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The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy: Or everything your doctor won't tell you
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.2
EAN: 9780671524319
ISBN: 0671524313
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 262
Publication Date: October 01, 1995
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket
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Editorial Review:
Beginning with the "10 Greatest Lies About Pregnancy" (number 10: Lamaze works), and ending with postpartum dementia, Vicki Iovine's Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy has fast become the laywoman's mouthpiece for the American pregnancy experience. Iovine is irreverent, sassy, and incredibly reassuring as she exposes the "truths" of pregnancy and childbirth, from sex to cellulite to cesareans. Iovine birthed four kids in six years, none of them twins, which certainly qualifies her as an expert. The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy does reveal Iovine's particular cultural biases (pregnant or not, most of us don't have record-producer husbands, hang out with supermodels, or wear size-four pants) and philosophical beliefs (she's not a particularly strong proponent of natural childbirth or nursing), but, taken with a grain or two of salt, she provides many hilarious moments, acres of advice, and honest reassurance readers will find nowhere else. --Ericka Lutz
A delivery room veteran gives you the low-down as only the best friend can. From the top ten lies ("Maternity clothes are so much cuter now"), to the long-awaited birth, here are practical tips and hilarious takes on everything pregnant.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Helpful, but not really my kind of girlfriend...
I found the tone of this book to be a bit too "freak out" for my tastes. She uses exaggeration for comic effect, but in this case, when you're going into pregnancy for the first time, not knowing what to expect, it is hard to separate exaggeration from reality. For example, the weight gain. I was seeing myself becoming the stay-puffed marshmallow woman after reading this book-- not just during pregnancy but afterwards too. Maybe the idea is that if you can make peace with that, you will be okay for ... Read More
Rating:  - Best book I read when I was pregnant
This was given to me as a gift during my pregnancy, and is now the number one thing I recommend to pregnant women! It was informative AND made me laugh out-loud. I also bought "What to Expect..." but I don't like the question-answer format as well as the chapter segments in "Girlfriend's Guide." Great, great book.
Rating:  - Not a Guide for a Good Friend
My wife was given this book early in her pregnancy. I know many reviewers say that you need to have a sense of humor to appreciate this book, but this book was not that funny and did nothing to "guide" us through our pregnancy. All it did was scare my wife by talking about all the bad things about being pregnant. This is a good book to read if you don't want to get pregnant or are jealous of those that are.
Rating: - Great for first-time moms!
As a first-time mom, I found this book both funny and helpful to "ease" into what was to come! For excrutiating, detailed, pregnancy play-by-play, search for a "medical" book. I did not want information overload and an exhaustive list of things that could possibly go wrong to obsess over. This was perfect for me to be able to ask follow up questions of my doctor where I was concerned or wanted to know more.
Rating: - Keep the humor alive during pregnancy!
This is an easy read and kept me laughing out loud! My husband had to endure my reading every other sentence out loud to him because I thought it was so funny or so true to what I was going through. The author hits on every possible thing that could happen to you during pregnancy. Although it isn't meant to be a medical explanation of what's going on, this was the only book I ever read that mentioned low back pain/pressure as a problem in early pregnancy. I experienced a lot of that in my first ... Read More
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