Home; Blog; About; Home. Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know (The ParentData Series) [Oster, Emily] on Amazon.com. How much weight can I gain? Blog Search. Your Doctor Offers to Induce Labor. So what’s going to be on this blog? Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. You’ve run out of free articles. My friend and colleague Emily Oster's new book, Expecting Better, came out last week. I booked in for an early scan a few days later. That’s longer than my normal periods. For the next month or so, I’ll give you a few tidbits from the book, and a few things that didn’t make it in. that I wrote “still nothing… extra long version of December? It’s open, let’s see where it goes. Here’s Why I’m Right. He got on his bike and went down to the shops and came back with a variety of sanitary pads. I called the hospital, Early Pregnancy Unit as they will see you if you are bleeding and/or in pain. I also doubt they will be able to offer me as much as the trial can, resources are stretched in the NHS. All in tact in it’s sac. My new book—Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong, and What You Really Need to … The book is decidedly not about recommendations. I can spot them a mile off. In fact, I wrote in the notes of my App, I was relieved I was not pregnant (and wondered if I’d managed to psychosomatically delay my period) as I had had a few too many drinks on day 23, the day I thought my period was starting… Little did I know at that time about implantation bleeds. Recently in Expecting Better. I took my temperature for a few months (May to December but I think ended up getting a bit fed up, it was so erratic and suggested I was ovulating really late into my cycle). So, sit back, enjoy that caffeinated latte, and get ready to expect better. I’ve put it in a jar in the fridge. Against Bed Rest: There’s No Proof That It Works. I can’t explain why. What to Expect When You're Expecting meets Freakonomics: an award-winning economist disproves standard recommendations about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting.Pregnant women are told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee without ever being told why these are forbidden.Rules for prenatal testing are similarly unexplained. Expecting Better A blog about trying to have babies and all that happens along the way. In Expecting Better, Oster aims to use her economist skills to breakdown the data around the most common, thorny issues encountered in pregnancy, to help you decide what's best for your family. And it makes for valuable homework before those harried ob-gyn appointments, even for lucky patients whose doctors are able to talk about the rationale behind their advice." She invited me in from the waiting room knowing why I was there. © 2015 Dave NussbaumDesigned and developed by ScienceSites: websites for scientists, Reminds me of my undergrad advisor David Armor's research on how people are massively overconfident on scavenger hu…, Can Violence Be Moral? Slate relies on advertising to support our journalism. In particular, why are people generally so optimistic about their health and other life outcomes, but can get so much more conservative when it comes to pregnancy. It's more questions than answers, so your thoughts are very welcome. So, here we go. “I hope that’s decaf!” says the lady behind you.