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Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know (The ParentData Series Book 1) (English Edition) van [Emily Oster]

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AEBEQUK
Uitgever ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; 1e editie (20 augustus 2013)
Taal ‏ : ‎ Engels
Bestandsgrootte ‏ : ‎ 9789 KB
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Printlengte ‏ : ‎ 367 pagina's

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Keywood

AWFUL and potentially dangerous.

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 4 augustus 2020

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Mascarades as unbiased information when it is actually the extremely strong opinions of one woman backed up with mostly unreliable data. I grew increasingly frustrated with the book and ended up not finishing it when she discredited one study for being too small (118 women) as it disagreed with what she wanted to think and a few pages later used a study of only 58 women to back up her point. I think this book actually could be extremely damaging. The idea is great; the execution is appalling. The author wanted to carry on drinking and carry on eating certain foods so she sought information to support her hypothesis. She also completely dismisses c-sections, saying there is only one reason to have one and that is the baby is breach. This is categorically untrue.
PLEASE be careful reading this. It is not scientific. The author has no medical standing and I am astounded it ever got published.

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Emma Morley

Insensitive to those who have had previous miscarriage

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 26 september 2020

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After a recent miscarriage, I’m now pregnant again which I am finding to be a very anxious time. I bought this book looking for some reassurance - that I did not get! See the image attached - based on one academic paper from 1989! I don’t think the author realises the impact this sort of statement can have on someone who has been through miscarriage and is already fearing the worst for any future pregnancies. Very disappointed and to be honest disgusted that this is sold as a book to reassure but did the absolute opposite for me. I haven’t found any other evidence to back this statement.

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Customer

Disappointed

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 26 augustus 2019

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I was hoping to find a good alternative to pro natural childbirth pregnancy books but was disappointed in the end. It is non-judgemental hence the 3 stars but for example I didn't like that the book seemed to treat both the US and UK maternity systems. They are too different in my opinion to be able to make useful comparisons, particularly about home birth. The UK has a well integrated public community midwifery system and also the distance to the hospital is bound to be much much shorter than in many places in the US.
Another thing that bothered me was the section on the evidence around epidural analgesia. Yes, the Cochrane review says that epidural analgesia increases the risk of instrumental delivery but it also very clearly says that since 2005, with low infusion concentration, that link doesn't seem as strong. I also think there is a chicken and egg situation whereby if your baby is malpositioned (back to back for eg) or very big or have a protracted labour (often the case with a back to back baby), you're likely to need better pain relief than in more straightforward scenarios which means that it may well not be the epidural that is the reason for an instrumental delivery but the conditions you find yourself in in the first place.
Finally, I also disagreed with Oster's view that caesarean section shouldn't be a first choice. If you're having one child only, it is the safest mode of delivery at full term. Risks between attempt at vaginal delivery and planned caesarean section are of a different type but in developed countries like the US and the UK, there isn't much difference in terms of outcomes.
Overall, this book is a bit better than much of what else is out there but I still thought it wasn't as neutral or well researched as I would have liked.

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Zuri

Pretty useless (UK)

Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 13 februari 2019

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Other than now knowing a glass of wine wont kill me, nothing else was particularly useful.

The things mentioned from a medial perspective aren't a secret or (like she eludes to in the book) are beyond the outdated medical profession. The NHS appear to be well aware of majority of what she references but with things like drinking, why would they say anything other than stay abstinent? Things about epidurals making labour longer and inductions making labour more painful aren't new pieces of information for most.

If you want some figures to support what is already out there without the leg work or just want another book for that little bit more information, go for it.

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Fred Goodsell

Expecting Better from this Book

Beoordeeld in de Verenigde Staten op 24 oktober 2018

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I was excited to read this book - I bought it online when I found out I was expecting a child. There is a lot of hokum and pseudoscience surrounding pregnancy and health. I wanted a book that would cut through that and give an evidence-based survey of pregnancy-related topics, and hear the scientific community's consensus (as much as they have one) on those topics.

However, I was shocked seeing a review on the book talking about the "myth" that alcohol is inadvisable during pregnancy. Certainly the author isn't advising any amount of alcohol is advisable, given the overwhelmingly consensus on the issue from public health advocates?

I immediately read the entire alcohol part of the book. I soon learned not only would this book not provide me with the best evidence from health advocacy groups and scientist groups, they would provide evidence that directly contradicted it.

The author says it's fine to drink some alcohol during pregnancy, and details how much and why she thinks this. She walks through studies and literature on the topic that she examined. Given that the CDC, the American Pregnancy Association, the World Health Organization, National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, the March of Dimes, and others all agree and firmly say the best advice is to abstain from alcohol completely, I really needed an extraordinary explanation from the author as to why I should ignore those experts. Not surprisingly, I found her analysis underwhelming and unpersuasive, and not worthy of ignoring the consensus shared by experts in the field.

Ask yourself, who is a more trusted source? An economist writing a book to a mass audience for profit, or the March of Dimes, the CDC, WHO, American Pregnancy Association, the UK Health Ministry, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome scientists and advocacy groups? Do all those independent groups have a profit motive to give distorted and wrong health advice?

And fetal alcohol syndrome is not some one in a million risk that parents shouldn't really worry about. A recent study showed 1% to 5% of kids studied had fetal alcohol syndrome disorder, and it was being chronically under-diagnosed.

To be fair, while this has been the consensus for a while, you could find outliers when the author first wrote this book. For example, the UK's health ministry used not advise against very light alcohol use, but they have since examined emerging research on fetal alcohol syndrome disorder (FASD) and they now say the best advice is to abstain completely - joining the consensus among other health groups like CDC, WHO, etc.

So has the author been concerned about the emerging evidence since she wrote this book? I saw Dr. Oster was asked about recent studies showing that even light alcohol use was unsafe during pregnancy by a health journalist, and her answer was illuminating. Dr. Oster basically said for those studies she'd want to see them be replicated and more details about the links between behavior and harm. That's fine (we should fund lots of replication studies!), but note when she looked at studies that didn't find a danger for pregnant women to drink moderately - she didn't say "well I'm going to wait to see if these can be replicated and more detail provided" - she took them to the bank and said you can make conclusive decisions about your child's health outcomes based on these studies.

I would agree there is not an abundance of studies showing that a tiny amount of alcohol will lead to significant medical risks. But there have also been no similar studies showing that having one cigarette (or two, or three) during your pregnancy is a significant risk. So in this book, does the author similarly suggest smoking a very small amount of tobacco is perfectly acceptable, given the absence of studies? No, she follows the scientific consensus here. Why the double standard?

With things that pose a serious risk to children (like lead paint), we may not ever know exactly where the line is between what is harmless and what will irreversibly harm a child. When the activity is something that is avoidable, the scientific community generally urges avoiding it entirely.

I'm sure Dr. Oster is well-intentioned, but this is a book about health written for profit to a popular audience, and even in the best circumstances that is a fraught situation. There is a profitable market for people with academic credibility to sell a message that, while it goes against the consensus of the public health community, it's something many people want to hear. I hope the book gets updated with the many advances in our understanding of FASD, or at least explains why they have a double standard on very light tobacco use.

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