What a load of old twaddle! - Rated 
Liz Fraser is clearly living in cloud cuckoo land. She seems obsessed with body image and her suggestion of dragging yourself out of bed at 5am to go for a run before the baby wakes is frankly laughable. Hmm, for the first few months with my baby, I'd have been up at least 3 times feeding her before 5am and running would be the last thing on my mind! I read this book after having my baby and found it to be quite souless - it's primary focus of body image is depressing enough for those of us who have taken a little more time to get back in shape. I didn't feel that there was enough genuine advice about actual parenting.
I like to browse in SpaceNK and get back into my heels as much as the next woman but to the detriment of my mental health (lack of sleep is a killer!) - no thanks. If anyone wants my copy of this book (I realise that I haven't done a good job of making you want it!), contact me and you can have it!
Brilliant - Rated 
I thought this book was brilliant. Not so serious but still full of great advice and lighthearted jokes. I'm really surprised at some of the negative comments - She does not obsess about food and diet, rather points out that we should take good care of ourselves similar to every other pregnancy book I've read.
Her style is relaxed, down to earth and she doesn't try too hard.
This is the best book I've read so far about pregnancy/mothering and can't recommend it enough.
Thank you! - Rated
Hurrah! I feel I need to thank Liz Fraser for writing the first 'baby book' which I read without experiencing one single bit of guilt! It gave me permission, if I needed it, to have a life of my own as well as mothering. For the first time, I felt OK about letting my baby grizzle so I could apply essential eye liner! Yes, I know it's shallow, but it keeps me feeling sane! I suffered with post natal depression, and a measure of a good day was if I'd managed to apply make up! Success criteria changes radically when you have a baby!
Sometimes I smile, because though I may despair at my new frock being covered in baby gunk, at least I know that underneath, I've got fabulous underwear on! Even though most of the time I'm more 'scummy' than 'yummy,' this book is about still feeling nice when some of us feel at our most vulnerable and overwhelmed. The book also helped me rationalise that if your children are loved, celebrated and cuddled to excess, then it's just fine to save a little gorgeousness back for yourself. Perhaps we really can have it all!
Buy this book! - Rated
I've read a lot of books and never before felt compelled to write a review, let alone go on line specifically to do so - until now. It's funny, reassuring, honest and easy to read. Unlike other books of this type that I've read, I read it from cover to cover, and didn't skip one word. I can't recommend it highly enough. Whether a first time mum, or you've been down this road before, there will be something for you to either relate to, laugh at or learn from. It's brilliant!
Poorly researched - Rated
As a father of two boys, one born at home and one born at hospital I was interested to see what this book had to say about the difference birthing experiences.
Around page 114 she turns her attention to homebirths, something she is complexity dismissive of. She seems more concerned with the potential mess and how you may look if friends pop round instead of the actual birthing experience and benefits for mother, baby and partner.
More worryingly she says homebirths are more risky than hospital delivery. This is simply not the case. The Nursing and Midwifery Council who oversee all midwifes in UK states "Research over the last couple of decades suggests that home birth is at least as safe as hospital-based birth for healthy women with normal pregnancies"
I feel she has let the reader down by presenting opinion as fact something you can not do given the importance of the subject mater. After all we are only born once.
If you're an expectant mum or father to be give this book a miss unless you want style and exercise tips
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