Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth
Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth
The acclaimed national bestseller-a no-holds-barred account of what you can really expect when you’re expecting
Oh, the joys of pregnancy! There’s the gassiness, constipation, queasiness, and exhaustion, the forgetfulness, crankiness, and the constant worry. Of course, no woman is spared the discomforts and humiliations of pregnancy, but most are too polite to complain or too embarrassed to talk about them. Not Jenny McCarthy!
In the New York Times best-selling Belly Laughs, actress and new mother Jenny McCarthy reveals the naked truth about the tremendous joys, the excruciating pains, and the unseemly disfigurement that go along with pregnancy. Never shy, frequently crude, and always laugh-out-loud funny, McCarthy covers it all in the grittiest of girlfriend detail. From morning sickness and hormonal rage, to hemorrhoids, pregnant sex, and the torture and sweet relief that is delivery, Belly Laughs is must-read comic relief for anyone who is pregnant, who has ever been pregnant, is trying to get pregnant, or indeed, has ever been born!
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Review by Heidi Dexter for Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth
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There are a lot of pregnancy books out there that just, in my option, want to just give you the facts, overlooking the fact that pregnant women need to laugh a little, too. Well, thankfully, there is Belly Laughs and while it is filled with the trials and tribulations of pregnancy, Ms. Mccarthy never fails to poke a little fun at it, too, and at herself. It’s just a great read all pregnant women should read. I also liked and would suggest Really Pregnant! Confessions of a New Mom-To-Be or Why I Couldn’t Stop Eating Brownies.
Review by S. M. Anderson for Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth
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I’m not expecting, but one of my best friends is expecting her first child. My coworker brought this book into work, and she said we had to read this book. I had tears running down my face. This book is a quick read and you can finish it easy in 1 – 2 days. This book takes a light hearted look at pregnancy. Pregnancy is a beautiful experience, but it was fun to read her frank and funny views on gas, the belly expanding, and the all so quiet topic of pooping on the delivery table. There were so many moments when I laughed out loud and had to look around to make sure no one was looking at me all strange.
Some of her other funny stories includes; craving mustard, when she hated mustard. Jenny liking mumus because nothing else fit. Jenny having strange dreams while pregnant. Dealing with hemorrhoids, weighing her breast. Her trying to keep her boobs from hanging off the sides of the mattress due to their size. Surrender to the maternity bra. A pregnant woman’s fart can truly bring a man to his knees. I had to find tissue after reading that line. I had so many laughing tears running down my face. The different changes the body go through. Crying for no reason due to hormonal changes, and pregnancy stupids. Skin changes, pregnant head, bad headaches and wanting to saw the head off. Premature labor. Hating skinny women. How she panicked when the epidural wore off and her concerns was still “Am I pooping on the table.” Don’t make a pregnant woman want to pee.
This book is not meant to be a pregnancy guide, it’s meant to take a light hearted comical look at going through the pregnancy experience. I mean the book is after all called Belly Laughs. If you are expecting this book to have some new insight on pregnancy then you will be mistaken. If you have a great sense of humor you will find yourself enjoying this book a lot.
This book will make you laugh and laugh some more. I bought a copy for my best friend, and she loved it. This book is hilarious!!!!!!!!
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I’m 3 months pregnant and this is the perfect book! I read it in a few hours and laughed the entire time. I highly suggest it to everyone who is pregnant or is thinking about becoming pregnant, it will not disappoint!! Jenny is so funny and so truthful about something that is so personal. They should give this out at the doctor’s office when you go for your first visit. I just can’t say enough, I loved it!
Review by K. Mosolino for Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth
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I was having a tough time of it during my 4th month of pregnancy. I was still throwing up, my ob wanted me to put on some weight which my husband took as a sign to force feed me, and I had literally 20 emails from extended family giving advice on keeping food down. My favorite “You need to eat more meat, gravy, and potatoes”…An Aunt who is an OB Nurse prescribed this book! The day it arrived, I read it cover to cover! Jenny McCarthy’s frankness on pregancy from morning sickeness,sore boobs hemrroids, to fear of “pooing” on the delivery table is a welcome relief for all of us preggos who are sick of hearing about the pregancy glow and know that “What to Expect when you are Expecting” doesn’t really cut it! Thank you Jenny – you saved my life. I am soo glad that I am not alone!
Review by B. Allen for Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth
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The moment I found out I was pregnant, I went right out and bought all the books they tell you to buy. Lots of medical books, how-to books and what-to expect books. However, they didn’t prepare me in the slightest for what I was about to go through.
Jenny McCarthy tells the truth about EVERYTHING whether or not you want to know about it. It was nice to read that someone else was going through the same things I was and it was nice to laugh about it. Turst me, it’s hard to find humor about morning sickness (or in my case all day sickness) but Jenny does, and what a relief it was to say ‘hey someone else is going through this and they said it sucked too’.
I now have a beautiful little boy who is my world and after going through what seemed to be the longest preganacy ever, I have learned the most important thing is to keep your sence of humor and laugh, and that is exactly what this book shows you how to do.