Motherhood: Soft Focus

I went to my public library to pick up some books on fertility, and I was a little frustrated to find that not much is out there in terms of pre-conception planning, at least available free to the public. The library seems to have invested in plenty of books about having a healthy sex life (those crazy librarians!) but not much when it comes to helping that sex life produce life.

I did find one book about conception and fertility published by Goldenbooks. Yep, that's the same publisher of The Pokey Little Puppy. It has glossy pages and big-bellied women in gauzy shirts being lovingly caressed by their very obviously married partner. Have you ever noticed that pictures of pregnant women have the mandatory ring shot? Oh, and did I mention the book is PINK?

Now, I have nothing against pink. But I do have a problem with a picture book masquerading as reference material. I want INFORMATION, not cute soft-focus images of happy women who speak about their little bundles of joy. Needless to say, I put the book back on the shelf.