The Hot Mom to Be Handbook: Look and Feel Great from Bump to Baby

by Jessica Denay

Overview

“Your fun, tongue-in-cheek guide through the world of growing pregnancy possibilities!”
—Brooke Burke

The Hot Mom to be Handbook by Jessica Denay is not your ordinary pregnancy book. It’s the ultimate resource for any expecting mom to be who refuses to check her sense of style and self  at the white picket fence. Founder of the popular social networking site the Hot Moms Club, author Denay is on the pulse of hot mom trends and has worked with celebrity moms such as Mariska Hargitay,  Trista Sutter, Lauren Holly, Ricki Lake, Kelly Rutherford, Joely Fisher, and Jenny McCarthy—and now she offers indispensible guidance for every hot mom who wants to “Look and Feel Great from Bump to Baby.”

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061787355
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/30/2010
Pages:	339
Sales rank:	808,768
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Jessica Denay is regarded as a top blogger and mom lifestyle expert, and has appeared on hundreds of television shows and in dozens of magazines as an authority of everything "Hot" for moms. When she's not taking her son to school or the beach, she's busy writing the next installment in the Hot Mom series.

Table of Contents

Disclaimer xi

Preface 1

Foreword Trista Sutter 4

Special Sections 8

1 Oh, Oh Baby! 10

2 Womb with a View and a Sound System 57

3 "You Don't Have Childbearing Hips" 85

4 Daddy Gadgetitis 122

5 Bump da Bump, Bump, Bump 159

6 Get Glowing 192

7 Keeping It Hot When You're About to Pop! 229

8 Milking It 256

9 Expect-ations 285

Baby On a Budget: Hot Moms Club Exclusive Discount Directory 325

Acknowledgments: Where credit Is Due! 325

About the Authro 335

About Hot Moms Club 336

Editorial Reviews

Denay (The Hot Mom's Handbook), blogger and founder of the online community Hot Moms Club, focuses on the mom-to-be in this reissue with a snappy cover and design. Denay explains that a “hot mom” is a woman who is confident and empowered, and who embraces motherhood without giving up her sense of self. The single mom of a nine-year-old boy, Denay covers a wide range of subjects of interest to pregnant women, including healthy eating, baby showers, the latest trends in “babymoons” (a romantic, before-baby trip), and where to find a masculine-looking diaper bag for dad. Along with practical information on how to design an eco-friendly nursery and useful special sections called “bump on a budget,” “eco-minded mamma” Denay touches upon topics that may be of limited appeal, such as what to do about piercings and nipple rings (i.e., nix the latter if breastfeeding) or how to look gorgeous in a “HOT” nursing bra. Though readers seeking more solemn fare will no doubt quickly lose patience with Denay's chatty prose, many moms-to-be will warm up to the Hot Moms Club discounts and shopping tips, and others may simply enjoy indulging themselves with a breezy read before baby arrives. Pages for journaling dropped into the text seem out of place in this busy guide to shopping, staying “hot,” and pampering the mom-to-be. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly