Book · 2018 · Social Science
Expecting better
Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know
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For this, there is a rightfully famous book I cannot recommend enough. It's called Expecting Better.
Saagar Enjeti · Breaking Points · Apr 2025 Listen at 0:57 What they say about it
- Written by an economist“who's an economist”3
The best things said about it
One is a book called Expecting Better by Emily Oster, who's an economist.
There's one woman on substance who's amazing emily oster she writes about she wrote some books about pregnancy expecting.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2024 You decided to write a book for a non-academic audience on pregnancy, even though you're an economist. That book, of course, was called Expecting Better.
Steve Levitt People I (Mostly) Admire · Jan 2023 She kind of wrote the bible because she wrote the book that's like, you know, relax, you can eat sushi, you can drink some wine.
So the first book came out in 2013, which now is, it just feels like a very long time ago.
Emily Oster EconTalk · Nov 2020 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Expecting Better by Emily Oster is an economics-driven pregnancy guide that uses empirical data to challenge traditional conventional wisdom and rules surrounding prenatal care. On Breaking Points, Saagar Enjeti strongly recommended the book, explaining how hard data effectively debunks common pregnancy myths and restrictions. Pamela Paul, hosting The Book Review, also recommended the economist's work on pregnancy data to listeners. Joe Rogan mentioned Emily Oster while discussing notable Substack writers, specifically highlighting her pregnancy books. Steve Levitt discussed the book on People I (Mostly) Admire, interviewing the author about her decision to write for a non-academic audience on pregnancy despite being an untenured economist, a move some perceived as professional risk. On The Megyn Kelly Show, Eliana Johnson described Oster's work as a pregnancy bible that reassures parents with relaxed advice regarding everyday choices like consuming sushi and wine. Finally, Emily Oster appeared on EconTalk to discuss her pregnancy book Expecting Better, reflecting on how its popularity and cultural footprint had evolved significantly since its initial publication over a decade prior.
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Pamela Paul one is a book called expecting better by Emily auster who's an economist 1
“one is a book called expecting better by Emily auster who's an economist”
Saagar Enjeti For this, there is a rightfully famous book I cannot recommend enough. It's called Expecting Better: Why th… 1
“For this, there is a rightfully famous book I cannot recommend enough. It's called Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know by Professor Emily Austster.”
Steve Levitt and that you decided to write a book for a non-academic audience on pregnancy even though you're an economi… 2
“and that you decided to write a book for a non-academic audience on pregnancy even though you're an economist and that book of course was called expecting better did you not think that was career suicide”
“And so you decided, in the midst of all your academic success, but still young and untenured, to do something that many people would perceive as crazy: you decided to write a book for a non-academic audience on pregnancy, even though you’re an economist. That book, of course, was called 'Expecting Better.'”
Emily Oster so the first book came out in 2013 which now is it just feels like a very long time ago the 19th century wa… 1
“so the first book came out in 2013 which now is it just feels like a very long time ago the 19th century wasn't it right exactly it's like on covet time that action is actually around the big bang and and so you know it it has been um it it was a it has been a long journey”
Joe Rogan there's one woman on substance who's amazing emily oster she writes about she wrote some books about pregna… 1
“there's one woman on substance who's amazing emily oster she writes about she wrote some books about pregnancy expecting”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“she kind of wrote the Bible because she wrote the book That's like you know relax you can eat sushi you can drink some wine so you know we all follow her”
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Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“And today we're joined by best-selling author and economist Emily Oster, whose books Expecting Better and Cribsheet sparked a global conversation about what the data actually says.”
“So when I was working on Expecting Better, uh I one of the things I looked at was bed rest, um which, you know, is actually prescribed to a fairly large share of people for a lot of different complications.”
“I mean, I will say, like, I you know, in my mother, when I was writing all these books about pregnancy, I read both the set of pregnancy books that my grandmother had in like the you know, 1940s '40s and the ones that my mom had in like the early 1980s. ... So, I'd written Expecting Better, which is”
“so there was like a sort of the other thing like this was at some point shortly before crib sheet came out amy schumer tweeted out my like instagramed the expecting better the pregnancy book and said that she really liked it and then i got to be on her podcast so i had to go to amy schumer's apartment”
“The first, published a few years ago, is called Expecting Better, Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know.”