The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy

The practical, comforting, honest, and hilarious bestseller for momstobe, with more than one and a half million copies in print!Your doctor gives you medical advice. Your mother buys you baby clothes. But who can give you the real skinny when you?re pregnant?Your girlfriends, of courseat least, the ones who?ve been through the exhilaration and exhaustion, the agony and ecstasy of pregnancy. Fourtime delivery room veteran Vicki Iovine talks to you the way only a best friend canin the book that will go the whole nine months for every mothertobe. In this revised and updated edition, get the lowdown on all those little things that are too strange or embarrassing to ask, practical tips, and hilarious takes on everything pregnant.What really happens to your bodyfrom morning sickness and gas to eating everything in sightand what it?s like to go from being a babe to having one.The Many Moods of Pregnancywhy you?re so irritable/distracted/tired/lightheaded (or at least more than usual).Staying StylishYou may be pregnant, but you can still be the fashionista you?ve always been (or at least you don?t have to look like a walking beachball)wearing the hippest designers and proudly showing off your bump.Pregnancy is Down To a Sciencefrom in vitro fertilization to scheduled csections, there are so many options, alternatives, and scientific tests to take that being pregnant can be downright confusing!And much more! For a reassuring voice or just a few good belly laughs, turn to this straighttalking guide on what to really expect when you?re expecting.