Guest guest Posted March 4, 2003 Report Share Posted March 4, 2003 A little over a month ago, I wrote asking about Vegan Prenatal vitamins. Many of you responded with suggestions for vitamins. Some of you also added information about a book, Taking Control of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler. I want to thank you all for your suggestions. The Vegan Essentials Prenatal vitamin has worked for me. More importantly, my husband and I are now expecting a baby in November. The book was invaluable. Now, do any of you have any recommendations for books on Pregnancy? I don't really need anything that says it is ok to be Veg and Pregnant, but if you know of any that are informative, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks again! Michele 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2003 Report Share Posted March 4, 2003 CONGRATS MICHELE!!! Michele <slamm12 wrote: More importantly, my husband and I are now expecting a baby in November. Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 Michele, Congratulations!!! I highly recommend " What to expect when you are expecting " . Although very commercialized, this book was invaluable to me during my pregnancy. This book takes you from month to month throughout your pregnancy and gives great guidelines as to what you can expect from your body as well as information about your growing baby in the womb. There is a chapter on diet and nutrition, but some vegetarian info is included and the authors emphasize wholesome, natural foods. Best wishes to you! Robin A. > " Michele " <slamm12 > > > A big thank you! >Mon, 3 Mar 2003 21:50:03 -0700 > >A little over a month ago, I wrote asking about Vegan Prenatal vitamins. >Many of you responded with suggestions for vitamins. Some of you also added >information about a book, Taking Control of Your Fertility by Toni >Weschler. I want to thank you all for your suggestions. The Vegan >Essentials >Prenatal vitamin has worked for me. More importantly, my husband and I are >now expecting a baby in November. The book was invaluable. Now, do any of >you have any recommendations for books on Pregnancy? I don't really need >anything that says it is ok to be Veg and Pregnant, but if you know of any >that are informative, I would greatly appreciate it. > >Thanks again! >Michele > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >1 > > _______________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 my husband and I are > now expecting a baby in November. +++Congrat's!!! Hope to be in your shoes soon. We used Toni's book to conceive Dd and we are using it again for #2. (I think this book should be on every woman's book shelf) I have PCO so that makes things a little more tricky when ttc. Mitzi, Mommy to a beautiful little girl 3/00 ************************************** You're only given a little spark of madness, you must not lose it. ---Robin Williams ************************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 *nod* The Pregnancy Book and The Birth Book by Dr Sears are MUCH better. Also, another excellent book is The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer (my current #1 favorite pregnancy & birth book). And if your partner is only going to read one book this year, it should be The Birth Partner, by Penny Simkin. Sandra I have to disagree. This book is horrible! It considers birth to be a medicalized event and the section on breastfeeding is even worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 > I highly recommend " What to expect when you are > expecting " . From my perspective, being a natural childbirth educator and doula, I do not reccomend this book. It is very mainstream and makes birth a very medicalized event. It also creates a great deal of fear and anxiety for moms, which is something I feel we need to move away from in birth. I reccomend " Special Delivery " by Rahema Baldwin and " Spiritual Midwifery " Ida Mae Gaskin. Peace, Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 Congratulations!!! I highly recommend " What to expect when you are expecting " . I have to disagree. This book is horrible! It considers birth to be a medicalized event and the section on breastfeeding is even worse! Sara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Brian Shaughnessy wrote: > Congratulations!!! I highly recommend " What to expect when you are > expecting " . > > I have to disagree. This book is horrible! It considers birth to be a > medicalized event and the section on breastfeeding is even worse! _What to Expect_ is indeed very medicalized and seems to me to promote a " don't question your doctor, just do as you're told " attitude. At the same time, it does provide a lot of reference information for both the day-to-day challenges of pregnancy and the more rare complications and side effects. I don't love _What to Expect_, but at the same time I did find it useful and haven't seen any other pregnancy guides I like more. Honestly, they all seem a bit crappy in one way or another. I recommend getting several different books with several different approaches to pregnancy (check them out of the library if you can't afford to buy them all), cross-reference any questions you have in all of them, and take everything with a large dose of salt. Pregnancy guides tend