YOU: Having a Baby: The Owner's Manual to a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy

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Simon & Schuster, Dec 1, 2009 - Health & Fitness - 464 pages
Whether you’re pregnant for the first time, are trying to start your family, or already have enough children to start your own basketball team, you’re bound to have questions about how you can have a healthy and happy pregnancy. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz will share everything you need to know about the miracles of fetal development, your health throughout the pregnancy, and providing the best possible environment for your growing child. Filled with recipes for healthy, satisfying snacks and meals even Pop can cook (yes, he can!), safe exercises for staying fit, and tons of YOU tips that will help you stay comfortable, YOU: Having a Baby is the ultimate guidebook for what to do from the moment of conception to the weeks after your child has arrived home.

But it’s more than that (you knew there would be more, as the YOU Docs must have done something right to have four #1 New York Times bestsellers under their belts). They use their signature wit and wisdom to make it easy to understand the latest cutting-edge stuff that affects your pregnancy—like, for example, epigenetics. Epigenetics explores what makes us develop in certain ways—why some people thrive at math while others are prone to chronic diseases. There are easy things you can do to help not just your baby’s development in utero, but his or her opportunity to live a healthy, fulfilling adult life. From morning sickness and food cravings to choosing a doctor and changing a diaper, YOU: Having a Baby will give you the real scoop about what’s in store for you during this amazing time in your life.

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About the author (2009)

MICHAEL F. ROIZEN, M.D., is a New York Times #1 bestselling author and cofounder and originator of the very popular RealAge.com website. He is chief wellness officer and chair of the Wellness Institute of the Cleveland Clinic and health expert of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

MEHMET C. OZ, M.D., is also a New York Times #1 bestselling author and host of The Dr. Oz Show. He is professor and vice chairman of surgery at New York Presbyterian-Columbia University and the director of the Heart Institute.

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