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An award-winning sociable scientist uses the tools of economics to debunk myths about pregnancy also to enable women to make smarter decisions while they're wanting. Pregnancy is filled with rules. Pregnant women are often cared for as if these were children, given long lists of what to avoid - alcoholic beverages, level of caffeine, sushi - without the real explanation from other doctors about why. They hear terrifying and contradictory myths from friends and motherhood books about everything from putting on weight to sleeping on your back again to bed recovery. Economist Emily Oster thinks there is an improved way. In Anticipating Better, she shows that the information directed at pregnant women is sometimes wrong and almost always oversimplified, and she debunks a bunch of standard advice on everything from having to fetal screening. When Oster was wanting her first child, she believed powerless to make the right decisions. How doctors think and what patients need are two very different things. So Oster drew on her behalf own experience and gone searching for the real facts about motherhood using an economist's tools. Economics is not just a study of finance. It's the research of deciding value and making knowledgeable decisions. To make a good decision, you need to understand the information accessible to you and to really know what it means for you as an individual. Take alcohol. We all know that People in the usa are wary of drinking during motherhood. Official recommendations demand abstinence. But Oster argues that the medical research doesn't support this; almost all studies show no impact from an intermittent drink. The few studies that do condemn light having are deeply flawed, including one where the light drinkers were also heavy cocaine users. Anticipating Better overturns standard advice for alcohol, level of caffeine, sushi, bed recovery, and induction while investing in context the blanket recommendations for fetal screening, weight gain, hazards of pregnancy older than 35, nausea, and more. Oster supplies the real-world advice you might never reach the doctor's office. The fitness of your baby is paramount, and with this sensible guide readers can learn and be concerned less. Having the numbers is a tremendous relief - and so is the occasional glass of wine.
