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by Boomert - Attack of the 50-Foot Hormones by Emma Tom 12 Jan 2010
Journalist/novelist Emma Tom wrote this guide to the emotional aspects of pregnancy after her own ‘pregnancy panic attacks—terrifying tidal waves that rolled in every time complete strangers revelled in telling horror stories about stillbirths, perforated private parts and never having sex, money or sleep ever again’. Every parent and parent-to-be will know what she’s talking about, and Tom offers excellent (and hilarious) advice on avoiding busybodies and ignoring doomsayers. She also explores the realities: scary statistics and true-life stories of miscarriage, genetic abnormalities, antenatal depression, food and drug risk factors, premature birth, stillbirth and so on. The information is comprehensive and well-researched: each chapter includes an up-to-date guide to relevant books, organisations and websites. It’s not a comfortable read (and so perhaps not the book to help anxious parents-to-be stay sane after all); thankfully it’s leavened by Tom’s week-by-week, noholds- barred pregnancy diary. She covers everything from flatulence, removing her genital jewellery before childbirth, to her burgeoning love of her in utero child. Not the book for a customer wanting a onesize- fits-all pregnancy book, but a useful add-on for the overwrought, courageous or laughter-deprived.

This review from Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine (March 2009, Vol 88, No 6.) is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2009, Thorpe-Bowker.

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