by Kaz Cooke · Rough Guides · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781858287652
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«Pregnancy and Birth» is Kaz Cooke's pregnancy and childbirth guide, published by Rough Guides in hardback (432 pages, in English).
Written in a light-hearted, humorous tone, it follows pregnancy week by week: preparations, nausea and other side effects, medical tests, where and how to give birth, pain relief, what to expect in hospital, breastfeeding and newborn care.
The work originally appeared as «Up the Duff» in 1999; this English edition from Rough Guides was published in 2001.
Aimed at expectant mothers looking for a practical, enjoyable guide, with a sense of humour, about pregnancy and childbirth.
Kaz Cooke is an Australian author, cartoonist and broadcaster. She has written several bestselling advice books for girls and women, including Real Gorgeous, Up the Duff, Kidwrangling. Girl Stuff and Women's Stuff, as well as a series of ebooks on women's health topics. Cooke has been a columnist for various Australian newspapers and magazines, including Dolly, The Age, The Australian, Who and The Canberra Times. A collection of her columns, Living with Crazy Buttocks, won the 2002 Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year. In 2008, Girl Stuff won the Australian Publishers Association's General Non-fiction Book of the Year, the Australian Booksellers Association Nielsen BookData Booksellers' Choice Award, and an honour prize from the Children’s Book Council of Australia.
