Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

A Word from Your Baby-In-Waiting

This hilarious picture book about a baby waiting to be born is the perfect gift for moms and moms-to-be -- by Barbara Park, the beloved and bestselling author of the Junie B. Jones series!

"Ma! there's nothing to do here!" complains the precocious protagonist of this rhyming tale set entirely in utero. It's not exactly a scintillating experience spending nine months in your mother's womb. You're just stuck there at the end of that dumb bungee cord (a.k.a. the umbilical cord), with nothing whatsoever to do but slosh around. But, oh, the endless joys you have to look forward to as you listen to the tick-tock of ma's happy heart clock and await that happy day when you finally come out to play.

Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here!

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Missouri

Best loved names & their meanings

The book of babie's names 

Utah

The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth

The author introduces new mothers, and expectant mothers, to all the joys and terrors of childbirth, including gas pains, crankiness, anxiety, and various other humiliations that accompany this over-idealized experience.

Belly Laughs

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Meredith Costain

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

A daughter tries to guess what her mother's secret is.

Mom's Secret

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Anne Geddes

For a parent, a baby book is near the top of the list of "must haves" for a new baby. It is one of those essential items packed for the trip to the hospital weeks before the baby arrives. All the special moments-the first smiles, the first words, the first steps-are lovingly recorded in its pages for posterity. In My First Five Years-Nursery Room Edition, those pages feature heartwarming photos of babies from Anne Geddes's new Nursery Room Collection of baby clothes. Adorable tots, decked out in pink, yellow, blue or white soft cotton, smile winningly, sleep soundly, and convey a love of children on every page.My First Five Years includes special details, like a tiny envelope to keep a lock of hair, height and weight charts to track growth through the years, and plenty of room to add your child's own photos and mementos. Completing a baby book is one of the great privileges of parenthood. A pleasure to look at even before it is filled, My First Five Years-Nursery Room Edition will become a treasured keepsake of a time that passes all too quickly.

Texas

A Record Of Early Childhood

Like peas in a pod, pumpkins in a patch, or roses on the bush, babies blossom and grow. Record their precious and fleeting first years in this delightful hardcover Anne Geddes baby book. Choose from three different covers (see facing page).

My First Five Years

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Jenny McCarthy

Louisiana

Angela Thomas Guffey

Celebrating the Miracle of Life

-- Expectant moms are looking for reassurance and guidance in their new roles -- these tender prayers deliver it.
-- The only devotional prayer book just for expectant mothers -- truly a thoughtful gift!

These elegant gift books provide heartwarming, Scripture-based prayers that address the practical, everyday issues readers face. Simple, yet profound prayers encourage readers to have faith in God and trust Him with all their heart. Beautiful covers invite readers inside these uplifting and inspiring pages, as each day they draw closer to Him.

Prayers for Expectant Mothers

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Arkansas

In this dazzling debut novel, a pregnant teen learns the meaning of friendship--from the boy who pretends to be her baby's father.

When the entire high school finds out that Hannah Shepard is pregnant via her ex-best friend, she has a full-on meltdown in her backyard. The one witness (besides the rest of the world): Aaron Tyler, a transfer student and the only boy who doesn't seem to want to get into Hannah's pants. Confused and scared, Hannah needs someone to be on her side. Wishing to make up for his own past mistakes, Aaron does the unthinkable and offers to pretend to be the father of Hannah's unborn baby. Even more unbelievable, Hannah hears herself saying "yes."

Told in alternating perspectives between Hannah and Aaron, Trouble is the story of two teenagers helping each other to move forward in the wake of tragedy and devastating choices. As you read about their year of loss, regret, and hope, you'll remember your first, real best friend--and how they were like a first love.

