Expecting Better by Emily Oster

Expecting Better by Emily Oster

*Newly Revised for 2019*

What to Expect When You're Expecting meets Freakonomics an award-winning economist disproves standard recommendations about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting. From the author of Cribsheet, a data-driven decision making guide to the early years of parenting

Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most pro­found, meaningful experiences of adulthood--can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. Pregnant women are told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee without ever being told why these are forbidden. Rules for prenatal testing are similarly unexplained. Moms-to-be desperately want a resource that empowers them to make their own right choices.

When award-winning economist Emily Oster was a mom-to-be herself, she evaluated the data behind the accepted rules of pregnancy, and discovered that most are often misguided and some are just flat-out wrong. Debunking myths and explaining everything from the real effects of caffeine to the surprising dangers of gardening, Expecting Better is the book for every pregnant woman who wants to enjoy a healthy and relaxed pregnancy--and the occasional glass of wine.

Emily Oster is a Brown University professor of economics and the author of Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting from Newborn to Preschool. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Esquire, and she spoke at the 2007 TED conference. Oster is the daughter of two economists and is married to Jesse Shapiro, an economist. She is the mother of two children.

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ISBN 13	9781594204753
ISBN 10	1594204756
Title	Expecting Better
Author	Emily Oster
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Press
Year published	2013-08-20
Number of pages	313
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