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When economist Emily Oster became pregnant with her first child in 2010, she found stress relief in numbers and facts about parenting. Data abated her anxieties and answered questions that her pediatrician, books and the internet often couldn't agree on — questions like is it OK to drink coffee during pregnancy and what is the risk of miscarriage in prenatal testing?
