How to be beautiful after the baby comes Reed 1979 After a baby it’s tough. You aren’t beautiful anymore. This book will show you how to get back to your pre-baby look. As soon as you pop that kid, you can
Tag: pregnancy
Pregnancy Fashion Sewing
Patterns for Pregnancy Musgrave 1987 Submitter: I worked in a large city public library for about 2 years where I located this relic of 1980’s maternity fashion. Patterns for Pregnancy is an interesting concept: sew your own maternity clothing for a fraction of
The New Pregnancy
The New Pregnancy The Active Woman’s Guide to Work, Legal Rights, Health Care, Travel, Sports, Dress, Sex and Emotional Well-Being Lichtendorf and Gillis 1979 I am quite sure this book was quite “edgy” in its time. My mom had her
Pregnant and Fabulous!
The Expectant Mother’s Wardrobe Planner: A Fashion Workbook to Organize Today’s Mother-To-Be Dumlao 1986 This is a good book, in theory, but there is one section that strikes me as odd (images below). Scarves are still fashionable, but the section
Diabetes and Pregnancy
Diabetes and Pregnancy A Guide for the Prospective Mother with Diabetes Graber, Christman, Rawlings, and Boehm 1973 Isn’t this an attractive looking book? I think the excessive tape and dirt also add to its ambiance. The big question is why is
Teen Preggers
Teen Pregnancy Bowe-Gutman 1987 Submitter: We weed our collections on a yearly regular schedule and I can usually breathe a sigh of relief when I check our catalog for books featured on ALB because we don’t own them. Our collection
How Babies Are Made
How Babies Are Made Andry and Schepp 1968 Submitter (Who asked me to call him/her “Nialla”): This little gem is no longer in our collection, but it’s been kept in the workroom for years. I’m pretty sure it was kept
Drinking with your baby
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Nevitt
1996
This is just another example of a dated teen nonfiction choice. (My personal hot button for collection awfulness….seriously, does anyone weed teen nonfiction?) The information is outdated of course. The book was also more about admonishing people to not drink while pregnant rather than actually discussing FAS. This book was probably published to flush out this set of nonfiction. Mostly boring. I wasn’t sure the picture below was actually a girl AND pregnant. Evidently you also need a cigarette when you are pregnant and drinking.
Mary