Trouble

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Kentucky

Your Pregnancy Week by Week

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What to Eat, Do, Think about, and Let Go of While Your Body Is Making a Baby

2019 National Parenting Product Award (NAPPA) Winner Finally, a calming pregnancy book that cuts through the noise to tell expectant mothers exactly what they need to know—and what they can stop obsessing about and over-researching. In The New Rules of Pregnancy, two leading OB-GYNs guide you, the modern pregnant woman, through all aspects of pregnant life in an easy-to-digest, compassionate, and motivating way. Instead of a detailed week-by-week look at your baby’s development, it’s all about you, and how to help your pregnancy go as smoothly as possible. It assumes an intelligent, busy reader (who, somewhere inside, is shouting, “Just tell me what to do!”). Every aspect of pregnant life is covered—from the practical details (how to fly pregnant) to the complex issues (“What makes it postpartum depression?”). The book also covers that critical “fourth trimester”—“Nursing” and “How to Feel Like Yourself Again”—because once the baby is born, self-care typically goes out the window, and you really need someone to have your back. Its strong point of view and expertise come from gynecologist Adrienne Simone and obstetrician Jaqueline Worth—two renowned New York doctors dedicated to bringing patients the safest, calmest, least invasive pregnancies possible. The book’s voice—motivating, supportive, real—comes from Danielle Claro, coauthor of The New Health Rules.

The New Rules of Pregnancy

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Alicia Silverstone

Delaware

A Simple Guide to Supercharged Fertility, a Radiant Pregnancy, a Sweeter Birth, and a Healthier, More Beautiful Beginning

The bestselling author of The Kind Diet offers practical solutions for a healthier, more vibrant approach to new motherhood When did making babies get to be so hard? Infertility is on the rise globally, affecting as many as one in six couples. But instead of looking at diet and lifestyle as key factors, doctors are racing to pump their patients full of expensive and invasive fertility treatments. Once pregnant, women just accept that carrying a baby will be the gassy, swollen, irritable, sleepless nightmare that has become the new normal. Once their babies are born, they assume it will be just as challenging—from breastfeeding woes to screaming fits and constant trips to the doctor. It doesn’t have to be that way. In The Kind Mama, Alicia Silverstone shows that if we kick nasty foods that fight our bodies and replace them with nutrient-rocking “clean” foods that heal and nourish, we can create a more positive baby-making experience, from conception through the third trimester (and beyond). By encouraging basic diet and lifestyle modifications and drawing on wisdom from medical experts, friends, and her own experience, Silverstone has created a one-stop guide that empowers women to take charge of their fertility and pregnancy, and helps them to embark on a healthier, more vibrant path to parenthood.

The Kind Mama

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Suzanne Daniel

A story of sisterhood, solidarity, and finding your place in a changing world, A GIRL IN THREE PARTS is part Eighth Grade, part Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and entirely original. Allegra Elsom is caught in the middle. She's suspended between childhood and adulthood, torn apart by the decade-old tragedy that split her family in three, and doing her best to stay true to her Catholic upbringing while navigating unexpected blows--a friend's pregnancy, an abusive relationship, the rising demand for change among women in her community. . . . She struggles to make peace in her family and navigate the social gauntlet at school, while asking bigger questions about her place in the world: What does it mean to be "liberated"? What does it mean to do the right thing, when everyone around her defines it differently? As second-wave feminism reshapes her Sydney suburb, Allegra makes her own path, discovering firsthand the incredible ways that women can support each other, and finding strength within herself to stand up to the people she loves. Readers who loved Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood or The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender will find the spirit of sisterhood alive and well in Suzanne Daniel's poignant debut.

A Girl in Three Parts

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

California

Your All-in-One Resource for Pregnancy and Childbirth

Highly praised by expectant parents and childbirth educators alike, this comprehensive pregnancy reference (704 pages) is specifically designed for today’s hurried moms (and dads) for getting them through pregnancy and early baby care. Numerous navigation aides in the volume help parents to rapidly access critical information.

The beautifully-illustrated, Your Pregnancy Week-by-Week section details every body change for both Mom and Baby for nine months with hundreds of timely coping tips. The Managing Your Pregnancy section includes: strategies for planning maternity leave; exercise guidelines; what to eat and what to avoid; safe and unsafe medications; and how to locate the best childcare and pediatricians. The illustrated Baby Gear Guide warns about unsafe products and offers solid, research-based facts for choosing the safest car seats, cribs, soft carriers, baby diapers and clothing. Your Guide to Giving Birth is the most up-to-date labor and birth resource available to parents today.

Based on brand-new medical evidence, it helps families to realistically plan for labor and delivery, including detailed "you are there" descriptions for every major intervention and medication they’re likely to encounter -- such as epidurals, inductions and cesarean sections. You and Your Baby presents a complete guide for the first six months of life after birth.

