Few women are prepared for the radical shifts in identity, emotional intensity, and changes in relationships that can occur following the birth of a child. This fully revised and updated guide explores the actual physical, psychological, and emotional consequences of giving birth and offers reassuring tips and helpful information to new mothers. Drawing on medical and historical research as well as personal testimonies, it tackles the realities of a mother’s life with compassion, understanding, and inspirational advice.
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The complete manual of the terrors, exhaustion and passionate emotions of the post-partum existence. A classic THE TIMES A sanctuary of revelation about the bafflingly contradictory experience of becoming and being a mother ... In places I laughed aloud in relieved recognition Rebecca Abrams, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY [I] salute Kate Figes's sensitive book which, admirably, helps redress the balance between the plethora of pregnancy manuals and the ridiculous paucity of advice on how to cope after Leonie Miller, MAIL ON SUNDAY
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Kate Figes is the author of The Big Fat Bitch Book and The Terrible Teens.
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