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I have read many of the reviews for this book and I could not disagree more. Lara was not ready to get pregnant and didn't like being pregnant- that is the reality for many women. I really know how she felt about not being quite ready to have a baby but being pressured by her husband. I had the most difficult pregancy on record so I was not glowing and chipper the way everyone says you should be. I did not obsess about my weight the way Lara did but I have known many women that have (I live in NYC afterall). I loved this book for being so honest that not everyone loves being pregnant and that it is normal to be completely afraid bringing the baby home. Pre-pardum depression is a very real thing for many moms and Lara was just showing that side of pregnancy.


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Notes From The Underbelly Risa Green Books Reviews

This book was really similar to Rebecca Eckler's "Knocked Up." Only in my opinion, that book was much better. And it was honest about being nonfiction.

"Notes From the Underbelly" is the story of a woman who is a college admissions counselor at a private school, was a corporate finance attorney before that, attended U Penn, has a dog and is pregnant. The author was a college admissions counselor, a corporate finance attorney before that, attended U Penn, has a dog and 2 children.

Like Rebecca Eckler, the protagonist in this novel chooses to have a C-section, has a hard time seeing the sex of her baby at first because the baby holds its legs together during the ultrasound, and so forth.

The difference? The heroine in this book is not really likable. She has two friends, a hyper-driven entertainment lawyer with no sense of humor and a chip on her shoulder the size of California, and a perky, materialistic stay-at-home mom. The book is divided about evenly between the protagonist's job and the protagonist complaining about her friends or being pregnant.

The book was good on a plot level - you wanted to know if the protagonist's charges at school would get into their top colleges, and how the pregnancy would go - but I found it hard to like or care about the characters. The ending of the novel just kind of fizzled out without any major character transformation or insight of any kind.

But if you like reading about selfish, shallow people who occasionally make funny jokes, you might like this book.
I'm currently pregnant and considering this, I found myself in this book many times, it's very funny, easy to read.
I love this book! I've read it twice- once before I was pregnant and again now that I am! It's so funny and different! )!!
I read Tales from a Crib first and was hooked - Lara is a totally lovable character and I love the wit of Risa Green! Both books are well worth reading no matter what order! I hope there are more to come in the series! Similar reading as the Shopaholic series...great fun and laughs!
I enjoyed this book a lot, and laughed out loud a few times, but I found the main character to be a little vain, materialistic, and shallow, which kept me from rating it a little higher. Enjoyable light read though.
This book made me literally laugh out loud...any woman can identify with this. If is probably the funniest book I have read since Confessions of a Shopoholic, but I actually relate to this one more...highly recommend it!
I was a bit hesitant about buying this book after I read the reviews, but I'm glad I did. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love how the author is honest about the other side of pregnancy - the worries, unpleasantnesses, inconveniences, and sheer humor of it all. I thought the plot was fun (though I could have done without the talking dog) and I've pre-ordered her next book. This is a very humorous and very honest look at pregnant without the rose-colored glasses and I highly recommend it.
I have read many of the reviews for this book and I could not disagree more. Lara was not ready to get pregnant and didn't like being pregnant- that is the reality for many women. I really know how she felt about not being quite ready to have a baby but being pressured by her husband. I had the most difficult pregancy on record so I was not glowing and chipper the way everyone says you should be. I did not obsess about my weight the way Lara did but I have known many women that have (I live in NYC afterall). I loved this book for being so honest that not everyone loves being pregnant and that it is normal to be completely afraid bringing the baby home. Pre-pardum depression is a very real thing for many moms and Lara was just showing that side of pregnancy.