YOU: HAVING A BABY

The Owner's Manual to a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy

by MICHAEL F ROIZEN MD and MEHMET C OZ MD

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New softcover book, 448 pages, published 2009.

This new tour de force from the bestselling authors of You: On a Diet accompanies expectant parents week by week through pregnancy. Full of the latest cutting edge information and written in the authors′ highly entertaining style, this compelling book is a must for all mums and dads to be.

Few life experiences feature the extreme emotional swings as pregnancy does - it's a monumental mix of both intense excitement and skip-a-beat anxiety. If you're like most, you scour web sites, read books, browse blogs, and pick the brains of every friend, family member, and store clerk who's ever had a baby. You talk about the ups and downs, the cravings and the nausea, the maternity clothes and the stretch marks. During this 280-or-so day journey, this sometimes-scattered mindset is perfectly natural - and healthy. But sometimes you need help cutting through the clutter.

Acting as mythbusters for the hundreds of questions surrounding pregnancy with the same scientific, informative, and entertaining ways that have made them America's Doctors, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen will help ease your tension by teaching you not only about what you can do, but also why you should do it. They'll explore the biology of your body with amazing insights about a cutting-edge new field called epigenetics, which gives you the power to change the genetic destiny of your child. And they'll give you all the ins and outs of nutrition, exercise, hormones, fetal development, and many more pregnancy-related issues. There's even a section for dads.

Using their signature wit and wisdom, they'll test your knowledge, give you oodles of tools you can use, and reassure you that your maternal instincts are usually pretty darn good. After all, the doctors want the exact same thing as you do during this journey - a healthy baby (and a healthy mother).

By learning about your mental and physical health during pregnancy, You: Having a Baby will give you the tools to make the best choices to guide you throughout your pregnancy and on to the first few weeks after birth.

• The best advice for you and your baby
• Easy ways to use the latest science of epigenetics to give your baby the best start in life
• Definitive answers to what you really can and can't eat
• Quick and delicious recipes for optimum nutrition
• Fun and safe exercises to stay fit

About the authors

Mehmet C Oz MD is professor and vice-chairman of surgery, Columbia University. He is medical director of the Integrated Medicine Center and director of the Heart Institute, New York Presbyterian/Columbia Medical Center.

Michael F Roizen MD is cofounder of RealAge™ and chair of the RealAge Scientific Advisory Board. He is past chairman of a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee and a former editor of six medical journals. His first book, RealAge: Are You as Young as You Can Be? became a New York Times #1 bestseller. He appears frequently on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, The 700 Club, and Canada AM. He has hosted several PBS specials, and his own radio show is heard on twenty-seven satellite stations. He also writes a monthly column for Reader's Digest and he and Dr. Oz share a daily syndicated newspaper column. He is currently chief wellness officer and chair of the Wellness Institute at the Cleveland Clinic.

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YOU: Having a Baby by Michael F Roizen and Mehmet C Oz