The Panic-Free Pregnancy: An OB-GYN Separates Fact from Fiction on Food, Exercise, Travel, Pets, Coffee, Medications, and Concerns You Have When You Are Expecting – June 1, 2004 Author: Michael Broder | Language: English | ISBN:
0399529896 | Format: PDF
The Panic-Free Pregnancy: An OB-GYN Separates Fact from Fiction on Food, Exercise, Travel, Pets, Coffee, Medications, and Concerns You Have When You Are Expecting – June 1, 2004 Description
About the Author
Michael S. Broder, M.D.'s research has been cited in numerous newspapers, magazines, and television shows, including 20/20, Health, Prevention, Parenting, and Family Circle. His work has been published in scientific journals such as JAMA and Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well as in the
Los Angeles Times. Dr. Broder is an assistant clinical professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Vice President of Zynx Life Sciences, a research group in Beverly Hills, CA.
- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Perigee Trade; 5.2.2004 edition (June 1, 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0399529896
- ISBN-13: 978-0399529894
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
I purchased and read this book after a family member (incidentally, a NICU nurse) recommended it to me, and I am so glad I picked it up.
First, as other reviewers have noted, this is *not* a book about what specifically occurs during pregnancy and fetal development. If you're looking for the day by day, week by week of what changes your body's undergoing - this isn't it.
What this book is, however, is a supplement to those guides. It is a more in-depth exploration of the science and medicine behind all the "can do/can't do" lists for pregnant women -- it's the source material and the educational footnotes missing from all those kindergarten level lists contained in every other guide. It's the answer to all of us who are frustrated at hearing "no, because I said so" with no way to actually quantify or understand the risk(s) that drive the "no". I'm a relatively highly educated individual, early in my first pregnancy, and was already at the end of my rope with the list of strict prohibitions: no meat unless it's cooked to charcoal, only one 6 oz can of tuna once every other month, no mayonnaise, no cheese, no lettuce or spinach unless you've personally scrubbed and soaked it, no medicine unless its tylenol and only if you're going to die otherwise....and if you eat a chicken mcnugget YOU"RE GOING TO BE A TERRIBLE MOTHER!! HOW COULD YOU!! YOU'VE DONE IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO YOUR CHILD!!!
I kind of wish I was exaggerating. But I know that I was, frankly, to the point where between all these guides, my professionals and support staff, I was functionally being told that if I dared to step outside during my pregnancy, I was putting my child at an unnacceptable level of risk.
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