Synopses & Reviews
Announcing the new Spanish-language translation of
What to Expect When You're Expecting: 4th Edition, America's pregnancy bible with over 16 million copies in print. Originally published as
Que se Puede Esperar Cuando Se Esta Esperando, this new edition is a livelier, less formal, altogether more user-friendly Spanish-language version.
Approximately 1 million Hispanic-American women give birth each year. This is a book for the mother-to-be who either doesn't speak English or doesn't feel comfortable with her English; for the doctor who is having trouble communicating with a patient; for the expectant parents at a stressful time when what's most familiar--their first language--is most welcome. The book will be the book to turn to for the broad range of Spanish-speaking Americans in the United States--be they Puerto Ricans in the Northeast, Cuban-Americans in Florida, Mexican-Americans on the west coast, Dominicans, and Spanish-speaking Americans of Spanish, and Central and South American descent.
Synopsis
This Spanish-language translation of What to Expect When You're Expecting: 4th Edition, America's pregnancy bible with over 19 million copies in print, is livelier, less formal, and altogether more user-friendly than ever before. It s a book for expectant parents who don t speak English or who, at a stressful time, find that what's most familiar their first language is most welcome.
It's filled with up-to-date information reflecting not only what's new in pregnancy but what's relevant to pregnant women. Heidi Murkoff has answered dozens of new questions and included loads of new asked-for material, such as a detailed week-by-week fetal development section in each of the monthly chapters, an expanded chapter on pre-conception, and a brand-new one on carrying multiples. More comprehensive, reassuring, and empathetic than ever, this edition incorporates recent developments in obstetrics and addresses current lifestyle trends (from tattooing and belly piercing to Botox and aromatherapy). There's more than ever on pregnancy matters practical (including an expanded section on workplace concerns), physical (with more symptoms, more solutions), emotional (more advice on riding the mood roller coaster), nutritional (from low-carb to vegan, from junk food dependent to caffeine-addicted), and sexual (what's hot and what's not in pregnant lovemaking), as well as much more support for that very important partner in parenting, the dad-to-be.
Overflowing with tips, helpful hints, and humor (a pregnant woman's best friend), this new edition is more accessible and easier to use than ever before. It's everything parents-to-be have come to expect from What to Expect . . . only better.
Esta traduccion al espanol del libro considerado como la biblia del embarazo en Norteamerica con mas 19 millones de copias impresas, What to Expect When You re Expecting: 4th Edition, es mas vital, menos formal y mas sencilla de entender de manera general que cualquier otra anterior. Es un libro dirigido a padres que esperan un bebe y quienes no dominan el ingles o quienes, en un momento de estres como este, prefieren lo que les resulta mas familiar su primer idioma.
Esta repleto de informacion actualizada no solo sobre lo nuevo que se sabe sobre el embarazo, pero tambien sobre los temas que son relevantes para las embarazadas. Heidi Murkoff ha respondido decenas de nuevas preguntas e incluido nuevos materiales requeridos por los lectores, como, por ejemplo, una seccion detallada en todos los capitulos sobre cada mes del embarazo sobre el desarrollo fetal en cada una de las semanas de este, un capitulo expandido sobre la pre-concepcion y uno completamente nuevo sobre embarazos multiples. Siendo mas completa, reconfortante y empatica que todas las anteriores, esta edicion incorpora nuevos descubrimientos en obstetricia y toca diferentes tendencias actuales (desde el tatuaje y otras modificaciones corporales hasta el Botox y la aromaterapia). Hay mucho mas que antes sobre temas practicos (incluyendo una seccion aumentada sobre cuestiones relacionadas con el sitio laboral), fisicos (con mas sintomas y soluciones para estos), emocionales (mas consejos sobre como navegar la montana rusa emocional), nutricionales (desde la dieta baja en carbohidratos hasta la vegana y desde la comida chatarra hasta la adiccion a la cafeina) y sexuales (lo que es excitante y lo que no lo es al hacer el amor durante el embarazo), asi como mucho mas apoyo para ese muy importante socio en la maternidad: el papa.
Con derroche de consejos utiles y humor (el mejor amigo de una mujer embarazada), esta nueva edicion es mas asequible y facil de usar que en el pasado. Es todo lo que los padres esperan de Que puedes esperar . . . durante el embarazo, pero mucho mejor."
Synopsis
Esta traduccion al espanol del libro considerado como la biblia del embarazo en Norteamerica con mas 19 millones de copias impresas, What to Expect When You re Expecting: 4th Edition, es mas vital, menos formal y mas sencilla de entender de manera general que cualquier otra anterior. Es un libro dirigido a padres que esperan un bebe y quienes no dominan el ingles o quienes, en un momento de estres como este, prefieren lo que les resulta mas familiar su primer idioma.
