and a little bit about post-partum) so you can read it as you go along, or you can read it all at once! Each chapter has a Q & A section with questions from real pregnant women, fun facts about pregnancy and birth and a section just for Dads.
But the best part about this book was the feeling it gave me about pregnancy – there are no right or wrong ways to eat, exercise, feel and go through labor – whatever you want is perfect and just enjoy the experience. It was one of the only books about pregnancy that I have read that didn’t scare me about having a miscarriage or having an awful labor or whether or not something would be wrong with the baby.
This is an encouraging and enjoyable pregnancy book with lots of great information that absolutely captures how amazingly wonderful being pregnant can be!
About the Author: Tori Kropp, R.N. is a perinatal nurse who has delivered thousands of babies at the prestigious California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. She is the founder of Stork Site®, a community website for expectant and new parents, which she will relaunch in January 2008 at www.storksite.net. Known as "the Dear Abby of pregnancy," Kropp has been interviewed on national television and radio and in national print publications, including CNN, The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Washington Times, Atlanta Journal Constitution and Chicago Sun-Times. She lives in Marin County, California, with her family.
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