{"product_id":"expecting-better-why-the-conventional-pregnancy-wisdom-is-wrong-and-what-you-really-need-to-know-paperback","title":"Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--And What You Really Need to Know - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmily Oster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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.\" \u003cb\u003e--Amy Schumer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Fully Revised and Updated for 2021* \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat to Expect When You're Expecting\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eFreakonomics\u003c\/i\u003e an award-winning economist disproves standard recommendations about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting. From the author of \u003ci\u003eCribsheet \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Family Firm\u003c\/i\u003e, a data-driven decision making guide to the early years of parenting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e these are forbidden. Rules for prenatal testing are similarly unexplained. Moms-to-be desperately want a resource that empowers them to make their own right choices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When award-winning economist Emily Oster was a mom-to-be herself, she evaluated the data behind the accepted rules of pregnancy, and discovered that most are often misguided and some are just flat-out wrong. Debunking myths and explaining everything from the real effects of caffeine to the surprising dangers of gardening, \u003ci\u003eExpecting Better\u003c\/i\u003e is the book for every pregnant woman who wants to enjoy a healthy and relaxed pregnancy--and the occasional glass of wine.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmily Oster is a professor of economics at Brown University and the author of \u003ci\u003eExpecting Better, Cribsheet, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Family Firm\u003c\/i\u003e. She writes the newsletter \u003ci\u003eParentData\u003c\/i\u003e and her work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBloomberg\u003c\/i\u003e. She has two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.45 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 24, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964683845933,"sku":"9780143125709","price":20.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/expecting-better-why-the-conventional-pregnancy-wisdom-is-wrong-and-what-you-really-need-to-know-paperback-6654652.webp?v=1775476626","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/expecting-better-why-the-conventional-pregnancy-wisdom-is-wrong-and-what-you-really-need-to-know-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}