Recommendation for a good "scienitific" pregnancy/parenting book

[glacierchick]

So I'm excited to be expecting my first (only 6 weeks though, so long way to go yet), but as a scientist (non - biological) married to another scientist (also non-biological) we have been a bit frustrated by the offering on the internet and for that matter the MN book (entertaining and reassuring though it certainly is).

Most of the advice is rather general, poorly justified and pretty much common sense.
So I thought I'd post here to see if anyone can recommend a decent text that would be useful.

I'm looking for something that is more than the usual don't do this, do that line of these things, but that will also give some deep insight into the kind of biological changes we can expect, the latest research in human developmental biology and that kind of thing.

I fully expect to have to do more research while reading to understand what is being said - so I'm not really interested in popular science in that respect.

Any helpful suggestions gratefully received...

Thanks!

GC

I can recommend both Pregnancy by Gordon Bourne and The science of Parenting by Margot Sunderland.

Sorry this isn't relevant to pregnancy or the biology of development but I have just read 'The Philosophical Baby' by Alison Gopnik and think if you like interesting research-based writing on child development you might enjoy it too. It looks at the evidence from developmental psychology on how very small children learn about the world.

I swear by Birth and Beyohd by Yehudi Gordon. Excellent reference section (nearly half the book) on virtually every problem imaginable. The tone is one of reassurance and empowerment, but I don't find that this undercuts the enormous amount of information throughout. Highly recommended.

I have a friend who is a psychologist who assess non-speaking children for adoption. She is a scientist, but not a parent and can see parenting from a very detached, scientific point of view.

The only books she rates are the Margot Sundrland ones.She gives them to all her adopters. There's The Science of Parening, as Veronica said, and What Every Parent Needs to Know.

Both by margot Sutherland are basically the same so don't bother to fork out on both. Bloody brilliant though and only ones I like.

The Lesley REgan one (big, fat, DK book) is pretty good on pregnancy!

I am not a scientist but my favourite was What's Going On In There by Lise Elliot, who is a neuroscientist. It looks at brain development from embryo to five years. Fascinating stuff.

Thanks for the suggestions.
I'll give a few a go and post some reviews to let you know how I got on.

Cheers!
GC(who clearly can't type scientific properly )

Another recommendation for "The Science of Parenting".