The Business of Baby

What Doctors Don't Tell You, What Corporations Try to Sell You, and How to Put Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Before Their Bottom Line

By: Jennifer Margulis

Narrated by: Rebecca Jenkins

Why, despite our state-of-the-art medical technology, does the United States have among the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the industrialized world? Why do pregnant women who are planning to breastfeed receive "free" samples of infant formula from American obstetricians? Why are American newborns given a vaccine at birth against hepatitis B, a sexually transmitted disease? The Business of Baby, an eye-opening work of investigative journalism, exposes how current cultural practices during pregnancy, childbirth, and the first year of a baby's life, are not based on the best evidence or the most modern science. Rather, as the audiobook reveals, current cultural practices reflect how American moms and their babies are being undermined by corporate interests. An illuminating combination of meticulous research and in-depth interviews with parents, doctors, midwives, nurses, health care administrators, and scientists, Margulis's impassioned and eloquent critique is shocking, groundbreaking, and revelatory. The Business of Baby arms parents with the information they need to make informed decisions about their own health and the health of their infants.

Download the accompanying reference guide.©2013 Jennifer Margulis (P)2013 Post Hypnotic Press

Enjoyed it a lot

Very informative. I appreciate the factual evidence she provided. This book makes you think! I recommend it!

Great content, but long

I really enjoyed the content of this book. I did feel at times the writer reiterated many points from earlier in the book. I feel like the book could've been a lot shorter. But still worth the read.

Very informative

A lot of great information, some I agree with and some not but overall loved it.
I would suggest this book to new mother or mothers to be.

Eye opening facts - Knowledge is Power

Must read for all expectant mothers .
Great Narrator .. Easy to follow and understand. Your Baby will be thankful you read this book .

Business of Baby

Really great conversation starter, but I feel most of the information provided is heavily biased.