A View From Outside... and InWhat to Expect When You're Expecting, now in its 4th edition, is a perennial self-help bestseller. Arguably a must-read book for pregnant women, especially first-timers, the book's content is defended or debated with equal intensity. We'll leave it up to you, either way.
Alas, every 'standard' text at some point ends up being spoofed and David Javerbaum's What to Expect When You're Expected : a Fetus's Guide to the First Three Trimesters does just that. As the title suggests, the book is written from an in utero point of view...
Javerbaum is an Emmy Award-winning executive producer for Jon Stewart's The Daily Show and a coauthor of America: The Book. This should give you an idea of what kind of humor to expect -- from crude, to mildly entertaining, to hilarious. As always, we invite you to pick and choose according to your interests and tastes.
