Expecting Better Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong-And What You Really Need to Know

Name: Expecting Better Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong-And What You Really Need to Know
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ISBN: 9781594204753

ISBN-10: 1594204756

ISBN-13: 9781594204753

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Authors: Emily Oster

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An award-winning social scientist uses the tools of economics to debunk myths about pregnancy and to empower women to make better decisions while they’re expectingPregnancy is full of rules. Pregnant women are often treated as if they were children, given long lists of items to avoid—alcohol, caffeine, sushi— without any real explanation from their doctors about why. They hear frightening and contradictory myths about everything from weight gain to sleeping on your back to bed rest from friends andpregnancy books. Award-winning economist Emily Oster believes there is a better way. In Expecting Better, Oster shows that the information given to pregnant women is sometimes wrong and almost…

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List price: $26.95
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/20/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 1.25" wide x 6.25" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Emily Oster is Assistant Professor of Economics at University of Chicago. She was featured in SuperFreakonomics for her study on the effects of cable TV on the birthrate in India.OHer work has been featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Esquire. She is currently awaiting the birth of her first child.



Introduction



In the Beginning: Conception



Prep Work



Data-Driven Conception



The Two-Week Wait



The First Trimester



The Vices: Caffeine, Alcohol, and Tobacco



Miscarriage Fears



Beware of Deli Meats!



Nausea and My Mother-in-law



Prenatal Screening and Testing



The Surprising Perils of Gardening



The Second Trimester



Eating for Two? You Wish



Pink and Blue



Working Out and Resting Up



Drug Safety



The Third Trimester



Premature Birth (and the Dangers of Bed Rest)



High-Risk Pregnancy



I'm Going to Be Pregnant Forever, Right?



Labor Induction



Labor and Delivery



The Labor Numbers



To Epidural or Not to Epidural?



Beyond Pain Relief



The Aftermath



Home Birth: Progressive or Regressive? And Who Cleans the Tub?


Epilogue


Appendix: Quick Reference: OTC and Prescription Drugs


Notes


Index