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

Emily Oster is the non-judgmental girlfriend holding our hand and guiding us through pregnancy and motherhood. She has done the work to get us the hard facts in a soft, understandable way. --Amy Schumer *Revised in 2019*

What to Expect When Youre Expecting meets Freakonomics an award-winning economist disproves standard recommendations about pregnancy to empower women while theyre expecting. From the author of Cribsheet, a data-driven decision making guide to the early years of parenting

Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most pro­found, meaningful experiences of adulthood--can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. Pregnant women are told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee without ever being told why these are forbidden. Rules for prenatal testing are similarly unexplained. Moms-to-be