Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Books For Expectant Moms (& Dads)

Once you have confirmed about your pregnancy... despite it's just about 1-2 months, bookstores will definitely be top of the list of your frequently-visited places.

1st, to soothe your 1st pregnancy's panic+ excitement, you will try hard to hunt for the best pregnancy guides in the market... to make sure yourself is doing (or following) the right ways till the labour time.

Our picks:

(1) What To Expect When You're Expecting (4th Edition) by Heidi Murkoff and others

Featuring a new look, a fresh perspective, and a friendlier-than-ever voice. It's filled with the most up-to-date information reflecting not only what's new in pregnancy, but what's relevant to pregnant women. Heidi Murkoff has rewritten every section of the book, answering dozens of new questions and including loads of new asked-for material, such as a detailed week-by-week fetal development section in each of the monthly chapters, an expanded chapter on pre-conception, and a brand new one on carrying multiples.

The most iconic, must-have book for parents-to-be, with over 14.5 million copies in print.

(2) Asian Parenting Today by Jennifer Hor, Ho Ai Ling and Jocelyn Oo
- available in English and Mandarin version

Asian Parenting Today was born from numerous requests by parents with whom writers have worked over the past decade to publish a book that specifically addresses the issues and concerns of Asian parents today.

Asian parents today are often faced with the quandary of either subscribing to western practices or following the traditional customs of their mothers and grandmothers before them. This book addresses many of the very common childcare issues that parents today face, with special emphasis on and respect to Asian cultural beliefs and practices.

(3)快樂媽咪懷孕280天【更新版】作者 : 吳柏瑜

作者以最豐富的經驗,淺顯易懂的文字,陪著孕媽咪輕鬆待產,並搭配詳盡的圖表,讓準爸媽可以開心地迎接健康寶寶的到來。想懷孕的妳一定要看,準媽咪更是不能不看喔!

本書中以懷孕時間為基準,從懷孕早期、中期、晚期,把懷孕每一時期母體、胎兒的變化,該注意的事情與每次產檢會做的檢查做詳細的整理,並以台灣現有的生產 環境、保險制度為基礎,讓妳對懷孕到生產可能遇到的問題、解決的方式,甚至所需的花費有基本的概念。更貼心地將每次產檢前,孕媽咪想問醫師的問題,一次整 理出來,讓妳不再面對醫師忘了問。


(4) Bonding With Your Bump by Dr Miriam Stoppard

This book offers advice and guidance on how to fall in love with your baby before birth. Parenting expert Dr Miriam Stoppard combines up-to-the-minute research with enlightened and compassionate wisdom to explain why mother-baby bonding is so vital. Let her help you get to know, understand and cherish your unborn baby and guide you through this extraordinary time: from hearing your baby's heartbeat for the first time, to the first magical days post birth.