Heidi Murkoff - What to Expect When Youre Expecting

What every mother cant do without!

NIRA COLYN, MD

What to Expect is an incredible pregnancy resource.
The book is very user-friendly and has an excellent index.
Any topic you can think of can be looked up right away.

BRENDA SMALLEGAN, RN, BSN

This book quite literally has it all. I have never found a more
complete yet completely enjoyable guide to a healthy, happy pregnancy.

SUSAN KANE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, BABYTALK MAGAZINE

What to Expect When Youre Expecting is a lifesaver. Muchisimas Gracias!

MIGUEL A. CANO, MD, FACOG

As a mother this book was my survival guide to getting through the day.

BALA MUNIPALLI, MD

A fabulous bible for new moms! I would have been 20 lbs. heavier and a little less sane without What to Expect When Youre Expecting!

CATHERINE SKOBE, MOTHER

I love these books! Theyre full of useful information.

SUZY A. THOMPSON, MD

I started reading What to Expect When Youre Expecting the moment I found out I was pregnant. [It] provided me with a road map to a stress-free pregnancy.

CAROLINE GOLDSTEIN, MOTHER

Excellent to allay patients fears and provide information. I recommend it highly.

DONNICA L. MOORE, MD

This book revolutionized prenatal care in America.

JAMES FAHERTY, MD

I read them faithfully for my two pregnancies and as a pediatrician find them to be right on.

SUSAN WALTER MANGIAMELI, MD

This is the only book I recommend to my patients!

ELIZABETH DOYLE, MD

This is the must have book for any expectant mother, whether its your first baby or your fifth!

SOFIA GARCIA, MOTHER

As a maternity designer and as a mother myself, I know that there is no other book that means so much to so many pregnant women everywhere.

LIZ LANGE, MOTHER, FOUNDER AND CEO, LIZ LANGE MATERNITY

FOURTH EDITION

by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel

Foreword by Charles J. Lockwood, MD

The Anita OKeefe Young Professor of Womens Health and Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine

To Emma and Wyatt, my greatest expectations
To Erik, my everything
To Arlene, with so much love, always and forever
To all the moms, dads, and babies everywhere

Copyright 1984, 1988, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2008 by What to Expect LLC

What to Expect is a registered trademark of What to Expect LLC

Design copyright by Workman Publishing

What to Expect When Youre Expecting and the What to Expect series were conceived by Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, and Sandee Hathaway.

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproducedmechanically, electronically, or by any other means, including photocopyingwithout the permission of the publisher. Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.
eISBN-13: 978-0-7611-5268-2

Book design: Lisa Hollander
Cover design: John Seeger Gilman
Cover illustrations: Tim OBrien
Cover quilt: Lynette Parmentier, Quilt Creations
Cover photography: Davies + Starr
Interior illustrations: Karen Kuchar
Medical illustrations: Tom Newsom

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MORE THAN I CAN SAY, TO ARLENE EISENBERG, MY FIRST PARTNER
IN WHAT TO EXPECT AND MY MOST IMPORTANT ONE.
YOUR LEGACY OF CARING, COMPASSION, AND INTEGRITY LIVES ON FOREVER;
YOULL ALWAYS BE LOVED AND ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED.

IF IVE LEARNED TWO THINGS OVER the last 23 years, its that kids dont raise themselvesand books dont write themselves (no matter how long you look at a blank screen).

Fortunately, I havent had to take either job on by myself. For the kid raising (officially finished, though, lets face itdoes it really ever end?), Ive had the best partner-in-parenting out there, my husband, Erikwho also happens to be my partner in What to Expect. For the book writing, Ive had dozens of colleagues and friends pitch incontributing support, insight, and ideas in the creation (and re-creation and re-creation and re-creation) of four editions of What to ExpectWhen Youre Expecting.

Some of those helpers have come and gonebut others have stood by since day one, and edition one. Thanks a lot to:

Sandee Hathaway, for all your valuable contributions to What to Expect. Youre a great sister and an even greater friend.

Suzanne Rafer, editor and friend, who has faithfully guided What to Expect from conception through delivery four times overdotting every i, crossing every t, deleting every misguided pun (and pair of parens). Whats in a name? When it comes to What to Expect, a lotand we have Suzanne to thank for the memorable moniker that helped launch not only 29 million copies, but hundreds of headlines, cartoons, and parodies.

Peter Workman, a publisher of uncommon integrity and uncompromising commitmentwho believed in our book when bookstores didnt, who let What to Expects grass roots take their slow and steady time sprouting, who never gave up on the little series that could, and did.

Everyone else at Workman whos helped with our latest delivery: David Matt, for believing in evolution (of Cover Mom), taking artistic chances, and overseeing our very challengingand very successfulExtreme Makeover. John Gilman, for your extreme patience in this extreme makeoverand for making illustration magic happen. Lisa Hollander, for always being my favorite designing woman, as well as to Weiheng Tang. Tim OBrien for bringing to life Cover Mom, The Next Generationand for finally getting her off her rocker. Lynette Parmentier for re-creating as an actual quilt our iconic illustrated quilt. Karen Kuchar for inking our hot mamas (almost makes me want to run out and get pregnant again!) and Tom Newsom for our fabulous fetuses. Irene Demchyshyn for going with the flow and keeping the flow going. And my other phenomenal friends at Workman, including Suz2 (Suzie Bolotin), Helen Rosner, Beth Doty, Walter Weintz, Jenny Mandel, Kim Small, and Amy Corley.