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Beating Bed Rest by Angela Bickford
Synopsis: Angela Bickford’s debut book, Beating Bed Rest, is a humorous look at being confined to a bed while pregnant from women who have been there. Helpful and hilarious, Beating Bed Rest is the perfect companion for women at any stage of pregnancy. Whether they are just seeing the plus sign or they’re close to welcoming their bundle of joy, even women who aren’t on bed rest will appreciate the raw and honest dry-humor that Angela approaches this delicate topic with. Women will gain an inside look at what being on bed rest is really like as Angela invites them into her hospital room. Full of funny anecdotes from other women who shared their experiences too, women will see that bed rest isn’t all about rest and it’s definitely more than what their doctors will tell them.
With humor and honesty, Angela shares her personal story of beating bed rest, information on preparing for and coping with bed rest, resources for the bed rester and their family, scripture verses, and more.
My Review: 5 out of 5 stars. This is a must read for any soon to be mama who hears the words “bed rest” from their doctor. This book (a quick read!) tells it how it is (for real!) with fantastic insight and humor making it a fun, easy read while providing lots of great info. Not being a momma myself (or pregnant), I found this book even perfect for the non-mommas of the world. It provides a glimpse into the world of bed rest of pregnant women and even provides a section for friends/family members so that we know how we can help our friend/family member get through their bed rest moments/experience. Highly recommend!
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I’m glad you clarified that you aren’t pregnant! That was going to be one of my first questions 🙂
Thanks for the review, Taylor! And, oops! I didn’t think about your readers thinking YOU might be pregnant!!! LOL.
Great review! I will definitely pass it along to some pregnant girlfriends!!
Thanks Ange for sharing about the book! 🙂
Lovely review, as always. You cut right to the point of it and let us know straight up – good or bad. Thanks!
Great review! I may have to pick the book up for my pregnant daughter-in-law 🙂
Kathe – she’d love it I’m sure! If you get the book this week, one of the perks is to personalize it for her, so I’d be able to ‘sign’ the copy just for her with a message from you! 🙂
I’m pretty sure I would drive my husband crazy if I had to go on bedrest while preggo. Thanks for the review!
I hope I never learn about this firsthand!!!!
This is great! I will definitely keep this book in mind for future pregnancies and also for my mama friends!
I was on bedrest for 2 weeks with my pregnancy- I would have liked to have had this book then!
Great review and recommendation! Thanks for sharing.
Pinning this book for future reference! I’ve been on bedrest with two of my pregnancies so I am sure I would love it!
Looks like a good book! I’ll have to put it on my reading list for my next pregnancy!
What a great book! I’ll have to read it one of these days! Having three pregnancies under my belt, this book sounds interesting.
I know a few moms on bed rest – I will have to let them know about this book – thanks for the review!
love the idea of this book. i thankfully never had this issue but have lots of friends that o. will def pass this info on! great review~