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Lots of useful advice when gestating a tiny human

December 1, 2017 by Malin 10 Comments

Since not all the readers of my blog are necessarily also readers here on the group blog or my friends on Facebook, you may not know that I am currently in the process of growing a tiny human inside me. This comes after more than seven years of trying to get pregnant and nearly two emotionally taxing and occasionally very depressing years where every few months I went through time consuming, expensive and at times really rather painful IVF treatments. So I worked HARD for […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr9, emily oster, expecting better, Malin, Non-Fiction, pregnancy, Self-help, statistics

Malin's CBR9 Review No:107 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr9, emily oster, expecting better, Malin, Non-Fiction, pregnancy, Self-help, statistics ·
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pregnancy is fun!

Expecting Better than “What to Expect…”

February 28, 2015 by Fiat.Luxury 21 Comments

Well, I just got back from my first real ultrasound and now the internet/world knows that we’re expecting a little Fiat.Luxury Jr. in 6 months!  So naturally, I’ve been reading–and hate-reading–a lot of pregnancy books. There are a lot of pregnancy books out there, you guys. And a lot of them are condescending, fear-mongering, and almost useless.   I won’t be reviewing all of them because I have other, better books that I want to review, but anyone who’s ever picked up a pregnancy book will be […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: emily oster, expecting better, not a condescending pregnancy book, pregnancy

Fiat.Luxury's CBR7 Review No:7 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: emily oster, expecting better, not a condescending pregnancy book, pregnancy ·
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