What to Expect When You're Expecting audiobook cover - Pregnancy can feel like a mix of wonder and worry, and this gentle guide walks through the months—from the first suspicions to the postpartum weeks—so the experience feels more understandable, less lonely, and a little more steady.

What to Expect When You're Expecting

Pregnancy can feel like a mix of wonder and worry, and this gentle guide walks through the months—from the first suspicions to the postpartum weeks—so the experience feels more understandable, less lonely, and a little more steady.

Heidi Murkoff

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Description

Pregnancy is one of the most profound transitions a person can experience—physical, emotional, and deeply personal. Yet for a long time, clear and compassionate information wasn’t always easy to find, leaving many people to guess their way through symptoms, choices, and changing expectations.

This narration offers a warm, practical overview of what many families want to know: how pregnancy is dated, what changes can show up in each trimester, how everyday habits like exercise and caffeine may be adjusted, and what postpartum recovery can look like. The goal isn’t perfection—it’s steadier footing, so the journey can feel a little less scary and a lot more supported.

Who Should Listen

  • Expecting parents who want a calm, month-by-month sense of what pregnancy and postpartum can involve—without judgment.
  • Partners, friends, or family members who want to understand what an expecting parent may be feeling physically and emotionally.

About the Authors

Heidi Murkoff is the author associated with What to Expect When You’re Expecting, a widely known pregnancy guide that helps readers understand common experiences and questions across conception, pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period.