What to Expect When You're Expecting
by Heidi Murkoffliterary work· published 1984
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What to Expect When You're Expecting is a pregnancy guide, now in its fifth edition, written by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel and published by Workman Publishing. Its first, second, and third editions, authored by Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg, and Sandee Hathaway, was originally published in 1984. Its fourth and fifth editions, authored by Murkoff and Mazel, were published in 2008 and 2016. The book consistently tops The New York Times Best Seller list in the paperback advice category, is one of USA Today's "25 Most Influential Books" of the past 25 years and has been described as "the bible of American pregnancy". As of 2021, per the publisher and the author's agent, over 22 million copies have been printed.
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What to Expect When You're Expecting was adapted into a 2012 film.
What to Expect When You're Expecting2012 · film · 110 min · dir. Kirk Jones · IMDb ↗Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his father, who's expecting twins with his young trophy wife; a photographer's husband isn't sure about his wife's adoption plans; a one-time hook-up results in a surprise pregnancy for rival food-truck owners.
