{"title":"Emily Oster Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse the books by Emily Oster we have in stock, new and second-hand, in paperback and hardback. Mostly non-fiction and health. Every book ships from our own UK warehouse. 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She has done the work to get us the hard facts in a soft, understandable way.” \u003cb\u003e—Amy Schumer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe award-winning economist named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people disproves standard recommendations about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePregnancy—unquestionably one of the most pro­found, meaningful experiences of adulthood—can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. Pregnant women are told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee without ever being told \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e these are forbidden. Rules for prenatal testing are similarly unexplained. 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Debunking myths and explaining everything from the real effects of caffeine to the surprising dangers of gardening, \u003ci\u003eExpecting Better\u003c\/i\u003e is the book for every pregnant woman who wants to enjoy a healthy and relaxed pregnancy—and the occasional glass of wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/emily-oster-books\"\u003eEmily Oster\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780143125709\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.45","offer_id":47909388452017,"sku":"SB-0143125702-C3","price":1.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0143125702.jpg?v=1789227902"},{"product_id":"expecting-better-why-the-conventional-pregnancy-wisdom-is-wrong-and-what-you-really-need-to-know","title":"Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Award-winning Emily Oster debunks myths about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting. Pregnancy is full of rules. Pregnant women are often treated as if they were children, given long lists of items to avoid-alcohol, caffeine, sushi- without any real explanation from their doctors about why. They hear frightening and contradictory myths about everything from weight gain to sleeping on your back to bed rest from friends and pregnancy books. In Expecting Better, Oster shows that the information given to pregnant women is sometimes wrong and almost always oversimplified. When Oster was expecting her first child, she felt powerless to make the right decisions for her pregnancy so Oster drew on her own experience and went in search of the real facts about pregnancy using an economist's tools. Economics is the science of determining value and making informed decisions. To make a good decision, you need to understand the information available to you and to know what it means to you as an individual. Expecting Better overturns standard recommendations for alcohol, caffeine, sushi, bed rest, and induction while putting in context the blanket guidelines for fetal testing, weight gain, risks of pregnancy over the age of thirty-five, and nausea, among others. Oster offers the real-world advice one would never get at the doctor's office. Knowing that the health of your baby is paramount, readers can know more and worry less. Having the numbers is a tremendous relief-and so is the occasional glass of wine. This groundbreaking guidebook is as fascinating as it is practical.\" --Publisher's description.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/emily-oster-books\"\u003eEmily Oster\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Orion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781409142317\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Orion","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.00","offer_id":47915728732337,"sku":"SB-1409142310-C4","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1409142310.jpg?v=1789142899"},{"product_id":"expecting-better-why-the-conventional-pregnancy-wisdom-is-wrong-and-what-you-really-need-to-know-1","title":"Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know","description":"\u003cp\u003ePregnancy - unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful experiences of adulthood - reduces otherwise intelligent, successful women to patients who are treated like they themselves are babies. 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We’re told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee, but aren’t told \u003ci\u003ewhy \u003c\/i\u003ethese are forbidden. Rules for prenatal testing are hard and fast—and unexplained. Are these recommendations even correct? Are all of them right for every mom-to-be? In \u003ci\u003eExpecting Better, \u003c\/i\u003eaward-winning economist Emily Oster proves that pregnancy rules are often misguided and sometimes flat-out wrong.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A mom-to-be herself, Oster debunks the myths of pregnancy using her particular mode of critical thinking: economics, the study of how we get what we want. Oster knows that the value of anything—a home, an amniocentesis—is in the eyes of the informed beholder, and like any compli­cated endeavor, pregnancy is not a one-size-fits-all affair. And yet medicine often treats it as such. Are doctors working from bad data? Are well-meaning friends and family perpetuating false myths and raising unfounded concerns? Oster’s answer is yes, and often.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pregnant women face an endless stream of decisions, from the casual (Can I eat this?) to the frightening (Is it worth risking a miscarriage to test for genetic defects?). \u003ci\u003eExpecting Better \u003c\/i\u003epresents the hard facts and real-world advice you’ll never get at the doctor’s office or in the existing literature. Oster’s revelatory work identifies everything from the real effects of caffeine and tobacco to the surprising dangers of gardening.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Any expectant mother knows that the health of her baby is paramount, but she will be less anxious and better able to enjoy a healthy pregnancy if she is informed . . . and can have the occasional glass of wine.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * * *\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Numbers are not subject to someone else’s interpretation—math doesn’t lie. Expectant economist Emily Oster set out to inform parents-to-be about the truth of pregnancy using the most up-to-date data so that they can make the best decisions for their pregnancies. The results she found were often very surprising…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e· It’s fine to have the occasional glass of wine – even one every day – in the second and third trimesters.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e · There is nothing to fear from sushi, but do stay away from raw milk cheese.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e · Sardines and herring are the fish of choice to give your child those few extra IQ points.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e · There is no evidence that bed rest is helpful in preventing or treating \u003ci\u003eany\u003c\/i\u003e complications of pregnancy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e · Many unnecessary labor inductions could be avoided by simply staying hydrated.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e · Epidurals are great for pain relief and fine for your baby, but they do carry some risks for mom.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e · Limiting women to ice chips during labor is an antiquated practice; you should at least be able to sneak in some Gatorade.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e · You shouldn’t worry about dyeing your hair or cleaning the cat’s litter box, but gardening while pregnant can actually be risky.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e · Hot tubs, hot baths, hot yoga: avoid (at least during the first trimester).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e · You should be more worried about gaining too little weight during pregnancy than gaining too much.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e · Most exercise during pregnancy is fine (no rock climbing!), but there isn’t much evidence that it has benefits. 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