A review by bluesbooksnbobbins
Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--And What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster

3.0

A friend recommended this alongside Taking Charge of your Fertility as I started thinking about pregnancy. For my personality, more information puts me at ease, but also upps the anxiety a bit. It is useful to put risk into context, she does that well. However, some issues with the medicalisation of birth are glossed over and I expect some groups will feel that this book does not speak to their higher risks due to systemic racism, bias etc.