Would anyone recommend any pregnancy books?

[firsttimeivfmum]

As the title says... does anyone recommend any books to read when you're pregnant. It can be about pregnancy and beyond. There are so many out there I don't know where to start! Thanks!

I love Expecting Better by Emily Oster (very statistics driven so good if you are from a maths or sciencey background) and The Positive Birth Book by Milli Hill.
I found the classic What to Expect When You're Expecting rather dry and dull and I just can't bring myself to read it. I feel like most of the information it contains I have picked up online anyway.

Pregnancy bible (my SIL gave it me and it was very informative) and Ina may gaskin for (Mostly positive!) birth stories. Plus daisy birthing classes. Got me through two very positive drug free water births (ok I was probably just lucky!) good luck and try to enjoy

I love Pregnancy Day By Day. It's a DK book. Lovely to turn the page each day to see the development of your baby.

I used to love The Rough Guide to Pregnancy by Kaz Cooke when I was having my eldest two. Very funny.

The DK pregnancy day by day book was really good and i also echo the positive birth book by millie hilll. Although it is of course very pro home birth. Although it covers elective c-sec it's kinda obvious the book isn't really aimed at people wanting to go down that road. Home births are preferable, mid wife lead unit if you really don't want a home birth and the rest only if you have to.

However it's good in that it portrays labour in a more positive light than we are used to.

Expecting Better is interesting, but the author irritates me. However, she gives you some good stats to base your decision on. I find her a little... I don't know. Holier than thou.

Positive birth book is really good.
I also loved positive birth company (not same people as above) online hypnobirthing course. Keep a look out for their sales.

The womanly art of breastfeeding is good if you intend to breastfeed.

Wrt pregnancy, it just sort of happens, it's once baby arrives that you could do with the advice!

The positive birth book by Milli Hill is the only pregnancy book anyone needs.

The positive breastfeeding book by Amy Brown in same series is good if going down that route.

@becca3210 do you know if the Positive Breastfeeding book covers difficulties with extremely low supply (as in breast hypoplasia)?
I'm desperate to feed this time but I know my chances are small

Thank you very much everyone. It's nice to have recommendations. I've downloaded some samples on my kindle and will work out which I like best

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@Frazzlerock have you asked for referral to your hospital infant feeding team? My baby and I get six one hour individual appointments with a specialist midwife and support worker. I have also been prescribed domperidone.

Another vote for Expecting Better. I really liked this book and it helped me be less anxious about everything knowing the statistics.

@MyDcAreMarvel my first midwife appointment isn't until the beginning of January but I will ask her then, thank you for the tip!

I asked my GP for domperidone when I was trying (and failing) to feed DS2 and she refused to prescribe it and told me to just "feed more" - I was already feeding 20 hours a day and was exhausted and he was still losing weight, despite having a perfect latch and no tongue tie. I was devastated and ended up formula feeding .
That was 10 years ago though so I'm hoping things have changed this time.
During my last pregnancy I attended a LLL group very early on in my pregnancy (which we lost sadly) to get as much information as I possibly could and they suggested using a device which hangs around my neck and attaches to the nipple. Seems a lot of agro but I will try anything. It's so shit having this. I really hope domperidone will help me this time so I don't have to use that device.
(sorry for derailing thread!)

@frazzlerock there is some info on making enough milk. Have attached the chapter list so you can see what it covers.

Thank you @becca3210

I actually really liked the mumsnet books because it felt like a digest of all the different ideas/methods out there. Plus lots of advice not to follow any advice and that different methods work for different people! I found them really encouraging/comforting that people do all sorts and almost everything is a valid option to see if it works for you.

I have how to grow a baby and push it out but my favourite is actually my OH book, pregnancy for men. I've found it more informative and is really quite funny at times

Expecting better as pp said, also follow up crib sheet for early baby days.

Kate Evans' food of love on bf and bump on pregnancy - comic book format.

Life after birth is good if a bit grim. Also what mothers do by Naomi stadlen.

Kellymom site for bf too.