Up the Duff

A Week-by-Week Journey

Navigate the ups and downs of pregnancy with Kaz's engaging narrative that combines personal anecdotes, expert advice, and reassuring information. From understanding your baby's development to managing physical and emotional changes, this book covers it all.

Trusted by Australian Women

*Up the Duff* has been a go-to resource for Australian and New Zealand women for over two decades. Its blend of factual information and relatable humour makes it a standout choice for those seeking a realistic and supportive guide through pregnancy.

Australia's top-selling, most respected pregnancy book - now fully revised and updated.

Kaz Cooke's best-selling Up the Duff is firmly established as the most loved and trusted book for Australian and New Zealand women on pregnancy.

This edition has been fully revised and updated. Australia's most trusted advisor on women's health delivers the lowdown on pregnancy, birth and how to best prepare for life with a baby. There's no bossy-boots advice - just lots of cartoons and the soundest, sanest, wittiest advice you'll ever get.

Inside you will discover ...

• the crucial week-by-week info on what's happening to you and the baby, coupled with the hilarious diary of Hermoine the (even more) Modern Girl
• everything you need to know about preparing for pregnancy and birth
• info on conceiving and the latest in IVF
• crying, eating, weeing, sleeping, working
• partners, bosoms, busybodies and bunny-rugs
• nausea, stretch marks and other 'side effects' mucking with your 'glow'
• the very latest tests - what they are, what they're for and when you should have them
• healthy foetal growth, development and movements
• the best services, websites and books on everything pregnancy
• 'natural childbirth' vs medical intervention
• baby clothes and nappies; travel, safety, and how to be rude to complete strangers
• labour, caesareans and pain relief
• breastfeeding and what it's life's like with a newborn baby.

Up the Duff has all you need to know on pregnancy and childbirth - the scary parts, the funny parts, the joyful parts - and your private parts.

Loved Up the Duff? Discover the perfect bookshelf companion with Babies & Toddlers by Kaz Cooke-
'Babies & Toddlers demystifies the good, the bad and the ugly moments of parenting.' Sunday Herald Sun

About the Author
Kaz Cooke is a bestselling author and cartoonist whose books have informed and tickled Australians and New Zealanders for more than twenty years. Her books include Up the Duff- The Real Guide to Pregnancy, Babies & Toddlers- The Sequel to Up the Duff, Girl Stuff 8-12, Girl Stuff- Your Full-on Guide to the Teen Years - all updated each year; Women's Stuff, the children's picture books Wanda Linda Goes Beserk and The Terrible Underpants, and the novel Ada. With a background in journalism, she's a mum who enjoys reseach, toast and having a good lie down.