Unlike traditional pregnancy guidebooks that offer recommendations, Carrying On investigates prenatal health norms by exploring the origin stories for issues at the center of pregnancy, ranging from morning sickness and weight gain to ultrasounds and induction. In a world of information overload, Carrying On helps expecting parents make sense of the overwhelming amount of counsel by shedding light on where it all came from: how and why did such confusing and contradictory guidance on pregnancy come to exist?

BRITTANY CLAIR is an independent scholar and writer who lives and works in Maine. She is the author of Rest Uneasy: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Twentieth-Century America (Rutgers University Press).

Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: On Carrying On
1          Provide           
2          Endure
3          Grow  
4          Eat        
5          Watch
6          Move              
7          Sleep  
8          Plan                
9          Commence
About the Author
Notes
Index