What to Expect When You're Expecting

(Updated in 2025)

By Heidi Murkoff | Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

About the book

Updated multiple times every year, America’s pregnancy bible answers all your questions.
  • When can I take an at-home a pregnancy test?
  • How can I eat for two if I’m too queasy to eat for one?
  • Can I keep up my spinning classes?
  • Is fish safe to eat? And what’s this I hear about soft cheese?
  • Can I work until I deliver? What are my rights on the job?
  • I’m blotchy and broken out—where’s the glow?
  • Should we do a gender reveal? What about a 4-D ultrasound?
  • Will I know labor when I feel it?
Your pregnancy explained and your pregnant body demystified, head (what to do about those headaches) to feet (why they’re so swollen), back (how to stop it from aching) to front (why you can’t tell a baby by mom’s bump). Filled with must-have information, practical advice, realistic insight, easy-to-use tips, and lots of reassurance, you’ll also find the very latest on prenatal screenings, which medications are safe, and the most current birthing options—from water birth to gentle c-sections. Your pregnancy lifestyle gets equal attention, too: eating (including food trends) to coffee drinking, working out (and work) to sex, travel to beauty, skin care, and more. Have pregnancy symptoms? You will—and you’ll find solutions for them all. Expecting multiples? There’s a chapter for you. Expecting to become a dad? This book has you covered, too.
 

Editions of What to Expect When You're Expecting

Hardcover
ISBN 9780761189244
Paperback
ISBN 9780761187486
EBook
ISBN 9780761193159
EBook
ISBN 9781523520893

Read an Excerpt

Updated multiple times every year, America’s pregnancy bible answers all your questions.
  • When can I take an at-home a pregnancy test?
  • How can I eat for two if I’m too queasy to eat for one?
  • Can I keep up my spinning classes?
  • Is fish safe to eat? And what’s this I hear about soft cheese?
  • Can I work until I deliver? What are my rights on the job?
  • I’m blotchy and broken out—where’s the glow?
  • Should we do a gender reveal? What about a 4-D ultrasound?
  • Will I know labor when I feel it?
Your pregnancy explained and your pregnant body demystified, head (what to do about those headaches) to feet (why they’re so swollen), back (how to stop it from aching) to front (why you can’t tell a baby by mom’s bump). Filled with must-have information, practical advice, realistic insight, easy-to-use tips, and lots of reassurance, you’ll also find the very latest on prenatal screenings, which medications are safe, and the most current birthing options—from water birth to gentle c-sections. Your pregnancy lifestyle gets equal attention, too: eating (including food trends) to coffee drinking, working out (and work) to sex, travel to beauty, skin care, and more. Have pregnancy symptoms? You will—and you’ll find solutions for them all. Expecting multiples? There’s a chapter for you. Expecting to become a dad? This book has you covered, too.
 

Frequently Asked Questions

What is What to Expect When You're Expecting about?

Updated multiple times every year, America’s pregnancy bible answers all your questions.
  • When can I take an at-home a pregnancy test?
  • How can I eat for two if I’m too queasy to eat for one?
  • Can I keep up my spinning classes?
  • Is fish safe to eat? And what’s this I hear about soft cheese?
  • Can I work until I deliver? What are my rights on the job?
  • I’m blotchy and broken out—where’s the glow?
  • Should we do a gender reveal? What about a 4-D ultrasound?
  • Will I know labor when I feel it?
Your pregnancy explained and your pregnant body demystified, head (what to do about those headaches) to feet (why they’re so swollen), back (how to stop it from aching) to front (why you can’t tell a baby by mom’s bump). Filled with must-have information, practical advice, realistic insight, easy-to-use tips, and lots of reassurance, you’ll also find the very latest on prenatal screenings, which medications are safe, and the most current birthing options—from water birth to gentle c-sections. Your pregnancy lifestyle gets equal attention, too: eating (including food trends) to coffee drinking, working out (and work) to sex, travel to beauty, skin care, and more. Have pregnancy symptoms? You will—and you’ll find solutions for them all. Expecting multiples? There’s a chapter for you. Expecting to become a dad? This book has you covered, too.
 

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in What to Expect When You're Expecting?

Health, Relationships and Personal development > Family and health > Parenting, parenthood: advice, topics and issues > Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice, topics and issues

Where can I read a sample of What to Expect When You're Expecting?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780761189244

Is What to Expect When You're Expecting part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

Yes it is a part of series What to Expect

Who is/are the Author/s of the book What to Expect When You're Expecting?

Heidi Murkoff

Who is the Publisher of the book What to Expect When You're Expecting?

Workman Publishing Company

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

What to Expect When You're Expecting is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780761189244) and paperback(ISBN 9780761187486) and ebook(ISBN 9780761193159) and ebook(ISBN 9781523520893)

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