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Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth
Belly Laughs The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth
Author: Jenny McCarthy
ISBN-13: 9780738209494
ISBN-10: 073820949X
Publication Date: 5/2004
Pages: 208
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 187 ratings
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 20 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
No educational value whatsoever, but hilarious! A nice break from "textbook" style pregnancy books.
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Helpful Score: 4
I loved her no holding back attitude. All of my pregnant friends are reading this and it has been a great ice breaker to all the not so nice parts of pregnancy.
hmbldtgrl avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
First off I love Jenny McCarthy. She is sooo funny she makes me laugh so hard I practically joked on my milk. I think her crudiness is extremely funny. I read this book in one sitting and laughed through out the whole book. My husband kept asking, "What's so funny?" and " I thought you were reading a baby book?" I think he felt a little left out. This book is great. A great book to add to your list of baby books you need to read before the baby comes.
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Helpful Score: 4
This book didn't live up to my expectations. I heard tons of women rave about it and while it was humorous enough, I didn't like McCarthy's close minded views of breastfeeding or birthing naturally sans drugs. I didn't want to expect to read any judgments in this book, and being an emotional pregnant woman already sensitive to my choices for feeding and birthing, I probably would've passed had I known about them.

That said, she's quite honest about many of the dirtier details of pregnancy, so it's nice knowing that even Playmates deal with the same symptoms.
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Helpful Score: 4
A hilarious look at the pains and laughs of pregnancy. The author shares her highly personal and funny pregnancy experience. There are aches and pains and symptoms not every preggo mother would endure, but it's fun to read and grin along with her. You may not learn much from this book but at least you'll feel better you're not the only one going through this.
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Helpful Score: 3
A witty and upfront look at the ups and downs, although mostly downs, of pregnancy. Jenny McCarthy is refreshingly honest. If you don't like "too much personal information", then this is not a book for you. If you are pregnant now, it gives you an honest look at some things you might experience that you may be embarassed to talk about with even your closest friends. If you are not pregnant, but have been, it allows you to have a good laugh remembering all the bad things about pregnancy. Overall, a quick and funny read.
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Helpful Score: 3
Belly Laughs is hilarious! Jenny is totally honest about even the most embarassing aspects of childbirth. The only bad thing about this book is it is too short! I read it in just over an hour! I highly recomend Belly Laughs!
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Helpful Score: 3
This book is a hilarious look at all the changes that take place during pregancy - some of them even a bit humiliating. But it's written in such a light hearted way you will find yourself saying "oh that happens to me" or "i'm not the only one" over and over again. It's good for all moms, but especially 1st time moms who wonder what the heck is happening to them both emotionally and physically! A must have!
courtneybuchman avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on
Helpful Score: 3
FUNNY, FUNNY, FUNNY! A must-read for those pregnant women who are looking for a good laugh! NOT for the squeamish!!
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Helpful Score: 3
A must read for all mom's to be! In this book Jenny goes through her pregnancy and doesn't hold back on things we go through during pregnancy. My husband even enjoyed it!
booksaregrand avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 75 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This was my favorite book to read when I was pregnant. I had What To Expect When You're Expecting and all the other typical pregnancy books, but this was by far my favorite. I would recommend it above all others. It was honest and straightforward from a pregnant woman's point of view. Made you feel like you weren't alone and crazy. Awesome book!
reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
When I am pregnant I LOVE to read pregnancy books. Being pregnant with my 5th, I really needed something to different to read besides the basic "textbook" pregnancy books with all the same info. This book was perfect! A great reminder of all the not so fun things that come with being pregnant. This hilarious book is a great read, regardless of if it's your 1st or 15th pregnancy!
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Helpful Score: 2
Great book! It feels like you are having a conversation with a girlfriend about her pregnancy. It's really short - I read it in 3 days in small chunks. Very entertaining, yet informative. It makes you feel like you aren't alone. Jenny is very funny - I will be reading her new book next!
MrsPowell-Polkey avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 6 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I really enjoyed this book. The only problem I had was that I wish it was longer. It's a very funny book, and a great read.
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Helpful Score: 2
THE BEST and most accurate pregnancy book on the market. A must ready for all expectant moms, or at least the ones who appreciate raunchy humor.
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Helpful Score: 2
I would recommend this book to everyone... If your pregnant and can appreciate Jenny's crude but truthful humor you will enjoy this book... My husband came running inside to see what was so hilarious to find me reading still dumbfounded by the fact I was almost peeing in my pants over a book....


ENJOY!!!

FAST FAST READ!
and even some what informative
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Helpful Score: 2
Quick & funny read. I did learn a few thing too.
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Helpful Score: 1
This was a fun read. It really gets you laughing at everything your body goes through or does when your prego. It also opens your eyes to things nobody tells you at your ob/gyn or in other pregnancy books.
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Helpful Score: 1
I had so much advice when I was pregnant with my twins that I was overloaded. This book was the only time I heard of the pooping on the table though...thank god I got a heads up!
dawnberries avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I loved this book! It helps you keep things in perspective, I think. It's so easy to get bogged down in all the aches and pains and yucky stuff about pregnancy. It's nice to hear to hear her make fun...
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Helpful Score: 1
So I found out I was pregnant and bought this book. I actually did laugh out loud more than once. I felt a kinship with Ms. McCarthy because I am feeling some of the things she felt and I also hope to never get some of the things she did.

