PearlyBooks

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No sooner did Eugénie Olson announce her first pregnancy than friends and relatives started showering her with books'from the famous tome detailing all that could go wrong week-to-week to the jokey 'Hey, girl!' book, from thoughtful takes on hypnobirthing and raising a brilliant baby to glitzy gift books. But there was little to both lift her spirits and make her laugh as her ankles puffed and her hormones raged'and that could be savored at one page per sitting, since her energy was nonexistent.

And so she wrote the book she needed most.

Pregnancy Haikuis for every mom-to-be who has stared wistfully at a pair of shoes she could no longer fit into, has raced to the ladies' room every two minutes, or has wept over a TV commercial featuring puppies. Its 100 hip, humorous haikus put a refreshing spin on pregnancy's universal challenges, from morning sickness and maternity clothes to mood swings, forbidden foods, and, yes, sex.