My Bump and Me: From Morning Sickness to Motherhood - An Honest Diary of My Pregnancy

"If you want a bit of light heartedness to read during your pregnancy that isnt going to tax the brain with medical jargan and that you can take with a pinch of salt then this book is a good read.

Kindda like the pregnancy book equivalant of ok magazine, i enjoyed it "
~ Written on 2008-06-19

"I read this book after reading the Jools Oliver book, thinking it would give me some useful info. To me this book was nothing like my life (eg working as a model in the Bahamas!!, Private care etc) it was useful how it split the weeks down and said what should be happening etc but apart from that I got nothing from this book. another thing was that the Jools oliver book has really nice natural photos you could imagine from a family album. This book all the Photos where staged and airbrushed making this book very contrived and just a chance for Mylene to make money. "
~ Written on 2008-05-23

"Obviously someone approached Myleene to write this book during her pregnancy as a nice little earner. I am sure it has filled what few gaps an air-brushed M&S ad campaign has left in her pockets. Unfortunately it is a pile of prettily-packaged celebrity gibberish, with nothing useful for pregnant women to glean that I could discover.

As a health professional who works with pregnant and post-natal women, I was disappointed to read her tip for labour which basically entailed: have an epidural, lie back and let the doctors take care of it. The last thing pregnant women need is more scaremongering about childbirth. I also found her post-labour diet pretty shocking - there she was necking diet coke after the birth and breast-feeding???!!

I can think of plenty of my clients who have struggled with fertility taking issue with her 'I got pregnant unexpectedly and easily because I was so relaxed and fit' tip when she had revealed a few paragraphs earlier that around the time of conception she had been running around and hardly seen her partner except to argue. If there was one small mercy of this book, it was that she advocated breast-feeding.

People in Myleene's position have to be aware of the power they exert over the average woman who just happens upon her book in a shop. Sound diet advice, backed up by health professionals, a respectful understanding of natural birth and all the many benefits a drug-free approach can bring - these are the things I would like to read in a celebrity account of pregnancy and birth. One can't help but think that these people who have spent so long being pushed around by record company managers and ad sales people, have got so used to being told what to do in life that they are perfectly willing to lie on their backs like stranded beetles and have pregnancy and birth 'done to them'. Where are all the powerful, strong-minded, unique celebrity women telling joyful tales of pregnancy and wonderous birth? If you do buy this book, please take the time to do further reading on this most magical of times - anything by Sheila Kitzinger or Michel Odent should provide you with food for thought and a wonderful sense of anticipation. "
~ Written on 2008-05-13

"This is obviously a reader friendly guide to pregnancy and full of useful information-however I think readers and viewers will soon tire of Myleene Klass's constant references to her motherhood in almost every interview and TV appearance she gives . Please realise Myleene you do not "own" motherhood-lets have a change please."
~ Written on 2008-04-16

"I was a bit irritated about this book claiming to be the first 'warts and all' account of pregnancy since it clearly is not. Nonetheless I could not resist paying £15 (did not get it from Amazon) to read about Mylene's experiences. I did find it quite humorous and enjoyable but like others could not really relate that much to her - her biggest problem was keeping her pregnancy a secret from the press! Although I thought it was quite well written there was not a great deal to it and I felt really short changed by the 'helpful' addresses etc. at the back - if you look in the back pages of Vogue there is a much better list of maternity wear providers and a Google search will give you some good web links. Overall I got the impression there was a rush to put this book together and the value for money suffered as a result. Having said that if you discover a friend is pregnant it would make a nice gift."
~ Written on 2008-04-02