If simplicity is what you’re looking for, this book is broken down into three simple sections: Pregnancy, Birth and Afterwards. Let’s face it, up-to-date, unbiased information and advice is what mums-to-be crave the most during pregnancy, and this book provides all that and more. This price will also depend on whether you’re buying the physical copy of the book, or opting for the Kindle or Audiobook version. How we test pregnancy books This week-by-week pregnancy book will show you how to keep healthy during pregnancy, what foods to avoid, how to exercise safely, and how to navigate common concerns and prepare for complications. It has fully updated medical advice and Q&As with experts and moms that will help put your mind at ease.

Key concept : A form of antenatal education; an informative guide to hypnobirthing with evidence-based examples and logic to change the birthing approach and experience.Key concept : Conversations and examples around mental health, anxiety, effects of anxiety and mindfulness techniques during pregnancy. This in-depth pregnancy guide will walk you through every day of your pregnancy from the moment of conception to the first two weeks of your newborn's life. It’s a colourful read with lots of unique imagery and diagrams, and it also includes helpful tips on meal plans and exercises. We particularly loved that this book is littered with personal stories and experiences, which make it feel a lot more relatable. Day by day, detailed artworks and fetal images will show your baby's development with remarkable clarity. As you get closer to your due date, the book explores all the options available for your labor and birth so you can make the right choice with confidence. This insightful book also breaks down your delivery and the first 12 hours after childbirth. The day-by-day format continues for the first two weeks of life with your newborn baby. Then the day by day guide starts. It begins on day 1 of your pregnancy which is actually when you’re not even pregnant. Day 1 is the first day of your menstrual cycle and the first 14 days takes you through what’s happening in your body, through to ovulation and possible conception with plenty of helpful information about your cycle and trying to conceive.

Mums-to-be will be left feeling informed and positive after reading this informative book. With a handy reference guide describing everything from emotions during pregnancy to talking about what’s to come, this book is one you’ll turn to again and again throughout those magical nine months. There’s plenty of information on changes to your body, the baby growing inside and a section at the end on the different stages of labour, too. As your due date approaches, this baby development book explores all the options available for your labour and birth so you can make the right choice with confidence, and also breaks down your delivery and the first 12 hours after childbirth. The day-by-day format continues for the first two weeks postpartum as you embark on life with your newborn.

There’s already enough to complete on your neverending to-do list before the baby arrives, and the last thing you want is an overload of information that could leave you more confused than before. Anxiety can take over at any time, which is why we recommend reading Anna Mathur’s Mind Over Mother during pregnancy. This book is aimed at helping mothers get a better understanding of mental health during pregnancy, before meeting their new bundle of joy. The Day-by-Day Pregnancy Book is an amazing book and if you’re only buying one pregnancy book, it should be this one. It’s got it all and will last you through your whole pregnancy and beyond. I highly recommend it! The chapters at the end of the book are very thorough ones about birth itself including pain relief options and detailed descriptions (and images!) of the different stages of birth. There’s also information about different types of assisted deliveries, inductions, multiple births and Cesarean sections. Then there’s information about what happens straight after your baby is born and the first 12 hours after. It’s so important to know as much as possible about labour and giving birth. It can really help you make informed decisions and I also believe that it will help prepare you mentally for the pain and the whole process.

The Day-by-Day Pregnancy Book (Dr Maggie Blott ed.): The best pregnancy book for daily expectations and personal experiences What to Expect When You’re Expecting, by Heidi Murkoff: The best pregnancy book for month-by-month coverage If you’re feeling apprehensive about it all, joining the hypnobirthing club could be the way to make you feel more confident, and possibly even excited, about giving birth. Whether you choose to embark on a hypnobirthing journey or not, this book provides a lot of advice for you and your birth partner to help each other feel relaxed and supported during the stages of labour. This is also one of those books that you’ll want to gift to all your pregnant friends after reading it. Its size. There are a ludicrous number of pictures that are mostly unnecessary (I don't need a daily foetus development photo - you can imagine how little variance there is from photo to photo at that frequency) with the end result that the book is so large that it's too heavy to lift to read for any duration, but even in the first trimester was way too uncomfortable to have it resting against my abdomen whilst reading, so I had to prop it awkwardly on cushions balanced in my lap any time I wanted to read it.

Key concept : Scientific research covering practical, evidence-based recommendations and advice from paediatricians and obstetricians, on everything you can do during pregnancy and the first year.