to be very dogmatic, saying either " Your doctor is a god, pregnancy is an illness, and don't you dare do anything that deviates from the norm if you love your baby " , or " Pregnancy is totally natural and safe, your doctor is just itching to slice you open the first chance he gets, and you are a dupe of the patriarchy, not to mention a wuss, is you even think about using pain medications and other medical interventions. " I have yet to find a guide that is comfortable both with low-intervention, " natural " pregnancies and with more medically supervised pregnancies, even though both approaches have their benefits and are appropriate for different women in different circumstances. ---- Patricia Bullington-McGuire <patricia The brilliant Cerebron, attacking the problem analytically, discovered three distinct kinds of dragon: the mythical, the chimerical, and the purely hypothetical. They were all, one might say, nonexistent, but each nonexisted in an entirely different way ... -- Stanislaw Lem, " Cyberiad " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 > Congratulations!!! I highly recommend " What to expect when you are > expecting " . > > I have to disagree. This book is horrible! It considers birth to be a medicalized event and the section on breastfeeding is even worse! Sara +++I have to agree with Sara here. I don't care for this book either. I like " The Birth Book " by Dr. Sears. I also like the " The Baby Book " by Sears too. I don't agree with everything he says (like vaxing) but overall I think it's a great book and give it as a gift all the time. Just my opinion, Mitzi, who's first book was " What to expect " and ended up with a failed induction and a c/section. Mommy to a beautiful little girl 3/00 ************************************** You're only given a little spark of madness, you must not lose it. ---Robin Williams ************************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2003 Report Share Posted March 9, 2003 > " Brian Shaughnessy " <ApMama2boys > Re: A big thank you! > > Congratulations!!! I highly recommend " What to expect when you are > expecting " . > > I have to disagree. This book is horrible! It considers birth to be a > medicalized event and the section on breastfeeding is even worse! > > Sara I guess some people could find some of it useful. But I hated this book, too, for those reasons and that the author is not at all supportive of breastfeeding (beyond some token, very short, duration). I thought some parts were interesting, like the development of the human fetus through the months, but I really disliked how the author disempowers women and medicalizes pregnancy and birth. She's also pro-medicine in other ways (anti-midwife, meds if you're ill during pregnancy, and pro-vaccinations) and anti-family bed. My fave books are any by Shiela Kitzinger, Penelope Leach, and the Sears' (Dr. William Sears and his wife), and Attachment Parenting by Katie Allison Granju. But my suggestion is, don't spend too much time/money on books about pregnancy and birth - read about raising children, because you'll spend more time in your life doing that than you'll spend pregnant. ~Doh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2003 Report Share Posted March 10, 2003 I recommend " gentle birth choices " and " water births " . Sorry i don;t have the authors. My 5 day old baby is sleeping in my arms and who knows when i'll get back here to write. She is so preciuos and her birth was a hugely welcomed change from my first just over 2 yrs ago. I was so much more prepared and the best thing was to trust myself and my body. I didn't pick up the what to expect book this time, because I already knew what to expect, but for the first one I think it is such a mystery and we want to find out as much as possible. Also check into birth centers, but the biggest thing that will get you through is trusting that your body knows what to do, and you have to surrender to all that you feel is right. It also helped to read and hear positive birth stories that aren't entrenched in medicine and fear, check out the new magazine and website " pandora's box " - parenting outside the box, and unassissted childbirth website. Sorry these references are so vague, but you'll be able to find them easily if you run a search. Even if you don't go " unassissted " , I found the stories to be very powerful and reassuring. My waterbirth was beautiful, and I don't think I'd have changed a thing about it. Absolutely amazing what we are capable of. Good luck in your search for the right experience for your pregnancy and birth!! Janeen Dan & Mits <vegibrgr wrote: > Congratulations!!! I highly recommend " What to expect when you are > expecting " . > > I have to disagree. This book is horrible! It considers birth to be a medicalized event and the section on breastfeeding is even worse! Sara +++I have to agree with Sara here. I don't care for this book either. I like " The Birth Book " by Dr. Sears. I also like the " The Baby Book " by Sears too. I don't agree with everything he says (like vaxing) but overall I think it's a great book and give it as a gift all the time. Just my opinion, Mitzi, who's first book was " What to expect " and ended up with a failed induction and a c/section. Mommy to a beautiful little girl 