25 Books like Expecting Better

What to Expect When You're Expecting

by Heidi Murkoff • 1984

The month by month companion that tells you what's normal, what's not, and when to worry.

3.82

62k+

🤰 Pregnancy Guides 📆 Week By Week Pregnancy 🩺 Prenatal Care

What to Expect When You're Expecting Summary

What to Expect When You're Expecting 96%

The month by month companion that tells you what's normal, what's not, and when to worry.

by Heidi Murkoff 1984

3.82

62k+ ratings

🤰 Pregnancy Guides 📆 Week By Week Pregnancy 🩺 Prenatal Care

Pregnancy Notes

by Rujuta Diwekar • 2017

Pregnancy is a milestone, not a sickness: an Indian nutritionist's trimester-by-trimester food plan.

4.09

1k+

🍎 Pregnancy Nutrition 🥘 Traditional Nutrition 🌿 Seasonal Eating

Pregnancy Notes 95%

Pregnancy is a milestone, not a sickness: an Indian nutritionist's trimester-by-trimester food plan.

by Rujuta Diwekar 2017

4.09

1k+ ratings

🍎 Pregnancy Nutrition 🥘 Traditional Nutrition 🌿 Seasonal Eating

C'est ma grossesse

by Anna Roy • 2022

Pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum years: a midwife gives you the facts, then you decide.

4.66

119

🤰 Pregnancy Guides 👶 New Motherhood ✋ Informed Consent

C'est ma grossesse 95%

Pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum years: a midwife gives you the facts, then you decide.

by Anna Roy 2022

4.66

119 ratings

🤰 Pregnancy Guides 👶 New Motherhood ✋ Informed Consent

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

by Ina May Gaskin • 2003

What if childbirth pain isn't what you think? A guide to trusting your body's design.

4.35

34k+

🌿 Natural Childbirth 🧑‍🍼 Midwifery 🧘‍♀️ Mind-Body Birth

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth 94%

What if childbirth pain isn't what you think? A guide to trusting your body's design.

by Ina May Gaskin 2003

4.35

34k+ ratings

🌿 Natural Childbirth 🧑‍🍼 Midwifery 🧘‍♀️ Mind-Body Birth

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant

by Jean M. Twenge • 2012

Ditch the outdated rules. The evidence-based guide to getting pregnant on your own terms.

3.93

2k+

🍼 Trying To Conceive 📅 Fertility Awareness 🥗 Preconception Health

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant Summary

The Impatient Woman's Guide to Getting Pregnant 94%

Ditch the outdated rules. The evidence-based guide to getting pregnant on your own terms.

by Jean M. Twenge 2012

3.93

2k+ ratings

🍼 Trying To Conceive 📅 Fertility Awareness 🥗 Preconception Health

Childbirth without Fear

by Grantly Dick-Read • 1959

Birth pain is not biological. Fear tenses muscles against themselves; relaxation breaks the cycle.

3.91

2k+

🏥 Natural Childbirth 🤰 Childbirth Preparation 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

Childbirth without Fear 93%

Birth pain is not biological. Fear tenses muscles against themselves; relaxation breaks the cycle.

by Grantly Dick-Read 1959

3.91

2k+ ratings

🏥 Natural Childbirth 🤰 Childbirth Preparation 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

Birth Without Fear

by January Harshe • 2019

Your body knows more than any script: building a birth that is yours, whatever unfolds.

3.57

2k+

🏠 Postpartum Care ✊ Birth Advocacy 🧠 Maternal Mental Health

Birth Without Fear 93%

Your body knows more than any script: building a birth that is yours, whatever unfolds.

by January Harshe 2019

3.57

2k+ ratings

🏠 Postpartum Care ✊ Birth Advocacy 🧠 Maternal Mental Health

The Birth Partner

by Penny Simkin • 1989

Labor's rhythm, the right questions, surviving the first weeks: a partner's guide to birth.

4.32

8k+

🤰 Childbirth Preparation 🤝 Birth Support 🗣️ Birth Advocacy

The Birth Partner 93%

Labor's rhythm, the right questions, surviving the first weeks: a partner's guide to birth.

by Penny Simkin 1989

4.32

8k+ ratings

🤰 Childbirth Preparation 🤝 Birth Support 🗣️ Birth Advocacy

The Science of Mom

by Alice Callahan • 2015

Feeding, sleep, vaccines: what the evidence actually shows, and how to read the studies yourself.

