Title: The Christian
Mama’s Guide to Having a Baby.
Author: Erin MacPherson
Genre: Christian,
Nonfiction, Pregnancy, Guide, How-To, Self-Help, Humorous.
Plot: With a hilarious
sense of humor and a wonderful easy-going style of writing, Mrs. MacPherson
takes you on a fun-filled journey through pregnancy and helps you navigate this
most fulfilling and often unpleasant phase in life. She also gives you pointers
on how to draw closer to God during your pregnancy, especially on days when
you’re too sick to do anything besides moan and throw up.
With
a detailed chapter on what to expect during each trimester, followed by equally
detailed yet not at all boring chapters on baby gear, maternity clothes,
exercising during pregnancy, morning sickness and how to eat healthfully when
you’re carving junk food, this book is definitely one of the keepers you’ll
want on hand to answer a lot of your pregnancy questions. It walks you through
the doctor/midwife’s office, explains some of the tests they do, gives you an in-depth
look at the actual birth of the baby {which is probably the most stressful of
the whole nine-month journey}, and covers breast-feeding as well, which can be
a pretty tricky thing for new moms to learn. It also has tips for pregnancy sex
and a chapter written by husbands of pregnant women for husbands of pregnant
women. I made my husband read that chapter and he said he really liked it, and
that the big difference between it and other books I’ve shoved into his hands
is that it was written by actual guys.
There
are also wonderful little sections in each chapter with Bible verses and a
prayer to help you along in your daily meditation on God’s word while pregnant.
The chapter on food is very deliciously detailed so I recommend you take the
advice in the opening paragraph and get a snack before reading it.
Likes/Dislikes: I’ve read maybe
close to half a dozen pregnancy books in the last several months as my own
personal homework {ya never know when this knowledge will come in handy!}, and
this book is, by far, the most fun of the lot. It also addresses the emotional
side of pregnancy a lot better than the other books did. On top of that, it’s
Christian and has tips for drawing closer to God during pregnancy – something
the other books definitely didn’t dig into. It was written in a hilarious
easy-to-relate-to style that flowed really well and made sense. There wasn’t
all that medical jargon to confuse and wade through. The only issues I had with
it are pretty minor; in the food chapter it lists canola oil as being good to
take when pregnant. It is, in fact, not at all healthy for you. Also, it
described the various options open to women when it comes time to give birth
{which is a good thing}, putting stress on having an epidural and also saying
that when the nurses whisk your newborn baby off to test it and give it shots,
it’s a good thing. Now, I have nothing against epidurals {I just don’t
particularly want to take one because it’s a big needle that gets poked into
your spine and could cause a lot of damage if they poked it wrong}, but I don’t
agree with the tests and shots on the little newborn. That’s me personally. I
really liked that the author was such a huge fan of breastfeeding. In all, I
highly recommend this book to any expectant {or hoping to be expectant} moms. I
will personally be keeping it close on hand when I have my first baby.
Rating: PG-16 and up,
mainly for content. It’s about having babies after all.
Date Report
Written: April
1st, 2013.
I
received a copy of this book from the publishers in exchange for an honest
review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed
in the above review are my own.
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