When the Belly Button Pops, the BabyÂ’s Done : A Month-by-Month Guide to Surviving (and Loving) Your Pregnancy

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Summary: Oy!
Review: When I saw this book, I thought that it was going to be another book along the lines of "Girlfriend Guide" or "Hip Momma's". I was so utterly wrong! The book takes excerpts from many other pregnancy books which I have read, and in most all instances they are taken wildly out of context from the original. I guess my biggest dissapointment is that the book is heavily religious... While most other pregnancy books written "on the level" have small blurbs, this one is chalked full of christianized jargon. While the back cover does say "spiritual encouragement" the rest of the description made it seem like it would be for the yoga going, jucie bar hitting types. Although the book does give month to month checklists and a few really great websites to check out, it is really lacking in good, original information. I would strongly suggest not purchasing this book, and going for "Girlfriends Guide" instead. It does have "Expert panel" sections, that make you feel not so alone. However, this information would be best gotten out of one of the many pregnancy magazines, which offer the same thing. All in all I was really dissapointed by this book, especially after reading many other pregnancy books. I guess that this book would have been alot better if it were the very first book that I read, and if I did not know anything at all about pregnancy.