Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know (The ParentData Series) Cover
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Expecting Better Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know (The ParentData Series)

Emily Oster

A gift edition, with a new letter to the reader from Emily—perfect for baby showers and special moments Pregnancy—unquestionably one of the most pro­found, meaningful experiences of adulthood—can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. Pregnant women are told to avoid cold cuts, sushi,...

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Freakonomics Radio

Emily Oster's book on pregnancy was mentioned, as she has written several books related to pregnancy and parenting, and she uses data to help parents make big decisions.

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And you've written a lot of books. Is that right?

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Emily Oster's book on pregnancy was mentioned, as she has written several books related to pregnancy and parenting, and she uses data to help parents make big decisions.

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And you've written a lot of books. Is that right?

Yes, I have three books, one on pregnancy and two on parenting at different ages. I've kind of made a career out of the fact that a lot of parents want information and they want data.

Emily's books about pregnancy and early parenting have been bestsellers, but her research focus is a little different.

Episode: Why Do People Keep Having Children? (Rebroadcast)

The book discussed conventional pregnancy wisdom and provided insights into what expecting parents truly need to know, which was discussed in the context of fertility.

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She's also the author of a book called Expecting Better, Why Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know.

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It was mentioned in the context of Emily Oster's research on fertility, specifically discussing conventional pregnancy wisdom and what expectant mothers truly need to know.

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She's also the author of a book called Expecting Better, Why Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know.

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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

The hosts highlighted the book as a guide that applies economic principles to pregnancy, critiquing outdated data and offering updated costbenefit analysis for expecting parents.

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She has a book called Expecting Better.

— Episode: Race to 35: Day 3 + Emily Oster + Januar...

Episode: Race to 35: Day 3 + Emily Oster + January Jones

The hosts highlighted the book as a guide that applies economic principles to pregnancy, critiquing outdated data and offering updated costbenefit analysis for expecting parents.

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She has a book called Expecting Better.

It's basically about applying economics to pregnancy and cost benefit and all these rules that we've been given.

A lot of this data is very outdated. Studies that have happened in the 50s that just haven't gotten updated.

Since we were getting nothing but contradictory info right now, we're very excited to talk to her.

She's just very cool.

Honestly with Bari Weiss

The book was referenced in two episodes as an example of the author's parenting titles that relied on data and evidence rather than trends or feelings. Hosts highlighted the author's economist background and the evidence‑based approach of the work. The overall tone was neutral, presenting it as a data‑driven resource without strong endorsement.

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It was mentioned as one of the author's books on parenting, based on data and evidence rather than trends or feelings.

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I'm an economist and author of The Unexpected, Expecting Better, Crib Sheet and the Family Firm. Basically a bunch of parenting books not based on magic or feelings or trends but based on data and evidence.

The Daily Stoic

This book was mentioned as part of a list of parenting books the speaker valued, showing their commitment to continuous learning in parenting.

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some parenting books I love there's a self-driven child there's a better man the good news about that behavior how to raise kids who aren't hassles to get to failure reading for our lives expecting be...

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This book was mentioned as part of a list of parenting books the speaker valued, showing their commitment to continuous learning in parenting.

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some parenting books I love there's a self-driven child there's a better man the good news about that behavior how to raise kids who aren't hassles to get to failure reading for our lives expecting better they're all really good but I found that reading them once wasn't nearly sufficient what I needed as a parent was the thing that I'd check in with and read every day seeing parenting as an ongoing process

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