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Margulis, Jennifer.

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 / Jennifer Margulis.

First Scribner hardcover edition.

New York : Scribner, 2013.

xvii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Journalist Jennifer Margulis questions the information parents are given by the medical community and the consumer culture, addressing the relationship between the money-making business of pregnancy and the early childcare advice parents are given.

Parenthood -- Economic aspects.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-328) and index.

Gestation matters : the problem with prenatal care -- Sonic boom : the downside of ultrasound -- Emerging expenses : the real cost of childbirth -- Cutting costs : the business of Cesarean birth -- Perinatal prices : profit-mongering after the baby is born -- Foreskins for sale : the business of circumcision -- Bottled profits : how formula manufacturers manipulate moms -- Diaper deals : how corporate profits shape the way we potty -- Boost your bottom line : vaccinating for health or profit? -- Sick is the new well : the business of well-baby care -- So where do we go from here?

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