What to Expect When You're Expecting: (Updated in 2025) (Fifth Edition, Revised) (What to Expect)

By: Heidi Murkoff

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Synopsis: Updated multiple times every year, America&’s pregnancy bible answers all your questions. When can I take an at-home a pregnancy test? How can I eat for two if I&’m too queasy to eat for one? Can I keep up my spinning classes? Is fish safe to eat? And what&’s this I hear about soft cheese? Can I work until I deliver? What are my rights on the job? I&’m blotchy and broken out—where&’s the glow? Should we do a gender reveal? What about a 4-D ultrasound? Will I know labor when I feel it? Your pregnancy explained and your pregnant body demystified, head (what to do about those headaches) to feet (why they&’re so swollen), back (how to stop it from aching) to front (why you can&’t tell a baby by mom&’s bump). Filled with must-have information, practical advice, realistic insight, easy-to-use tips, and lots of reassurance, you&’ll also find the very latest on prenatal screenings, which medications are safe, and the most current birthing options—from water birth to gentle c-sections. Your pregnancy lifestyle gets equal attention, too: eating (including food trends) to coffee drinking, working out (and work) to sex, travel to beauty, skin care, and more. Have pregnancy symptoms? You will—and you&’ll find solutions for them all. Expecting multiples? There&’s a chapter for you. Expecting to become a dad? This book has you covered, too.