Being Born

A great book to follow one's own pregnancy or to share with a child. Pictures are beautiful and the text endearing.

This is a wonderful book, the photos are just amazing. I was already familiar with this book, which is why I purchased it for my daughter, who is very interested in babies and how they develop. If she actually reads the whole book, it will also be a welcome way to let her in on how exactly the fertilization happens (I haven't had the guts to tell her yet). It is described very matter-of-fact somewhere in there. I was not impressed with the condition of the book however. I bought it used, because it was described as "like new", but after it arrived I noticed that many, many pages are stuck together with some gluey stuff, and when I tried to pry them open, it left nasty marks on the beautiful photos.

Beautiful photographs of LIFE - from the ovum and sperm joining together to the baby's head emerging at birth, this book takes you there. My son loved looking at the pictures. My husband and I had to take a deep breath to read the part that tells how the sperm gets in there to begin with. He's 7 and it was time. This was the best possible way. Amazing pictures!

This book was given to us when we were expecting our first son and we loved seeing the stages of development. It has become a favorite of our sons from the moment when they both first asked "what happened when we were in your tummy?".