There's mom-friendly advice for post-birth recovery, and baby-sensitive care strategies for feeding, bathing, diapering, soothing and helping a baby to sleep. The book’s Resource Guide lists over 100 of the best Internet sites for parents. The comprehensive Pregnancy Dictionary translates 200-plus pregnancy and medical terms into easy-to-understand lay language.

"I have this book as well as What to Expect When Expecting, and I find this book to be so much better as it gives a week to week breakdown of what is happening to both mom and baby. I pick up this book each week as my pregnancy progresses and even though not every issue listed in each week's summary necessarily happens to me, it's good to know what I 'could' expect. I would highly recommend this book to any expecting mom!" -- Cynthia, an expectant mother

"If you are searching for one book for your pregnancy or for that one book to refer all of your expectant clients to, this book is by far the greatest achievement in childbirth education reading material! Sandy Jones and her daughter Marcie Jones have included absolutely everything an expectant woman and her family needs to know. This book should be on everyone's recommended reading list"--Connie Livingston, BS, RN, FACCE (Dona), CCE, CLD, birthsource.com [http://www.birthsource.com]

"Great Expectations is the perfect resource for moms-to-be. Sandy and Marcie Jones speak to the expectant mother of today in a friendly, approachable tone, and present their thorough information in a way that's great for both quick look-ups, and in-depth reading."--Stacia Ragolia, VP, Community & Parenting, iVillage.com

"Accurate, comprehensive, empowering, and current. I see this as being the new Dr. Spock for pregnancy...This is definitely a book I will recommend to my clients who are planning a pregnancy or currently pregnant."--Cherie C. Binns, RN, BS, MSCN

Great Expectations

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#nonfiction #relationships #family #paperback #pregnancy #children #infertility 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Oklahoma

What You Need To Know Right Now

Getting Pregnant

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Shu Shu Costa

Maine

Asian Myths and Traditions on Pregnancy and Birthing

Brimming over with Asian-American myths and traditions on conception, pregnancy and birth, this book presents mystical and enchanting narrative complemented by lovely vignettes, rich folklore, poems, literary excerpts, and nursery rhymes. Illustrations.

Lotus Seeds and Lucky Stars

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Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

40 Weeks of Scripture, Prayer and Reflection for Your Developing Baby

This book contains 40 different weekly themes to pray for representing each of the 40 weeks of pregnancy. Each day consists of a short verse and prayer that corresponds to the weekly theme. Also, there are many opportunities throughout the book to reflect, include pictures, and write down special notes and memories.

A Pregnancy Devotional- I'm Praying for You

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Mississippi

Becky's life is perfect, with a job at London's biggest new store, house-hunting with husband Luke, and a baby on the way, until she discovers that her new celebrity obstetrician is Luke's glamorous ex-girlfriend.

Shopaholic and Baby

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Carrie Fisher

Ohio

"Now that she's conquered rehab and romance, best-selling novelist Carrie Fisher boldly goes where no man has gone before: motherhood." "Hollywood screenwriter Cora Sharpe has taken to writing letters to the unborn child she's tentatively dubbed Esme - even though it sounds like a noise your nose makes. But then, Cora has what one of the endless intimates she thinks of as her Committee calls "a big loud life," and recent events have been no exception. Her confidant and writing partner, Bud, has been on a bipolar roller coaster. Her dear friend William, AIDS-ridden, has finally taken leave of his life, with the aplomb befitting "a suburban show business sultan." And in the vacuum that follows his departure, Cora's romance with quiet, gentle Ray has suddenly flickered and expired." "Then Cora finds out she's pregnant, and even the Committee can't steer her through this one. In a fight-or-flight confrontation with maturity, flight seems to have the upper hand. So when her mother, Viv, tries to rally support for her latest madcap scheme - to kidnap her Alzheimer's-stricken father from a nursing home and take him back to Whitewright, Texas, the place of his birth - Cora, for once, is game. With Bud in tow, she signs on for what turns out to be a cosmic (not to mention comic) exploration of the urges that drive us to feather our nests and fill them, to flee them and find our way home." "With singular deftness, Fisher captures the ambivalence and absurdity of modern maternity, in her wittiest and wisest novel to date."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Delusions of Grandma

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Dawn Dais

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A Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Beyond

The fourth book in Dawn Dais's popular Sh!t No One Tells You series offers honest and "laugh out loud" (Parents) advice for expectant parents



Pregnancy is about more than scanning Pinterest for baby shower themes and registering for ironic onesies. Sometimes, the less flattering aspects of gestation can dim a bit of that so-called pregnancy glow. Not to worry! Dawn Dais is here, ready to shepherd readers through the experience of one human body taking on the task of growing another human body. (Spoiler alert: It's not always pretty.)



