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As she shares stories from her own six pregnancies and births and those of her friends, Dawn cues readers into the important things they need to know, like how they should order their epidural as soon as they see a pink line on the pregnancy test, the unexpected changes your body goes through, and the fact that they will never again sleep through the night uninterrupted. This book even offers advice for fathers-to-be, including a list of things not to do in the delivery room if they don't want a bedpan thrown at their heads.    With such chapters as I'm Not a Doctor; I Just Play One on TV and Morning Sickness: It Isn't Just for Breakfast Anymore, each chapter opens with a list of tips--some serious and some not--including things not to be suckered into buying for your baby and the essentials that you really do need. This hilarious book takes readers through nine months of pregnancy and all the accompanying symptoms to labor and delivery and the weeks postpartum. It will have readers doubled over in laughter, as it walks them through pregnancy with sympathetic honesty. 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You might present convincing arguments like Because it makes you strong; Because it will keep you safe; Because it's good for you; Because it's bad for you. But there are times when the only thing that really makes sense is . . . \u003ci\u003eBecause I said so   \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is a hilarious, honest romp through motherhood--the joys, the sleeplessness, the frazzled days, the unending carpooling, the in-house refereeing, the dieting (yeah, right), the worrying--and did we say, the joy? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere's what some of that joy looks like--with excerpts straight from the book: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- I tried to do the \u003ci\u003eBuns of Steel \u003c\/i\u003evideo, but quickly realized that it wasn't intended for people who have buns of pudding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- I felt like my head might explode. I kind of hoped it would so I could take a nice, peaceful ambulance ride out of there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- I was a little at a loss. I mean, those parenting books don't tell you how to break up a fight over an imaginary friend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Moms aren't allowed to get sick more than one day a year. Single moms aren't allowed to get sick ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Before you have children you can't imagine yourself saying things like Don't put chocolate milk in your pants, Take the hot dog out of your nose, or \u003ci\u003eBecause I said so  \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you're a mom-to-be or a mom in the trenches, you'll love knowing that you're not the only one out there who sometimes just figures it out as you go along--and sometimes can't figure it out at all. But in the end, Dawn has these words of encouragement just for you: Enjoy this time. Even when they make you crazy, these are the best days of your life. 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