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Pregnancy: the Mumsnet Guide

Morning sickness to maternity leave, stretch marks to swollen ankles, birth plans to births-not-so-planned, and all the jitters and joys in between, the new Mumsnet guide to pregnancy takes you through every stage of the hormone-sodden path to parenthood. 

The guide is packed with advice, wit, wisdom and reassurance from other Mumsnetters on potential pregnancy concerns such as:

• When should I go public?
• Am I going to be a good mother?
• Is it OK to have a glass of wine… maybe two?
• Am I the only one with ankles the size of cabbages?
• When am I going to start blooming?
• How do I stop complete strangers patting my bump?

Add some wickedly funny illustrations and the whole lot printed on planet-friendly paper and we immodestly claim that if you only read one book while you're pregnant (or thinking about it), this should be the one.

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Toddlers: the Mumsnet Guide

Pregnancy: the Mumsnet Guide is the latest title in an indispensable series that will include Babies and Food. Already published, in February 2009, is Toddlers: the Mumsnet Guide, which distills the experience and advice of hundreds of thousands of parents who've lived with a sleep/food/reason-resistant toddler and survived to laugh about it.

It covers all aspects of toddlerdom, from behaviour and discipline to potty training, sleep, health, sibling rivalry, food, travel and education, with honesty and practical advice about negotiating the legion of parenting pitfalls.

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