4.37

1k+

🍼 New Parents 📊 Evidence-Based Parenting 😴 Baby Sleep

The Science of Mom 93%

Feeding, sleep, vaccines: what the evidence actually shows, and how to read the studies yourself.

by Alice Callahan 2015

4.37

1k+ ratings

🍼 New Parents 📊 Evidence-Based Parenting 😴 Baby Sleep

Feng Shui Mommy

by Bailey Gaddis • 2017

Feng shui pregnancy: the energy shifts that turn your home into a birth sanctuary.

4.08

181

🌸 Holistic Pregnancy 🏮 Feng Shui 🤰 Childbirth Preparation

Feng Shui Mommy 93%

Feng shui pregnancy: the energy shifts that turn your home into a birth sanctuary.

by Bailey Gaddis 2017

4.08

181 ratings

🌸 Holistic Pregnancy 🏮 Feng Shui 🤰 Childbirth Preparation

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering

by Sarah J. Buckley • 2005

Why birth works best with fewer interventions: a physician explains the science and the strategy.

3.98

1k+

🌿 Natural Childbirth 🤱 Attachment Parenting 📋 Informed Consent

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering 93%

Why birth works best with fewer interventions: a physician explains the science and the strategy.

by Sarah J. Buckley 2005

3.98

1k+ ratings

🌿 Natural Childbirth 🤱 Attachment Parenting 📋 Informed Consent

The Making of You

by Katharina Vestre • 2018

You had a tail, gill slits, and could taste your mother's meal months before birth.

4.12

882

🧬 Prenatal Development 🔬 Embryology 🤰 Pregnancy And Birth

The Making of You 93%

You had a tail, gill slits, and could taste your mother's meal months before birth.

by Katharina Vestre 2018

4.12

882 ratings

🧬 Prenatal Development 🔬 Embryology 🤰 Pregnancy And Birth

The Business of Baby

by Jennifer Margulis • 2013

The birth industry profits when you lose control: what to question and when to say no.

3.66

317

🏥 Maternity Care 💰 Corporate Medicine 📊 Evidence-Based Birth

The Business of Baby 93%

The birth industry profits when you lose control: what to question and when to say no.

by Jennifer Margulis 2013

3.66

317 ratings

🏥 Maternity Care 💰 Corporate Medicine 📊 Evidence-Based Birth

Cribsheet

by Emily Oster • 2019

An economist's findings on sleep, feeding, and daycare: what the data says about early parenthood.

4.13

45k+

📊 Data-Driven Parenting 👶 New Parents 🧒 Early Childhood

Cribsheet 92%

An economist's findings on sleep, feeding, and daycare: what the data says about early parenthood.

by Emily Oster 2019

4.13

45k+ ratings

📊 Data-Driven Parenting 👶 New Parents 🧒 Early Childhood

The Baby and the Biome

by Meenal Lele • 2022

Half of children develop immune disease. Their microbiome can prevent and reverse it from birth.

3.88

🛡️ Childhood Immune Health 🦠 Infant Microbiome 🥜 Allergy Prevention

The Baby and the Biome 92%

Half of children develop immune disease. Their microbiome can prevent and reverse it from birth.

by Meenal Lele 2022

3.88

49 ratings

🛡️ Childhood Immune Health 🦠 Infant Microbiome 🥜 Allergy Prevention

High Risk

by Chavi Eve Karkowsky • 2020

A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.

4.39

803

🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine ⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy ⚖️ Medical Ethics

High Risk 91%

A maternal-fetal doctor on the racial gaps, ethical traps, and tragedies inside high-risk pregnancy.

by Chavi Eve Karkowsky 2020

4.39

803 ratings

🩺 Maternal-Fetal Medicine ⚠️ High-Risk Pregnancy ⚖️ Medical Ethics

Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful

by Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa • 2003

Tap intuition, breath, and community for a sacred pregnancy and birth with Kundalini yoga.

4.27

496

🧘 Prenatal Yoga 🌬️ Conscious Birthing 🙏 Spiritual Pregnancy

Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful 91%

Tap intuition, breath, and community for a sacred pregnancy and birth with Kundalini yoga.

by Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa 2003

4.27

496 ratings

🧘 Prenatal Yoga 🌬️ Conscious Birthing 🙏 Spiritual Pregnancy

A Quick Guide to Safely Sleeping with Your Baby

by James J. McKenna • 2012

A researcher's safety checklist that makes sharing a bed with your baby safer than a crib.

