From the bestselling author of Cribsheet, The Family Firm, The Unexpected (with Nate Fox, MD) and ParentData creator, the classic guide to empowering women with data while they’re expecting, now back in hardcover, fully updated for 2024, and with a new letter from Emily Oster.
Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful experiences of adulthood--can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. Pregnant women are told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee without ever being told why these are forbidden. Rules for prenatal testing are similarly unexplained. Moms-to-be desperately want a resource that empowers them to make their own right choices.