The Unexpected
Navigating Pregnancy During and After Complications
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The Unexpected
Narrated by:
Emily Oster, Nathan Fox
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Narrated by:
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Emily Oster
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Nathan Fox
About this listen
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
Critic Reviews
“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
“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
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