7 Best Pregnancy Books for Expecting Mothers

Pregnancy is a mysterious period of joy and apprehension for every woman. While a new life gets nurtured inside her womb waiting to emerge into the world as a new being, a unique individual, the mother waits with her finger crossed lest any harm occurs to her and her baby. Pregnancy is a period of great risk for the woman as she undergoes many subtle changes in her body and soul. The physiological changes that occurs inside her body makes her vulnerable to mood swings, periodic deterioration of health condition, increase of blood pressure and many other health com0plication for which the mother may not be prepared beforehand. During this period many questions arises in the mind as to what and how much she should eat , what kind of exercises are beneficial for pregnant woman and what to do with the rising hypertension that is part and parcel of any pregnancy period.

What to Expect When You're Expecting: 4th Edition [Kindle Edition]

(By: Heidi Murkoff,Sharon Mazel )

This book is written in easy language that helps you to grasp the basic information pertaining to pregnancy like the early symptoms and how your body reacts as the pregnancy progresses. It answers to most of the questions that a woman may want to know during pregnancy and it helps them to feel reassured and quells their tension in an essential way. Mood swings and depressive symptoms are well explained in this book and how you yourself can handle the situation with ease. It also explains how your husband helps you to cope with the situation.

Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy [Kindle Edition]

(By: Mayo Clinic )

This book is written by the professional in a professional and yet simple language and it is like an advanced guide to pregnancy and beyond. The book is very well organized, each chapter dealing with a specific problem pertaining to pregnancy which also includes a chapter on taking care about the new born baby. Almost any woman would find this book fulfilling and reassuring and it helps them to cope with fear and tension in a better way. It is more than just a what-to-expect book and lends you a comprehensive knowledge about the mysterious and wonderful time called pregnancy.

The Pregnancy Countdown Book [Kindle Edition]

(By: Susan Magee, Kara Md Nakisbendi )

This book deals with the day to day encounter of the experience of the pregnancy giving you an account in full details about what to expect during the pregnancy period. The book is full of advices about the dietary habits, how to deal with the mental stress during pregnancy and other paraphernalia related with the pregnancy period. This book gives you all the prudent advices about what not to eat , the proper sleeping posture , when to avoid travelling in flight and most important of all is when to declare to your family and friends that you are expecting.

It's Really 10 Months: Delivering the Truth About the Glow of Pregnancy and Other Blatant Lies [Kindle Edition]

(By: Natalie Guenther, Kim Schenkelberg, Celeste Snodgrass )

This book gives you a clear idea about what it entails to get pregnant interspersed with stories about the experience of different women as they had undergone subtle changes in body and mind while undergoing a pregnancy period. A different array of experiences would help you to relate with your own personal experiences and would help you to cope with the situation better. It would be the best gift for the woman who is pregnant as it would help her to correlate with the complex situation she was facing at that moment.

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide [Kindle Edition]

(By: Penny Simkin, Janet Walley, April Bolding, Ann Keppler, Janelle Durham )

This book gives you an insight about the nuances of delivery whether assisted by the using of drugs or drug free and goes further to suggest different ways a woman experiences her pregnancy herself. The difference in experiencing pregnancy is the different ways a woman undergoes in her private experience of pregnancy and each of these suggestions and anecdotes would help out a woman in one way or the other. The guidance to a week by week development of the fetus is well illustrated and it provides you with useful insights as to the exercises you can practice during the pregnancy period.

Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul: Stories to Inspire and Warm the Hearts of Soon-to-Be Mothers (Chicken Soup for the Soul) [Kindle Edition]

(By: Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Aubery , Nancy Mitchell )

This book is full of and stories, cartoon strips and inspiring anecdotes that help you get through the difficult period of pregnancy with a touch of humor and laughter. There are many funny stories related to the pregnancy period and also some useful information that would be of great help to the to-be-parents. There are some stories which are so moving that you can’t help but cry for it but it is a cry that would make you feel refreshed and keep you hopeful as an expectant mother.

Pregnancy Day By Day

(By: DK Publishing (Author), Maggie Blott (Editor) )

This book provides day to day details about the growth of the baby giving a full account as to how the fetus develops into a new born baby. It really exists for the pregnant woman to get an account of what was actually happening inside their body and it helps them to cope with the situations of pregnancy in a better way. The illustration helps the pregnant woman to get a pictorial view of the development of the fetus it is very reassuring and illuminating to get to know of the developments during the pregnancy period.