4.00

🛏️ Infant Sleep 🛌 Safe Bedsharing 🤱 Attachment Parenting

A Quick Guide to Safely Sleeping with Your Baby Summary

A Quick Guide to Safely Sleeping with Your Baby 91%

A researcher's safety checklist that makes sharing a bed with your baby safer than a crib.

by James J. McKenna 2012

4.00

8 ratings

🛏️ Infant Sleep 🛌 Safe Bedsharing 🤱 Attachment Parenting

We're Pregnant! The First Time Dad's Pregnancy Handbook

by Adrian Kulp • 2018

From positive test through fourth trimester: a month-by-month playbook for first-time dads.

3.98

3k+

🍼 Expectant Fathers 🤝 Partner Support 🛁 Newborn Care

We're Pregnant! The First Time Dad's Pregnancy Handbook Summary

We're Pregnant! The First Time Dad's Pregnancy Handbook 91%

From positive test through fourth trimester: a month-by-month playbook for first-time dads.

by Adrian Kulp 2018

3.98

3k+ ratings

🍼 Expectant Fathers 🤝 Partner Support 🛁 Newborn Care

The First Six Weeks

by Midwife Cath • 2016

The 10pm trick that slowly becomes a 7pm bedtime: a midwife's method for newborn sleep.

3.68

1k+

🍼 Newborn Care 😴 Baby Sleep Training 🔄 Routine Building

The First Six Weeks 91%

The 10pm trick that slowly becomes a 7pm bedtime: a midwife's method for newborn sleep.

by Midwife Cath 2016

3.68

1k+ ratings

🍼 Newborn Care 😴 Baby Sleep Training 🔄 Routine Building

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids

by Bryan Caplan • 2011

Twin studies show parenting effort fades. An economist's case for doing less and having more kids.

3.55

2k+

🧮 Parenting Economics 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🌿 Low-Pressure Parenting

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids Summary

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids 91%

Twin studies show parenting effort fades. An economist's case for doing less and having more kids.

by Bryan Caplan 2011

3.55

2k+ ratings

🧮 Parenting Economics 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🌿 Low-Pressure Parenting

The Wonder Weeks

by Hetty van de Rijt • 1992

When the crying peaks, the brain is actually growing. A week-by-week map of the first 20 months.

3.89

7k+

🍼 Infant Development 👣 Baby Milestones 🧠 Brain Development

The Wonder Weeks 91%

When the crying peaks, the brain is actually growing. A week-by-week map of the first 20 months.

by Hetty van de Rijt 1992

3.89

7k+ ratings

🍼 Infant Development 👣 Baby Milestones 🧠 Brain Development

Helping Baby Sleep

by Anni Gethin • 2009

Night waking kept primate babies alive for 35 million years. Your baby's brain hasn't caught up.

3.56

👶 Attachment Parenting 🌙 Gentle Sleep 🤝 Responsive Parenting

Helping Baby Sleep 91%

Night waking kept primate babies alive for 35 million years. Your baby's brain hasn't caught up.

by Anni Gethin 2009

3.56

78 ratings

👶 Attachment Parenting 🌙 Gentle Sleep 🤝 Responsive Parenting

What to Expect When Your Wife Is Expanding

by Thomas Hill • 1993

The pregnancy book for guys: what to do, what to say, and when to shut up.

3.40

625

🍼 Expectant Fathers 😂 Pregnancy Humor 🏥 Childbirth Preparation

What to Expect When Your Wife Is Expanding Summary

What to Expect When Your Wife Is Expanding 91%

The pregnancy book for guys: what to do, what to say, and when to shut up.

by Thomas Hill 1993

3.40

625 ratings

🍼 Expectant Fathers 😂 Pregnancy Humor 🏥 Childbirth Preparation

The New Contented Little Baby Book

by Gina Ford • 2002

The schedule-first routine: ten adjustments across year one to engineer a full night's sleep.

3.36

2k+

🕒 Routine-Based Parenting 😴 Infant Sleep 🍼 Baby Feeding

The New Contented Little Baby Book Summary

The New Contented Little Baby Book 91%

The schedule-first routine: ten adjustments across year one to engineer a full night's sleep.

by Gina Ford 2002

3.36

2k+ ratings

🕒 Routine-Based Parenting 😴 Infant Sleep 🍼 Baby Feeding

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