My wife just had her first pregnancy doctor’s appointment and I am feeling under prepared. I am looking for worthwhile and hopefully empirically based books about pregnancy and parenting. I normally have no problems doing my own research and scourging the library to find out what I need but there’s so much it’s overwhelming.

So what books have you all read that are worthwhile? What is worth looking at?

  • Tot@lemmy.worldM
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    2 days ago

    Heading Home With Your Newborn was probably the only useful one I read.

    One interesting thing I noticed was that What to Expect and Mayo Clinic’s Guide and whatever else I read were really verbose whereas whatever book my husband had (targeted towards fathers) were more straightforward and to-the-point.

    • dumples@midwest.socialOP
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      I considered reading the Mayo Clinics Guide but I will table it. Heading Home With Your Newborn is on my list now