I love how truthful and just open she is about everything, I like the truth flat out instead of sugarcoated and Ms. McCarthy does that for you.

Its a light, cute, read and I was very happy I bought this one because it made me feel a bit less alone than I've been feeling as of late. I will definitely pick up more books by her if she writes them.
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Helpful Score: 1
very funny, and the best way to describe the experiences through pregnancies
Cheri19762007 avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on
Helpful Score: 1
I am reading this book for the 3rd time since owning it. OMG!!! It's comical. However. I don't have kids, so listening to her, kinda makes me go... Oh hell no. However on this last read, in the middle of the book now. I found it more comical then the other times I read it. I'm sure that not every Mother has experianced everything in this book and some have, and much more. This is a great read for anyone really. It will keep you laughing. Jenny is a very good author. I personally can't wait till she writes some more. Peace!
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Helpful Score: 1
This book was very funny. Jenny really added humor to the different topics. I really enjoyed it.
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Helpful Score: 1
this was a funny book to read while pregnant. very mainstream and not an informational book, but humourous; helped to keep ypur sense of humor about pregnancy
tylersmommy avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on
Helpful Score: 1
A great book if you want a laugh during your pregnancy. Jenny really does go over all the details of what you think, only you are experiencing!! I found myself laughing out loud at many points in this book. A must for any expecting Mother!
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Helpful Score: 1
I guess I had really high expectations of this book because of the things I had heard. Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed it, but it just didn't live up to what people said. I never laughed out loud or anything like that...but I really did find myself nodding my head at times because I had gone through the same thing. A great read if you are looking for a more honest and non-medical look at your pregnancy. After all...you can only read so many medical books before your head starts to spin, right?
glassbutterfly avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 101 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I give this one five stars because had I been pregnant and read this I would have loved it.
My neighbor kept telling me that this is the funniest book in the world and that I really need to read it and so I did...I did find myself laughing a few times but I do beleive my neighbor must have been preggers when she read this because it just did not have the same effect on me as it did her.
Sheerbliss07 avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
LOVE this book. When I was pregnant her books were the ONLY ones that I read. Belly Laughs and Baby Laughs were soo soo funny and I couldn't put them down. I think I finished both in a day. I love Jenny McCarthy and she is HILARIOUS! If you are pregnant or have a friend expecting buy her these 2 books. She will love them.
freebird1985 avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on
Helpful Score: 1
This book is a no-hold-barred, all secrets out expose' on the much-"waxed poetic" time of expecting a baby. If you are looking for dreamy and general outlines of the beautiful moments preceding labor and delivery of a baby, trust me and look elsewhere! If, on the other hand, you are looking for the real, tell-it-like-it-really-is story of what a woman may experience during pregnancy, then this is your book!
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Helpful Score: 1
Hilarious!!
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Helpful Score: 1
Funny and great read!
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Helpful Score: 1
In my opinion, this book is a must read if you are pregnant! At times, I found myself laughing out loud with the book. She was very candid and I could relate to many things that she said in the book. I read this book in one sitting when I was pregnant with my son. I would highly recommend this book!
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Too funny! Really helped me get some good laughs in during that dreaded morning sickness
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I have personally always hated Jenny McCarthy so really had no desire to read this when a friend gave it to me.

