Why This Book?

We have done numerous phone and television interviews for this group, and it seems there is a common question, “Why did you write this book?”.  It’s a good question since there are hundreds of pregnancy books on the shelves and at least 100 New Releases on Amazon for Pregnancy (we are ranked #16).

The main reason for writing the book is that we felt there was a gap in the database for pregnant patients.  Some of the books out there are confusing in their information and some of them really don’t address patient concerns.  So, we wanted to write something that would be fun to read an at the same time give the reader a wealth of hard to find information.  We also wanted to write something that could be added to in the future.  As we sat down to look at ideas, there was a consistent theme that we felt the best way to go about things was to answer patient questions that we discuss almost daily in the clinic.  Many of these patient questions also seemed to be based on either some sort of fear or a misleading piece of information given to them by a family member, friend, or even complete strangers.  With the concept of pregnancy myths and our load of patient questions we set out to write the book.  There are some pregnancy myths regarding fetal gender that almost everyone has heard of, but we are receiving more and more daily from people that are asking questions about things friends and family have told them.  ”My grandmother told me that I shouldn’t reach for the dishes because if I reach above my head the baby’s cord will get wrapped around its neck.”  Needless to say this causes anxiety and has a patient standing on her head to try and wash her hair for fear of putting her hands above her head.  You can see where this would cause an educated person to think twice and we were hoping that we could help disseminate truthful information and present it in a manner that will benefit the most women.  

So the book is more of a companion guide to some the books already out there.  It is not made to replace any particular book, but it can fit nicely onto your shelf amongst your other pregnancy books or it can be given as a gift to your friend that is pregnant.  We are hoping that women will come to the website and talk about there pregnancy myths and superstitions from infertility to postpartum.  In sharing your questions you are helping to disseminate knowledge to those women that have questions.  You might think you are crazy for even asking, but we have found that there are many other women out there with the same questions.  There is security in truth and knowledge.  Help s spread the word and get your copy today.

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