Postpartum Books: What to Buy Before the Birth
The pregnancy shelf is enormous and the shelf about what happens afterward is small. That mismatch is the reason so …
Books & Journals
Pregnancy books, journals and keepsakes worth the shelf space, reviewed edition by edition.
Mayo Clinic Guide vs What to Expect: Which Reference
Both of these are thick, comprehensive, month by month pregnancy references, and both are bought for the same reason: you …
Ina May vs The Positive Birth Book: Which Birth Book
These two books get recommended in the same breath and they are not the same kind of object at all. …
Hypnobirthing Books: What the Method Asks of You
Hypnobirthing is the birth topic people are most likely to have heard about and least likely to be able to …
Expecting Better vs What to Expect: Which Suits You
These two get compared constantly, usually by someone who has just been handed one of them and is wondering whether …
Childbirth Books: Which Birth Book Fits Your Plan
Somewhere around month seven the reading changes. Pregnancy stops being the subject and birth becomes the subject, and the shelf …
Breastfeeding Books: Which One Helps at Three A.M.
Nobody reads a breastfeeding book at a convenient hour. It gets opened one handed at three in the morning, with …
Books for Partners: Beyond the Dad Handbook
Almost every book written for the non pregnant person in a pregnancy assumes that person is a husband, and quite …
Books for Grandparents: A Gift That Gets Opened
Telling your parents they are going to be grandparents is one of the few moments in a pregnancy where a …
Books for Big Siblings: What to Read Before the Baby
A toddler does not understand a due date. What they understand is a story read at bedtime forty times, which …
Baby Name Books vs Apps: Which One Settles It
Every name list on the internet is free, which makes buying a book about names look like a strange decision. …