I have never laughed so hard in my life - a must read for anyone expecting.
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Very, very funny. Just what you need when you're having trouble finding ANYTHING amusing about pregnancy!
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Another fun read by Jenny McCarthy. I found myself laughing out loud at the "joys" of pregnancy symptoms. This is a great read to recommend to first time moms. She definitely shares all those not so fun moments of pregnancy!
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Great find for mommies-to-be! Jenny will make anyone else's pregnancy seem tame by comparison!
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This book is fantastic - I laughed until I cried (although that could have been the pregnancy hormones). Jenny McCarthy spares no details sharing the difficulties of pregnancy, but does it with a liberal dose of laughter.
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It was just a fun, cute book...an easy read.
Eternity avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on
whenever I needed a chuckle when I was pregnant which was often i would puck up this book, i read some parts over and over again!
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This book is great...it tells it like it is!!
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Very entertaining and made me feel a little less crazy with everything that's going on, and of course everything that's to come!
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In my opinion this book is a must have for any pregnant woman! Its not the extra informative style reading you may be used to in typical books, but thats what makes this book a great read. I found myself laughing aloud every single chapter! Pregnancy is hard, so why not read something light hearted about it to lift your spirits, it worked for me!
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Very funny, but full of exaggerations. A good read for any mommy to be.
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I gave it as a gift to my newly pregnant daught in law, but read it first. Enjoyed it! It was humorous and enjoyable!
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Fast read but funny, raw and to the point. Great pick me up for the bad days of pregnancy, when you just feel completely miserable and uncomfortable.
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Cute book. Super quick read. I only recommend reading this once you have symptoms to relate to. It's funnier that way.
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Funny book.
mrswiggs avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 51 more book reviews
Pregnancy isn't always full of laughs.. but this book will make you giggle about all the trials of having a baby!
gratefulapril avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 4 more book reviews
Hilarious! I laughed soooo hard! I want to read her new book now about post natal life!
iloveyouhecried avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 38 more book reviews
This book is so cute and tells you what other pregnancy books won't dare to!
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This is truly a laugh-out-loud book!
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I thought this book was so honest and humerous. Easy read, looking forward to a next book by her about child raising. lol
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Great to get or to give to first time mothers to be. Had serious laugh attacks reading it, even in public!!! Jenny is very honest and really fun.
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This book was a very easy read. I found some of the things she talked about a little irrelevant and some really hilarious. I find it pleasant for any expecting mom.
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Not very funny. I was disappointed, I have to say. I really enjoy Jenny, but this was just not very funny.
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Very cute funny book..easy read..
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Frank and funny - a quick, easy read! I really enjoyed this.
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Hilarious book about pregnancy and child birth.
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She is so funny I wish I had read this book before I had my son but it is hilarious.
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Very easy, quick read! SOOO freakin funny!
Even my husband who NEVER reads...I mean he doesn't even read his Playboys...picked this one up to see what all my laughs were about! He got a good chuckle out of the "piggy sex" chapter!!
Highly recommend!
IntrepidOne avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 157 more book reviews
She talks about it ALL! While you are in the midst of the same aches and pains of pregnancy it is so funny to read her story. She writes about her pregnancy like your best friend would talk to you.
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Funny book about pregnancy. To be taken lightly - not as an informative guide. Quick easy read that may get a few giggles out of you.
romanticinhistory avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 9 more book reviews
Really cute and funny. Great gift for someone after you've read it.
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Lots of fun the whole way through!
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A refreshingly honest insight to pregnancy and childbirth. You may not necessarily care for Jenny McCarthy, but the content is worth reading!
NurseDanielle avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 3 more book reviews
I read this book in one setting, as did my sister. It's pretty hilarious and brutally blunt. Not for the squeamish!
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this book will make you laugh so much you'll hurt.
rockinro avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 14 more book reviews
It was a funny book....she has a nice sense of humor.
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I enjoyed the book. It provided a comic look at pregnancy.
terriduncan avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 16 more book reviews
I laughed until I heart! Great book that makes you feel good about what your actually thinking being pregnant!
DanielleFM avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 177 more book reviews
Very funny and true!
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Jenny McCarthy is one of the funniest women I have read.
lindina2 avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 29 more book reviews
5th time grandma, I was posting this for my daughter along with all her other pregnancy books (she says this is an only child). Belly Laughs is fun, common sense and really does tell you how it is. It's quick to read and pulls no punches. She talks with
humor about all the things you really don't think will happen, but most likely will. The list for husbands at the back belongs on his must read list!

I do recommend this for first time pregnant moms or anyone with a close family member expecting a baby. Dads would benefit a lot from reading this, and since the author is
such a hottie and the book is short, maybe dad's can tear themselves away from the TV remote to learn a thing or two about what to expect!
sbgirl avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on
Some cute stores, but not my type of humor.
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Loved it Very candid and funny
bratz54 avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 1024 more book reviews
This is a dang good book, a whole new look at pregnancy and funny, I hurt for all the laughing I did while reading it.
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I'M A GRANDMOTHER,BUT I REMEMBER EVERY THING JENNY MENTIONS IN HERE,I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK AND LAUGHED TILL I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES,SHE KNOWS JUST HOW TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION.
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Great book!
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Funny, but not very informative. I enjoyed reading about one woman's experience with pregnancy--even if that woman's experience as a celebrity is far from my own.
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A good quick read.
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SO FUNNY! A must read for expecting moms.
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A lighthearted look at the horrors of pregnancy from former Playmate McCarthy. A quick read, but not terribly deep or informative if you've read any of the excellent prepping for childbirth books out there, such as "What to Expect When You're Expecting." Sometimes the narrative left me wondering, "God, she's not really THAT dumb, is she?"
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Did not like all the foul language in it.
skywaywaver avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 148 more book reviews
Great book about pregnancy! Jenny McCarthy is hysterical. Just a shame that her marriage did not last.
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I really found this book boring - I found it a little shallow as well.
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Funny! Her best in my opinion.
landonsmama avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 51 more book reviews
I did not find this funny at all. She seemed whiny and bitchy. She way over-exagerated almost everything about pregnancy. Waste of time!
joanabb avatar reviewed Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth on + 21 more book reviews
Funny...although I would not advise anyone to follow on her steps...it didn't do very well to her marriage :)
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Didn't quite like the language but it was very truthful when it comes to being pregnant. Plus it was written by a superstar so who knows if she really did have all the problems she claims?!