3/00 ************************************** You're only given a little spark of madness, you must not lose it. ---Robin Williams ************************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 Laura, I wish I had joined this group prior to giving birth to my first and only child. I totally agree that the book is mainstream, however, I really did like " What to expect.. " because I was virtually alone in my pregnancy and the book saved me a lot of phone calls to my dr. If I had to do it over again, I would have definately gone with a midwife from the beginning, but as I developed complications toward the end of my pregnancy, I probably would have delivered at the hospital anyway. I will pass along your recommendations of books to my expecting friends. Thank you, Robin A. >VAP79 > > >Re: A big thank you! >Fri, 7 Mar 2003 15:36:37 EST > > > > > I highly recommend " What to expect when you are > > expecting " . > >From my perspective, being a natural childbirth educator and doula, I do >not >reccomend this book. It is very mainstream and makes birth a very >medicalized >event. It also creates a great deal of fear and anxiety for moms, which is >something I feel we need to move away from in birth. >I reccomend " Special Delivery " by Rahema Baldwin and " Spiritual Midwifery " >Ida Mae Gaskin. >Peace, >Laura > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 I read at least 100 books-almost all of them borrowed from the library- when I was pregnant. I liked " What to expect... " for the basic info and month by month progress reports but not the 'tone' of the book. Towards the end of my pregnancy I found a book that provided the same month by month info on the baby's growth with a more natural approach called " Pregnancy Pure and Simple " by, I believe, Traci Hochner?-it has been a while but the cover is yellow. The thing is, even if I didn't like the tone or disagreed with their views, I learned a little something from every book-even the 'Girlfriend's Guide', though I REALLY regretting buying it. If you do go with a midwife, there is a book called " Heart and Hands " that was *the* book for me. Good Luck! > " Robin Allen " <woodsprite24 > > >Re: A big thank you! >Fri, 07 Mar 2003 03:38:52 +0000 > >Michele, > >Congratulations!!! I highly recommend " What to expect when you are >expecting " . Although very commercialized, this book was invaluable to me >during my pregnancy. This book takes you from month to month throughout >your pregnancy and gives great guidelines as to what you can expect from >your body as well as information about your growing baby in the womb. >There >is a chapter on diet and nutrition, but some vegetarian info is included >and >the authors emphasize wholesome, natural foods. Best wishes to you! > >Robin A. > > > > > > > " Michele " <slamm12 > > > > > > A big thank you! > >Mon, 3 Mar 2003 21:50:03 -0700 > > > >A little over a month ago, I wrote asking about Vegan Prenatal vitamins. > >Many of you responded with suggestions for vitamins. Some of you also >added > >information about a book, Taking Control of Your Fertility by Toni > >Weschler. I want to thank you all for your suggestions. The Vegan > >Essentials > >Prenatal vitamin has worked for me. More importantly, my husband and I >are > >now expecting a baby in November. The book was invaluable. Now, do any of > >you have any recommendations for books on Pregnancy? I don't really need > >anything that says it is ok to be Veg and Pregnant, but if you know of >any > >that are informative, I would greatly appreciate it. > > > >Thanks again! > >Michele > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >1 > > > > > > >_______________ >Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > _______________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Although I did look at what to expect a lot while pregnant, I found that The Pregnancy Book by Sears (or maybe Sears & Sears?) was a much better resource with just as much detail and some great pictures- -just throwing that out there- Robin Allen <woodsprite24 wrote:Laura, I wish I had joined this group prior to giving birth to my first and only child. I totally agree that the book is mainstream, however, I really did like " What to expect.. " because I was virtually alone in my pregnancy and the book saved me a lot of phone calls to my dr. If I had to do it over again, I would have definately gone with a midwife from the beginning, but as I developed complications toward the end of my pregnancy, I probably would have delivered at the hospital anyway. I will pass along your recommendations of books to my expecting friends. Thank you, Robin A. >VAP79 > > >Re: A big thank you! >Fri, 7 Mar 2003 15:36:37 EST > > > > > I highly recommend " What to expect when you are > > expecting " . > >From my perspective, being a natural childbirth educator and doula, I do >not >reccomend this book. It is very mainstream and makes birth a very >medicalized >event. It also creates a great deal of fear and anxiety for moms, which is >something I feel we need to move away from in birth. >I reccomend " Special Delivery " by Rahema Baldwin and " Spiritual Midwifery " >Ida Mae Gaskin. >Peace, >Laura > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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