When baby boomers finally got around to having babies of their own, like everything else about this “pig-in-the-python” generation, they put their own big footprint on the art and science of childbirth. Among the host of boomer books on natural childbirth, midwifery, home birthing, came a classic that is still in print today. Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Muzel co-authored the first of what would become a series of books entitled “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.” This straightforward, month-by-month reporting of a pregnancy answered big questions, small questions, and never inferred there were any “stupid” questions. The information offered in “What to Expect” calmed down several generations of anxious moms and dads to-be.

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