Expecting Better
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Pros
- I'd recommend asking your husband to read a book about pregnancy (had mine read 'expecting better') so that they can get dialed into the mental labor that you're currently experiencing and start to have an understanding about what's goin...
- Have you read Expecting Better? It's basically designed to combat exactly this frustration.
- I never would have gotten pregnant if I hadn't read it. It gave me so much confidence. Like, imperfect people like me can do this. People shit on it because "she's an economist not a doctor!!" but speaking as an economist myself, I of...
- To expand, the one thing I’m allowing myself during this pregnancy is the occasional cup of coffee and this book eased a lot of my anxieties about it!
- I’m sure this book has been mentioned before but just want to reiterate how helpful it’s been. Written by an economist, professor and mother, she examines research and data surrounding pregnancy so that one can make more informed, indivi...
Cons
- Her first book, Expecting Better, condones having a drink while pregnant. Implying that because one drink is statistically negligible, it's fine and has a pretty cavalier attitude, even say it in Europe women drink while pregnant regularly.
- Parent context: Not the op but I heard that some of her interpretations are suspect. I also heard that her controversial argument about drinking while pregnant is very problematic. I think cribsheet is less problematic than expecting bet...
- Take this book with a grain of salt. It goes over the risks of each thing but sometimes neglects that there IS STILL RISK.
- I loved this book too, but felt her take on alcohol was misleading and potentially included for the shock factor. Recent studies have shown that even light or moderate drinking *can* affect the fetus, and it’s a falsehood that drinking...
- And I don't even think Oster's rec is "moderate" in the slightest. 1-2 a week in the first trimester and then ONE A DAY after?? What the absolute fuck? Even if you aren't pregnant, since when is drinking a drink a day moderate? She hones...
Sentiment
5 positive (45%) · 4 mixed (36%) · 2 negative (18%)
Trust + time weighted score: +27% · raw score 27%
What redditors said (10 of 11)
I'd recommend asking your husband to read a book about pregnancy (had mine read 'expecting better') so that they can get dialed into the mental labor that you're currently experiencing and start to have an understanding about what's going on that doesn't involve you explaining everything?
Her first book, Expecting Better, condones having a drink while pregnant. Implying that because one drink is statistically negligible, it's fine and has a pretty cavalier attitude, even say it in Europe women drink while pregnant regularly.
Parent context: Not the op but I heard that some of her interpretations are suspect. I also heard that her controversial argument about drinking while pregnant is very problematic. I think cribsheet is less problematic than expecting better. Reply: I think she lays out the facts and one can decide for themselves. I didn't drink a sip of alcohol, but also knowing if I accidentally had some cake with rum, it's not end of the world (I didn't, because I was overly paranoid about everything and the book calmed me down 😅).
Take this book with a grain of salt. It goes over the risks of each thing but sometimes neglects that there IS STILL RISK.
Have you read Expecting Better? It's basically designed to combat exactly this frustration.
I loved this book too, but felt her take on alcohol was misleading and potentially included for the shock factor. Recent studies have shown that even light or moderate drinking *can* affect the fetus, and it’s a falsehood that drinking wine while pregnant is a common and accepted practice in most European countries. But overall the book gave me a lot of peace of mind and eased my anxiety. I still recommend it to others, but with the caveat that I don’t agree with the alcohol chapter.
And I don't even think Oster's rec is "moderate" in the slightest. 1-2 a week in the first trimester and then ONE A DAY after?? What the absolute fuck? Even if you aren't pregnant, since when is drinking a drink a day moderate? She honestly comes across very selfish and like she didn't like hearing "no" and that it's not all about her for 9 months.
I never would have gotten pregnant if I hadn't read it. It gave me so much confidence. Like, imperfect people like me can do this. People shit on it because "she's an economist not a doctor!!" but speaking as an economist myself, I often think that's because they don't know what we do for a living. Our entire profession is about understanding and weighing quantitative evidence, which is what the book is about.
Great book minus her section on alcohol.
To expand, the one thing I’m allowing myself during this pregnancy is the occasional cup of coffee and this book eased a lot of my anxieties about it!
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