What to Expect Before You're Expecting

The Complete Guide to Getting Pregnant

By Heidi Murkoff | Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

About the book

Expecting to expect? Plan ahead. Here’s everything you need to know to help prepare for the healthiest possible pregnancy and the healthiest possible baby.

What to expect ... the first step. Answers to all your baby-making questions.

  • Are there ways to improve our chances of having a girl (or boy)?
  • Does stress affect fertility?
  • Should we be having sex every day? Every other day? Three times a day?
  • I’m 37. Does that mean I’ll have a harder time getting pregnant?
  • How long should we keep trying to conceive before we get some help?
  • What fertility treatments are available—and how will we be able to pay for them?

Filled with practical tips, empathetic advice, and savvy strategies, all designed to help you get that baby of your dreams on board faster. How to get your body into the best baby-making shape. Which foods feed fertility. Which lifestyle habits to quit and which to cultivate. All about baby-making sex, from timing to positions to logistics—and how to keep it sexy. Figuring out your fertility (and his). When to seek fertility help, and the latest on tests, treatments, and reproductive technology. Expecting to become a dad? This book has you covered, too. Plus, all about the family-building options for single women and same-sex couples.

Editions of What to Expect Before You're Expecting

Hardcover
ISBN 9781523501519
Paperback
ISBN 9781523501502
EBook
ISBN 9781523501984

Read an Excerpt

Expecting to expect? Plan ahead. Here’s everything you need to know to help prepare for the healthiest possible pregnancy and the healthiest possible baby.

What to expect ... the first step. Answers to all your baby-making questions.

  • Are there ways to improve our chances of having a girl (or boy)?
  • Does stress affect fertility?
  • Should we be having sex every day? Every other day? Three times a day?
  • I’m 37. Does that mean I’ll have a harder time getting pregnant?
  • How long should we keep trying to conceive before we get some help?
  • What fertility treatments are available—and how will we be able to pay for them?

Filled with practical tips, empathetic advice, and savvy strategies, all designed to help you get that baby of your dreams on board faster. How to get your body into the best baby-making shape. Which foods feed fertility. Which lifestyle habits to quit and which to cultivate. All about baby-making sex, from timing to positions to logistics—and how to keep it sexy. Figuring out your fertility (and his). When to seek fertility help, and the latest on tests, treatments, and reproductive technology. Expecting to become a dad? This book has you covered, too. Plus, all about the family-building options for single women and same-sex couples.

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Expecting to expect? Plan ahead. Here’s everything you need to know to help prepare for the healthiest possible pregnancy and the healthiest possible baby.

What to expect ... the first step. Answers to all your baby-making questions.

  • Are there ways to improve our chances of having a girl (or boy)?
  • Does stress affect fertility?
  • Should we be having sex every day? Every other day? Three times a day?
  • I’m 37. Does that mean I’ll have a harder time getting pregnant?
  • How long should we keep trying to conceive before we get some help?
  • What fertility treatments are available—and how will we be able to pay for them?

Filled with practical tips, empathetic advice, and savvy strategies, all designed to help you get that baby of your dreams on board faster. How to get your body into the best baby-making shape. Which foods feed fertility. Which lifestyle habits to quit and which to cultivate. All about baby-making sex, from timing to positions to logistics—and how to keep it sexy. Figuring out your fertility (and his). When to seek fertility help, and the latest on tests, treatments, and reproductive technology. Expecting to become a dad? This book has you covered, too. Plus, all about the family-building options for single women and same-sex couples.

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

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781523501519

Is What to Expect Before 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 Before You're Expecting?

Heidi Murkoff

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

Workman Publishing Company

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

What to Expect Before You're Expecting is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781523501519) and paperback(ISBN 9781523501502) and ebook(ISBN 9781523501984)

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