Dawn covers it all, sharing expert lists, tips, warnings, and even a series of Parent-Training Workouts designed to increase readers' tolerance to the various indignities of parenthood, like peeing with an audience and surviving an afternoon in Chuck E. Cheese. The Sh!t No One Tells You About Pregnancy is a must-have guide for expectant moms (and their partners!) who are looking for some counsel, comedy, and camaraderie during their ultimate countdown to parenthood.

The Sh!t No One Tells You about Pregnancy

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My Nine Month Journey 

Pregnancy Journal 

#paperback #selfhelp #pregnancy #genderdisappointment

Virginia

Living with Gender Disappointment

Hearing "It's a BOY!" should have brought me great joy, but instead, it brought me months of anger and denial as well as a lot of sadness and shame at times. I wanted to experience raising a daughter as well as my sons. What did I do so wrong that I was not allowed to parent both genders? Why was I denied this life experience? How did I suddenly become the brunt of many jokes and strange looks just because I had the privilege to be raising only sons? Altered Dreams is an inspirational writing for parents who may be experiencing disappointment in the gender of their unborn child. Through my years both as a mother and a psychologist, this issue of gender disappointment has come up over and over. Yet, no one wants to write or talk about it where we can all come together on even ground. Gender disappointment has psychological impact on all facets of one's life. As I share my journey, and those of others, from despair to acceptance after the birth of my third son, you will realize that you are not alone in this way of thinking or feeling. What you feel is real, and there are ways to handle your disappointment effectively. Most importantly, you will realize you no longer have to suffer alone.

Altered Dreams

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Alaska

A Pregnancy Field Guide for Dudes

You picked up this book because you are now-- or soon will be -- living with a pregnant woman. The title, "Dad", will make you a superhero. But it's only possible because a woman in your life goes through hell first.

This book will make you a support champion. Because you, my man, are the sidekick.

A sidekick knows there is more to the first trimester than ginger ale. A sidekick knows where they fit into a baby shower. Most importantly, a sidekick has a plan to get his hero's favorite tacos in any situation.

Packed with practical tips, and over 20 illustrations, this book is the perfect guide to help men thrive during pregnancy.

Sidekick

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Information You Can Trust from the Leading Experts in Women's Health Care

Including the collective wisdom of over 47,000 trusted OB-GYN experts, this fourth edition follows clinical practice guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. It empowers expectant couples with useful information to make choices and discuss concerns with doctors.

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Barbara Park; Viviana Garofoli (Illustrator)

Ma! There's Nothing to Do Here!

Naom Friedlander

The book of babie's names

Jenny McCarthy

Belly Laughs

Meredith Costain

Mom's Secret

Anne Geddes

My First Five Years

Jenny McCarthy

Belly Laughs

Angela Thomas Guffey

Prayers for Expectant Mothers

Non Pratt

Trouble

Glade B. Curtis

Your Pregnancy Week by Week

Adrienne L. Simone; Jaqueline Worth; Danielle Claro; Adrienne L. Simone; Jaqueline Worth; Danielle Claro

The New Rules of Pregnancy

Alicia Silverstone

The Kind Mama

Suzanne Daniel

A Girl in Three Parts

Sandy Jones; Marcie Jones

Great Expectations

Niels Lauersen, Colette Bouchez

Getting Pregnant

Shu Shu Costa

Lotus Seeds and Lucky Stars

Jenny McCarthy

Belly Laughs

Rebekah Tague

A Pregnancy Devotional- I'm Praying for You

Sophie Kinsella

Shopaholic and Baby

Carrie Fisher

Delusions of Grandma

Dawn Dais

The Sh!t No One Tells You about Pregnancy

Unconditional Rosie

Pregnancy Journal

Ma Asbery

Altered Dreams

Karlee Stauffer (Editor); Tyler Carpenter (Illustrator); Erik. Peterson (Cover Design by)

Sidekick

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Staff; Meredith Books Staff (Editor); Larry Erickson (Editor)

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