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The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy |  | Author: Vicki Iovine
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Rating:  1107 reviews
Sales Rank: 941
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd ed. Illustrated.
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 141652472X
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.2
EAN: 9781416524724
ASIN: 141652472X
Publication Date: January 9, 2007
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Product Description
Your Girlfriends, of course -- at least, the ones who've been through the exhilaration and exhaustion, the agony and ecstasy of pregnancy. Four-time delivery room veteran Vicki Iovine, "the Carrie Bradshaw of pregnancy" (Wall Street Journal), talks to you the way only a best friend can -- in the book that will go the whole nine months for every mother-to-be. Now, in this newly revised and updated edition, get the lowdown on all those little things that are too strange or embarrassing to ask, practical tips, and hilarious takes on everything pregnant.What Really Happens to Your Body -- from morning sickness and gas to eating everything in sight -- and what it's like to go from being a babe to having one. The Many Moods of Pregnancy -- why you're so irritable/distracted/ tired/light-headed (or at least more than usual). Plus, the latest scoop on . . . Staying Stylish -- You may be pregnant, but you can still be the fashionista you've always been (or at least you don't have to look like a walking beach ball) -- wearing the hippest designers and proudly showing off your bump. Pregnancy Is Down to a Science -- from in vitro fertilization to scheduled C-section, the latest technology provides so many options, alternatives, and tests, it can all be downright confusing. . . . and much more! For a reassuring voice or just a few good belly laughs, turn to this straight-talking guide on what to really expect when you're expecting.
Amazon.com Review
Beginning with the "10 Greatest Lies About Pregnancy" (number 10: Lamaze works), and ending with postpartum dementia, Vicki Iovine's Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy has fast become the laywoman's mouthpiece for the American pregnancy experience. Iovine is irreverent, sassy, and incredibly reassuring as she exposes the "truths" of pregnancy and childbirth, from sex to cellulite to cesareans. Iovine birthed four kids in six years, none of them twins, which certainly qualifies her as an expert. The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy does reveal Iovine's particular cultural biases (pregnant or not, most of us don't have record-producer husbands, hang out with supermodels, or wear size-four pants) and philosophical beliefs (she's not a particularly strong proponent of natural childbirth or nursing), but, taken with a grain or two of salt, she provides many hilarious moments, acres of advice, and honest reassurance readers will find nowhere else. --Ericka Lutz
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 before you purchase anything from this author February 28, 2010
Lady Goodman
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Be sure to read her column on Huffington Post, dated 2/20/10. Sure sounds to me like fat people hatred. What a hateful, arrogant b$%@h.
Unsupportive of homebirths! February 22, 2010
Kim (MO)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was given to me as gift. I glanced through it and immediately was turned off by the chatty street language. I then proceded to thumb the index for midwives and homebirths, something I hold very dear. She dedicated maybe a page to the whole topic and basically said midwives didn't work out for her friend and went on to give a horrible desciption of birth. This author has no empathy for the baby and mother bonding and all the turmoil the baby and mother can go through in a hospital setting. She makes the reader feel like they need painkillers, instead of trusting that their body can give natural childbirth like many women have before them. She makes the birth process sound like war. There was absolutely no loving care or intelligent thought in her language. Not recommended!
The first book I've ever thrown away February 15, 2010
M. Link (Columbus, OH)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was given this book as a gift from a girlfriend who was trying to conceive while I was expecting our first. Because she wasn't yet a mom and surely didn't read the book (or have the experience to know that it contained pure crap) I believe it to have been a thoughtful gift and the title sounds like it would be perfect. However, in truth this book is little more than one woman's exaggerations of what pregnancy and child-birth entails. At best, Cliff's Notes could narrow this book into a stand-up routine, albeit a pretty lame one.
After realizing how worthless this book was to me, I attempted to donate it to the public library. They refused it, stating they "did not wish to carry it".
 You are pregnant...the sky is NOT falling...Enjoy it while it lasts! February 9, 2010
Jenni (Saint Paul, MN)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Loved it! Loved her refreshing way of telling us about not only her four experiences but experiences of her girlfriends as well. Everyone knows that every pregnancy is different and many books i've read seem to treat every pregnancy as if they were all identical. Loved her humor. When you are pregnant (especially the first time) sometimes it feels like you are bombarded with worst case scenario type information. This one is more fun and less sky is falling. You're pregnant...enjoy it...relax...and here are some fabulous tips to get through it.
clever book February 3, 2010
khakijackie (OH)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
this book is written in the genre of nanny diaries (in the whiny way cynical people complain). Does make me feel better about hating my pregnancy. It's good to know things will get better in the future without all the preachy hallowed vessel mantra (pregnancy is awesome. you'll love your baby. just let nature take its course. you are sacred.).
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