Day By Day Pregnancy Book

by Maggie Blott (Artist)

The complete guide to pregnancy, day-by-day Fully updated to reflect changes in medical practice, this new edition of the bestselling The Day-by-Day Pregnancy Book provides comprehensive pregnancy advice from a team of experts. No other pregnancy book provides this level of detail, allied with such extraordinary photographs, 3D scans and illustrations which reveal in unprecedented clarity exactly what is happening to you and your baby every single day. From early foetal development to how your hormones prepare you for birth, learn from world-class experts. Plus, obstetricians, midwives and parents advise on your baby's development, medical matters, your changing body, diet, fitness and much more. The Day-by-Day Pregnancy Book (previous ISBN 9781405332101) includes a special hour-by-hour rundown of what to expect during and immediately after birth, plus further reassurance for the first two weeks of your baby's life, will give a helping hand through the culmination of your pregnancy, from pain relief to those first intimate and unique moments between you and your child.

Genres: Nonfiction, Parenting

496 pages, Hardcover

First published January 16, 2014

Reviews

[Liz Barker]

Good for basic information on the baby's growth, changes in the mother's body and guide to labour and birth. However, despite it being a 2016 edition, it still felt very dated and unprogressive - eg talks about pink/blue colours for nursery, that Dad's only job is to fix the car seat and that the only 'nesting' he'll want to do is building a shed... I think I can fix a car seat and the least of my concerns is painting things pink or blue.

[Amy]

I really like the idea of turning a page each day as you go through your pregnancy. There are interesting facts and figures to be found on each page and the book tells you what your baby is up to and what you should be doing as you progress along in the pregnancy. The information seems sensible and impartial and deals with both the good and bad. Particular mention must be made of the stunning images throughout the book of real life inside the womb – it is detail one wouldn't normally get to see and it really is amazing.

Although this book does occasionally give over multiple pages to important stages such as the first- and 20-week scans, the format is generally a daily page with a little bit of information at a time. This approach is good in that it doesn't overwhelm the reader, but sometimes I have found it a bit annoying when I wanted to look at a particular issue in detail (e.g. diet, travel etc) that there isn't one go-to section, it is spread out over several entries in the book so you have to scan back and try to remember where you read something.

I have been reading this book in conjunction with a more conventional pregnancy guide that is split into topics. I have found this to be a good approach as I can just dip into the day-by-day book or can spend longer on the other guide if I have more time/want to focus a bit more on a particular issue.

[delbee]

It was okay, but quite a fun book to see the development of the baby day by day. Contains quite useful information towards the end - about birth, baby, and problems associated with post-birth and the health of the baby.

[Harriet]

Lovely to have something to read every day. I made it to 37 weeks before my baby was born early, so I don't know what those last pages hold but the rest was great.
Lots of information for people having twins, and a variety of voices represented.

[Swati]

I loved the book read each day of my pregnancy got to know a lot of baby before she was born , looked forward to read and get information everyday for my little one . Very useful.

[Claire]

A very emotional book through my first pregnancy.

[Karen]

Some useful information. Just know the authors are based in the UK and refer to benefits available for UK residents.

[Ruxandra Visoiu]

A very useful and easy read, the day-by-day concept is great

[Carolyn]

Very thorough. Would love this in a postpartum version for baby and mom

Thought it was overkill when I first received this book but ended up mostly enjoying it

[Silvia]

Very useful and complete, even if you don't live in the UK (some sections refer to the UK maternity leave system, for example).

[Linda]

We read a page from this book every day. It is nice to get an update on the developing baby every 24 hours, particularly during the first trimester when you barely feel pregnant.

[Gonzalo]

Buena descripción de lo que sucede en el interior de la madre cada día de embarazo.

[Tamara]

Second read: Still a really great reference book for pregnancy.

Best pregnancy book! Very informative and reassuring.

[Leah Jay]

The only pregnancy book I used in the end. provided good, varied information throughout the whole thing, but in smaller snippets so it was easy to fit it in to the day. This is the only pregnancy book I would recommend.