As a first time mother I was very keen on getting information on the pregnancy and labor. This book is very comprehensive indeed, however too much is a bit too much.... They sometimes address really basic silly questions. Also, it is written in a very medical cautious way, ie to cover themselves they systematically present every possible worst scenario and sometimes in a quite patronizing way, so in the end I found the book so depressing that I simply put it aside and did not use it. I found there are many other books that are much more relaxed and at least as reliable.