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From the Hips: A Comprehensive, Open-Minded, Uncensored, Totally Honest Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and Becoming a Parent
From the Hips A Comprehensive OpenMinded Uncensored Totally Honest Guide to Pregnancy Birth and Becoming a Parent Author:Rebecca Odes, Ceridwen Morris Drawing on the experiences of hundreds of real parents and the expertise of doctors, midwives and other birth and baby pros, this indispensable resource is filled with the most accurate and up-to-date information about having and caring for a baby, including: — Decisions, Decisions: — A judgment-free breakdown of every major choice, including pren... more »atal testing, natural vs. medical childbirth, circumcision, breast or bottle feeding, and work/life options
The Endless No:
What not to eat, take, and do when you’re pregnant-get the real facts behind the prohibitions
I Want My Life Back:
Anxiety, regret, ambivalence, and other rarely discussed postpartum emotions
Parents and partners:
A look beyond the one-size-fits-all approach to family, with strategies for minimizing perfect-parent pressure and managing your real-life relationships through the changes
Sorting Through the Voices:
A user-friendly guide to the dueling gurus, trendy techniques, and conflicting theories that confuse new parents
A forward-thinking book that includes a wide range of voices and approaches, From the Hips reflects the many ways of being pregnant and parenting without suggesting that there is one right way.« less
Rachael B. reviewed From the Hips: A Comprehensive, Open-Minded, Uncensored, Totally Honest Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and Becoming a Parent on
Helpful Score: 1
This book has so much information. It gives you many views of pregnance, childbirth and eary parrenting tips. There is no "right" way, just lost of options and lots of resouces for more infomration. There are also blerbs from real parrents to give even more insight.
Simone O. (simonesnake) reviewed From the Hips: A Comprehensive, Open-Minded, Uncensored, Totally Honest Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and Becoming a Parent on
Much more mainstream than I was expecting. Very basic, could see it working for a totally clueless teen mom or someone similar who is interested in basic info in a "cool" format, but definitely not for crunchy and decently informed moms-to-be.
Tara R. (portabellopig) reviewed From the Hips: A Comprehensive, Open-Minded, Uncensored, Totally Honest Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, and Becoming a Parent on + 40 more book reviews
I'm someone who gets easily overwhelmed by large amounts of new information - imagine how exasperated I felt trying to wrap my pregnant brain around ALL the different preggo book options, and the anxiety at opening each book and finding pages and pages of waaaaaay too much information.
When my hubby brought this book home for me, I almost did a little dance. It is full of great, basic, IMPARTIAL information with references supplied if you want further information. This allowed me to read through and get a good idea of what to expect without being completely overwhelmed. It also relieved a lot of the "oh my god, there are so many things that can go wrong!!" panic by giving a break down of all the things that can indeed go wrong that included what makes the likelyhood of that happening go up (i.e. downs syndrome if you're over thirty five). All in all, a great book for nervous, overwhelmed first time mommies.
