The concept
As you progress through your pregnancy, you have different questions, concerns, scans and tests, and a planner can help give you the right answers when you need them (if you're not near a computer to check them out on ThinkBaby!) as well as help remind you of key dates for check-ups and so on.
A Pregnancy Planner can also build up as a lovely keepsake if you make notes about how you feel, hospital visits, scans etc, as you go along. Once the baby arrives you won't have time to make notes!
Dr Miriam Stoppard is an experienced journalist and doctor and gives medical and personal advice in a down to earth yet authoritative way.
Organisation
The book is split into six sections: Countdown to pregnancy looks at the whys and wherefores about choosing the right time to get pregnant, trying to concieve etc; Pregnant! looks at the kinds of health questions you might have in early pregnancy, as well as offering a view on things like your maternity rights and choosing what kind of birth you might want to plan for; First/Second/Third Trimesters are three different chapters looking at the gradual development of the baby in the womb, the various scans and checks you have as you go along and other key issues relevant to the trimester you are going through; Birth and Beyond looks at signs of labour, the birth itself, and how to care for your baby and yourself in the first weeks of parenthood.
With colour-coded tabs, short paragraphs and lots of subheadings, photos, tips boxes and diagrams, it's really easy to navigate.
What's also nice is that the spaces where you can add comments, are not too huge so you always feel you can manage at least one sentence about how you are feeling, or how the baby is doing.
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The
ThinkBaby verdict
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A really nicely designed book with a useful stage-by-stage guide to pregnancy
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Usefulness: | 4/5
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Readability: | 4/5 |
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Value: | 4/5 |
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