Esta repleto de informacion actualizada no solo sobre lo nuevo que se sabe sobre el embarazo, pero tambien sobre los temas que son relevantes para las embarazadas. Heidi Murkoff ha respondido decenas de nuevas preguntas e incluido nuevos materiales requeridos por los lectores, como, por ejemplo, una seccion detallada en todos los capitulos sobre cada mes del embarazo sobre el desarrollo fetal en cada una de las semanas de este, un capitulo expandido sobre la pre-concepcion y uno completamente nuevo sobre embarazos multiples. Siendo mas completa, reconfortante y empatica que todas las anteriores, esta edicion incorpora nuevos descubrimientos en obstetricia y toca diferentes tendencias actuales (desde el tatuaje y otras modificaciones corporales hasta el Botox y la aromaterapia). Hay mucho mas que antes sobre temas practicos (incluyendo una seccion aumentada sobre cuestiones relacionadas con el sitio laboral), fisicos (con mas sintomas y soluciones para estos), emocionales (mas consejos sobre como navegar la montana rusa emocional), nutricionales (desde la dieta baja en carbohidratos hasta la vegana y desde la comida chatarra hasta la adiccion a la cafeina) y sexuales (lo que es excitante y lo que no lo es al hacer el amor durante el embarazo), asi como mucho mas apoyo para ese muy importante socio en la maternidad: el papa.
Con derroche de consejos utiles y humor (el mejor amigo de una mujer embarazada), esta nueva edicion es mas asequible y facil de usar que en el pasado. Es todo lo que los padres esperan de Que puedes esperar . . . durante el embarazo, pero mucho mejor.
This Spanish-language translation of What to Expect When You're Expecting: 4th Edition, America's pregnancy bible with over 19 million copies in print, is livelier, less formal, and altogether more user-friendly than ever before. It s a book for expectant parents who don t speak English or who, at a stressful time, find that what's most familiar their first language is most welcome.
It's filled with up-to-date information reflecting not only what's new in pregnancy but what's relevant to pregnant women. Heidi Murkoff has answered dozens of new questions and included loads of new asked-for material, such as a detailed week-by-week fetal development section in each of the monthly chapters, an expanded chapter on pre-conception, and a brand-new one on carrying multiples. More comprehensive, reassuring, and empathetic than ever, this edition incorporates recent developments in obstetrics and addresses current lifestyle trends (from tattooing and belly piercing to Botox and aromatherapy). There's more than ever on pregnancy matters practical (including an expanded section on workplace concerns), physical (with more symptoms, more solutions), emotional (more advice on riding the mood roller coaster), nutritional (from low-carb to vegan, from junk food dependent to caffeine-addicted), and sexual (what's hot and what's not in pregnant lovemaking), as well as much more support for that very important partner in parenting, the dad-to-be.
Overflowing with tips, helpful hints, and humor (a pregnant woman's best friend), this new edition is more accessible and easier to use than ever before. It's everything parents-to-be have come to expect from What to Expect . . . only better.
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About the Author
Sandee Hathaway holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Boston University. An experienced RN with a specialty in obstetrics and neonatal care, Sandee lives in Waban, Massachussets, with her husband and three children.
Arlene Eisenberg worked on all three editions of What to Expect When You're Expecting and remained active in the What To Expect Foundation until her death in February 2001. She was also co-author, with Heidi Murkoff, of the "What to Expect" magazine columns.
It all started with a baby…and a book. Heidi Murkoff conceived the idea for What to Expect When You're Expecting during her first pregnancy, when she couldn’t find answers to her questions or reassurance for her worries in the books she’d turned to for much-needed advice. Determined to write a guide that would help other expectant parents sleep better at night, Heidi delivered the proposal for What to Expect When You’re Expecting just hours before delivering her daughter, Emma.
Dubbed the “pregnancy bible”, the iconic New York Times bestseller is now in its all-new fourth edition, with over 18.5 million copies in print, and according to USA Today, is read by 93 percent of women who read a pregnancy book. Other titles in the series include Eating Well When You’re Expecting, What to Expect the First Year, What to Expect Before You’re Expecting (a complete preconception plan), and the newest member of the What to Expect family: What to Expect the Second Year, the must-have guide for parents of toddlers. The What to Expect books have sold more than 34 million copies in the US alone, and are published in over 30 languages.
In 2005, Heidi expanded the What to Expect (WTE) brand online with WhatToExpect.com – the interactive, state-of-the-internet companion to the WTE books, and home to a vibrant, vast, yet close-knit community of 3 million parents. In 2009, WTE went mobile with the WTE Pregnancy Tracker (the most popular pregnancy app in the world), the WTE Fertility Tracker, the WTE Baby Name Finder, and the WTE First Year Tracker.
Heidi’s passionate commitment to moms and babies led to the creation of the What to Expect Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping underserved families expect healthy pregnancies, safe deliveries, and healthy, happy babies. With a beautiful, culturally appropriate low-literac