Qué Puedes Esperar(R) Cuando Estás Esperando

NEW YORK, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Announcing the new Spanish-language translation of What to Expect® When You're Expecting: 4th Edition, America's pregnancy bible, with over 16 million copies in print. Originally published as Qué Se Puede Esperar Cuando Se Está Esperando, this new edition is a livelier, less formal, altogether more user-friendly Spanish-language version.

Approximately 1 million Hispanic American women give birth each year – and this is the pregnancy book they need. QUÉ PUEDES ESPERAR CUANDO ESTÁS ESPERANDO is for Spanish-speaking expectant moms and dads who are more comfortable reading in their familiar first language (especially when they are reading about an experience that may be pretty unfamiliar and bewildering: pregnancy). It's for the many doctors who regularly have trouble communicating effectively with Spanish-speaking patients. This will be the book to turn to for the broad range of Spanish-speaking Americans in the United States -- Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, Mexican Americans, Dominicans, and Spanish-speaking Americans of Spanish and Central and South American descent.

QUÉ PUEDES ESPERAR CUANDO ESTÁS ESPERANDO includes updated answers to every question (and new questions and answers not addressed in previous editions) and practical tips on a whole range of topics. It takes into account what's new in obstetrics, as well as what's relevant and important to pregnant women now. Lifestyle. Working. Eating well on the run. Fitting in fitness. Juggling the pregnant life with real life. Keeping up all aspects of your relationship (including sex). Birthing options that are family friendly and prenatal care that integrates complementary and alternative therapies with traditional obstetrics. Managing multiples (which more and more moms are carrying). Sorting the information from the misinformation -- the reality from the hype, fact from Internet legend.

Among the new features to look for:    

• A brand new cover: Plus all-new illustrations.  
• Week-by-week updates on baby's incredible growth from microscopic bundle of cells to cuddly newborn. (Did you know that at six months, not only can a fetus hear, but it can taste what you're eating for dinner?)
• Much more on pregnancy symptoms (from the obvious, like fatigue, cravings and queasiness, to the surprising, like forgetfulness and an extra-keen sense of smell) and practical solutions that really work.
• Much more for dads, that very important partner in pregnancy -- from how to help your partner cope with her symptoms to how to cope with your own (indeed, dads "feel" pregnant, too, thanks to hormonal changes), to a pregnant sex primer -- how to ride out the inevitable yet unpredictable sexual ups and downs.
• The latest on all things pregnancy -- the latest trends in prenatal testing, labor and delivery; what's an expectant "do" and an expectant "don't" (how many cups of coffee can I have -- and does a Venti count as one…or six? Can I belly up to the sushi bar?  Whiten my teeth?)
• More fun pregnancy factoids -- Did you know that the more heartburn you have, the more hair you're baby's likely to be sporting at birth? Or that women expecting girls are more forgetful than those who have a boy bun in the oven?

Although QUÉ PUEDES ESPERAR CUANDO ESTÁS ESPERANDO is a major revision of Qué Se Puede Esperar Cuando Se Está Esperando, what has not changed is the reader-friendly question-and-answer format that has addressed the concerns of mothers- and fathers-to-be for over two decades. This landmark new edition is indeed the "pregnancy bible" for expectant parents, whether they're more comfortable speaking English or Spanish.

Heidi Murkoff is the author of the What to Expect® series and author of What to Expect® Before You're Expecting, Eating Well When You're Expecting, The What to Expect® Pregnancy Journal & Organizer, What to Expect® The First Year, The What to Expect® Baby-Sitter's Handbook, What to Expect® The Toddler Years and the What to Expect® Kids series from HarperCollins. Her interactive website is www.WhatToExpect.com, and she lives with her family in Los Angeles.

QUÉ PUEDES ESPERAR CUANDO ESTÁS ESPERANDO

(WHAT TO EXPECT® WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING) FOURTH EDITION

Paperback $ 15.95 - March 2010 - ISBN 978-0-7611-5738-0

CONTACT: Michelle Dominguez, [email protected]

SOURCE Workman Publishing