I didn't read this book cover to cover, but I flipped through all of it and read bits here and there. It's a little too mainstream for me, so I decided to look for another preconception book that is more inline with my values and ideals. For example, this book says that nurse midwives must be under the "supervision" of an ob/gyn to perform deliveries. I know that is not the fact at least in my state. In addition, the nutrition recommendations are basically to use the food pyramid and the exercise information didn't seem to say anything about making sure your heart rate doesn't get too high. The copyright date is 2002, so I don't know if these issues are due to the age of the book, but I want a book I can trust, not second-guess. ( )

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