MUST HAVE MOM BOOKS

Ok, so I talked to some friends and looked back through my book stash from pregnancy #1 and came up with Expecting Inside the Beltway’s top 10 Pregnancy books.  (All but the first book are also available on Kindle.)

Local Pregnancy Resource Guide:

1. City Baby D.C.: The Ultimate Guide for DC Metro Parents from Pregnancy to Preschool (City and Company)(Holly Morse Caldwell) 

Humorous Intros to Pregnancy and Motherhood. (Lots of stuff your doctors and friends “forget” to tell you):

2.  The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy (Vicki Iovine)

3. Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth  (Jenny McCarthy)

The Old Pregnancy Standbys:

4.  What to Expect When You're Expecting: Fourth Edition (Heidi Murkoff)

5.   Your Pregnancy Week by Week(Judith Schuler)

A New Book on the Baby “Scene”; a hybrid of the two previous categories:

6.  Hands Off My Belly: The Pregnant Woman's Survival Guide to Myths, Mothers, and Moods(Kathryn Landherr, MD)

The “Holy Crap I Have a Baby Now What Do I Do?” Guide Books:

7.  Your Baby's First Year Week by Week (Judith Schuler)

8.  The Happiest Baby on the Block DVD (Harvey Karp, MD)

9. Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby (Tracy Hogg) 

10. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child(Marc Weissbluth, MD)

One more for good measure  (and because it’s free on Kindle and received some good reviews):

 The Joy of Pregnancy: The Complete, Candid, and Reassuring Companion for Parents-to-Be(Tory Kropp)