DIY Baby! Do It Yourself Baby!: Your Essential Pregnancy Handbook

Shelly S. Binkley, MD
iUniverse (2008)
ISBN 9780595498512
Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (11/08)

 

I sure wish that I had the opportunity to read “DIY Baby!” twenty years ago.  During my pregnancies I tried to read everything I possibly could to better prepare myself for the new experience my body was going through.  What I needed to know on the big day was so much more than I actually knew.  I was overwhelmed during the delivery of my first daughter and experienced many, many years of my own “growing pains” as she became her own little person.  The birth experience has changed so much and became such a personal choice; people should really consider all the options available.

Beginning with “Chapter 1: The Case of the Missing Period” the reader is given a step-by-step walk through the journey of pregnancy.  Your frame of mind is so important during pregnancy, your body is changing, things are stressful and you will need to prepare yourself mentally for the experience.  Moving from “Hormones and Optimism,” “Viability” and “Nesting,” right up to “It’s Time! Labor and Delivery Me,” each chapter is filled with so much of the things you really, really need to know when you are having a baby.  Many pictures, charts, and diagrams help to explain the process of birth in such a way that you really understand what the text is saying. 

Shelley S. Binkley is so in-tune with today’s birthing environments and atmosphere. 

“Life is ruled by passion, needs, and sometimes wisdom.  The choice we make in bringing a child into the universe impacts everyone, most of all, the child who we are creating.”
             Shelly S. Binkley, MD

I would recommend the potential expectant parents (the dad needs to know this information also) read “DIY Baby! Do It Yourself Baby!: Your Essential Pregnancy Handbook” from cover to cover before they become pregnant.  After that, keep it with you every step of the way through the Post-partum period.

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