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Expecting Better Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know

Paperback • 2024 • English

Expecting Better Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know

By Emily Oster

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

A groundbreaking guide to pregnancy: empowers women with the facts and allows them to make their own decisions. FREAKANOMICS meets WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING. Award-winning Emily Oster debunks myths about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting. Pregnant women are often treated as if they were children, given long lists of items to avoid - alcohol, caffeine, sushi - without any real explanation from their doctors about why. They hear frightening and contradictory myths...Show more

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ISBN

9781398722989

Publisher

Orion Publishing Company

Published year

2024

Language

English

Original title

Expecting Better Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know

Format

Paperback

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