Why read Expecting Better?

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"Emily Oster is the non-judgmental girlfriend holding our hand and guiding us through pregnancy and motherhood. She has done the work to get us the hard facts in a soft, understandable way." -Amy Schumer

*Fully Revised and Updated for 2021*

What to Expect When You're Expecting meets Freakonomics: an award-winning…

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2 authors picked Expecting Better as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Alena Dillon

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This has become a classic pregnancy book, and for good reason. Oster is an economist who reevaluates often faulty maternal health studies and presents her conclusions in an accessible and sometimes light-hearted style. This is the book for expecting moms who want to know the why of restrictions and recommendations, as well as their importance, in order to make the best decisions for themselves and their babies.

From Alena's list on for expecting moms who want the truth.

Laura Wattenberg

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This is the pregnancy book for hardcore data-seeking parents. A hundred other pregnancy guides offer a hundred opinions, but where do those opinions come from? Anecdote, ideology, received wisdom—or actual research data? Oster, an economics professor, set out to find the data. If a bar chart of the probability of conception by cycle day is your idea of proper advice, this book is your pregnancy holy grail.

From Laura's list on for expectant parents with curious minds.