I wanted to read something light, but pregnancy related, while traveling to London. But man, this was way worse than I could have anticipated. It was a rough read, poorly written in the "voice" Polizzi attaches to her persona and full of advice I just couldn't get behind. Every part just reeked of irresponsibility - how she became pregnant, moving into her fiancee's basement, the way her friends treated her, the fact she attached an iPad to her infant son's crib (I KNOW!!). But because I'd carri

I wanted to read something light, but pregnancy related, while traveling to London. But man, this was way worse than I could have anticipated. It was a rough read, poorly written in the "voice" Polizzi attaches to her persona and full of advice I just couldn't get behind. Every part just reeked of irresponsibility - how she became pregnant, moving into her fiancee's basement, the way her friends treated her, the fact she attached an iPad to her infant son's crib (I KNOW!!). But because I'd carried it all the way across the Atlantic Ocean, I forced myself to finish it. By the end, I wish I had just caved and gotten Jenny McCarthy's Belly Laughs instead. (Although now I absolutely refuse - no more celebrity preggo books!)



A good pregnancy or early motherhood memoir is hard to find! Any and all recommendations welcome, although I do have a small pile of suggestions of early mom-centric reads from my local seasoned moms. The best advice I've yet to take is to stop reading about pregnancy and start reading all those baby books I won't have time to once our little reader arrives. But there is something really satisfying about reading works related to this physical change that is taking place right now, like this article which was recently on the Huffington Post and is easily the truest thing I have ever read.