The Unexpected

Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications

De: Emily Oster, Nathan Fox

Narrado por: Emily Oster, Nathan Fox

From the New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Better, a guide to navigating a second pregnancy when the first did not go as planned—with Dr. Nathan Fox, maternal fetal medicine specialist

In Expecting Better, Emily Oster revolutionized the pregnancy landscape with her data-driven approach. In the years since, she kept hearing questions from listeners on how to approach a second pregnancy when the first has not gone as planned.

While The Unexpected is an audiobook that Oster hopes no one needs, the reality is that 50 percent of pregnancies include complications, a fact we don’t talk about. Preeclampsia, miscarriage, hyperemesis gravidarum, preterm birth, postpartum depression: these are lonely experiences, and that isolation makes treatment harder to access—and crucial research and policy change less likely to happen.

The Unexpected lays out the data on recurrence and treatments shown to lower or mitigate risk for these conditions in subsequent pregnancies. It also provides listeners road maps to facilitate productive conversations with their providers, with insights from lauded maternal fetal medicine specialist Dr. Nathan Fox.

By bridging the knowledge gap and making space for difficult conversations, The Unexpected promises to make the hardest parts of pregnancy a little bit less so.

*Includes a downloadable PDF of graphs and tables from the book

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“They don't sugarcoat reality, and they make great use of statistics . . . Oster and Fox want to arm moms with information about what they should ask their providers and what treatments might lower their risks in subsequent pregnancies . . . The message from these compassionate authors, parents themselves, is that what happened needs to be processed, not ignored, and joy is still possible.” —Karen Springen, Booklist

“Encouraging and empathetic . . . On every page, the authors offer extensive research and support . . . A comprehensive, empowering resource.” —Kirkus

“Cogent . . . informative but not dry. It’s a valuable resource for parents who have experienced pregnancy complications.” —Publishers Weekly

Brilliant and informative book

Dr Nathan Fox and Emily Oster write in a clear, articulate, informative and well written way. They present data backed by research and science combined with care and empathy. Dr. Nathan Fox and Emily Oster are both brilliant and eloquent. Anyone who wants to know information about getting pregnant or who is currently pregnant (first or subsequent pregnancies) should buy this book. It is a MUST read!

As always Emily is so helpful.

I hope you don’t need this book but if you do it’s helpful. As always with Emily’s books you can read or listen just to the parts you need and even just skim the conclusions.

I appreciate the dual perspectives

I really appreciate the medical perspective presented in this book along with the detailed data driven perspective.