Author: Jessie Everts
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634894296
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Moms are amazing! Becoming a mom is a radical, powerful change. New moms go through a lot. They are are often unacknowledged and untaught. We might be prepared for the facts of what happens when we have a baby, but very few of us receive enough preparation for the emotional upheaval that comes along with it.
Author: Edan Lepucki
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683358872
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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Who was your mother before she was a mother? Essays and photos from Brit Bennett, Jennifer Egan, Danzy Senna, Laura Lippman, Jia Tolentino, and many more. In this remarkable collection, New York Times–bestselling novelist Edan Lepucki gathers more than sixty original essays and favorite photographs to explore this question. The daughters in Mothers Before are writers and poets, artists and teachers, and the images and stories they share reveal the lives of women in ways that are vulnerable and true, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, and always moving. Contributors include: Brit Bennett * Jennine Capó Crucet * Jennifer Egan * Angela Garbes * Annabeth Gish * Alison Roman * Lisa See * Danzy Senna * Dana Spiotta * Lan Samantha Chang * Laura Lippman * Jia Tolentino * Tiffany Nguyen * Charmaine Craig * Maya Ramakrishnan * Eirene Donohue * and many others
Author: Susan Douglas
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743260466
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Now in paperback, the provocative book that has ignited fiery debate and created a dialogue among women about the state of motherhood today. In THE MOMMY MYTH, Susan Douglas and Meredith Michaels turn their 'sharp, funny, and fed-up prose' (San Diego Union Tribune) toward the cult of the new momism, a trend in Western culture that suggests that women can only achieve contentment through the perfection of mothering. Even so, the standards of this ideal remain out of reach, no matter how hard women try to 'have it all'. THE MOMMY MYTH skilfully maps the distance travelled from the days when THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE demanded more for women than keeping house and raising children, to today's not-so-subtle pressure to reverse this trend. A must-read for every woman.
Author: Rachel Egan
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN: 1632990040
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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New Mom, New Woman provides you with skills and strategies to become more competent, decisive, and empowered. You will develop a broader perspective of your new life, a deeper awareness of your needs and desires, and a keen understanding that a life you love won’t happen miraculously; it needs to be consciously defined and deliberately designed. Rachel Egan, MBA, is a certified life coach and President of Maternity Transitions®—a national coaching service provider. She is the author of Life after ‘I Do!’ and lives in Massachusetts with her husband and four children.
Author: Megan K. Stack
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0525431950
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2019 From National Book Award finalist Megan K. Stack, a stunning memoir of raising her children abroad with the help of Chinese and Indian women who are also working mothers When Megan Stack was living in Beijing, she left her prestigious job as a foreign correspondent to have her first child and work from home writing a book. She quickly realized that caring for a baby and keeping up with the housework while her husband went to the office each day was consuming the time she needed to write. This dilemma was resolved in the manner of many upper-class families and large corporations: she availed herself of cheap Chinese labor. The housekeeper Stack hired was a migrant from the countryside, a mother who had left her daughter in a precarious situation to earn desperately needed cash in the capital. As Stack's family grew and her husband's job took them to Dehli, a series of Chinese and Indian women cooked, cleaned, and babysat in her home. Stack grew increasingly aware of the brutal realities of their lives: domestic abuse, alcoholism, unplanned pregnancies. Hiring poor women had given her the ability to work while raising her children, but what ethical compromise had she made? Determined to confront the truth, Stack traveled to her employees' homes, met their parents and children, and turned a journalistic eye on the tradeoffs they'd been forced to make as working mothers seeking upward mobility—and on the cost to the children who were left behind. Women's Work is an unforgettable story of four women as well as an electrifying meditation on the evasions of marriage, motherhood, feminism, and privilege.
Author: Amanda Tice
Publisher: Mandala Tree Press
ISBN: 9781954801271
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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Forget everything society has taught you about becoming a mom. Successful curve model Amanda Tice is here to tell you what motherhood is really like. Standing exposed in a scant bikini in front of Heidi Klum's creative team, revealing a postpartum body she hardly recognized, Amanda faced the harsh realization that she would never be her "old self" again. In refreshingly honest, hilarious, and raw conversation, Amanda takes you through her clumsy journey into motherhood and shares how she learned to embrace her new self-stretch marks, rolls, and all. With journal prompts, exercises, and "Tice Advice," Amanda helps you Understand what really takes place postpartum-mentally and physically. Thrive through the first few years of motherhood. Learn how to love and embrace your new identity. This book will rewire your brain and rewrite your new mom code-because, Mama, you deserve to have it all (and more)!
Author: Heng Ou
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1613129416
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 431
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After labor, it’s time for rest: A gentle guide to zuo yuezi, the ancient Chinese practice of postpartum self-care, including sixty simple recipes. The first forty days after the birth of a child offer an essential and fleeting period of rest and recovery for the new mother. Based on Heng Ou’s own postpartum experience with zuo yuezi, a set period of “confinement” in which a woman remains at home focusing on healing and bonding with her baby, The First Forty Days revives the lost art of caring for the mother after birth. As modern mothers are pushed to prematurely “bounce back” after delivering their babies, and are often left alone to face the physical and emotional challenges of this new stage of their lives, the first forty days provide a lifeline—a source of connection, nourishment, and guidance. This book includes sixty simple recipes for healing soups, replenishing meals and snacks, and calming and lactation-boosting teas, all formulated to support the unique needs of the new mother. In addition to recipes, this warm and encouraging guide offers advice on arranging a system of help during the postpartum period, navigating relationship challenges, and honoring the significance of pregnancy and birth. Fully illustrated, it is a practical guide and inspirational read for all new mothers and mothers-to-be—the perfect ally during the first weeks with a new baby. “Bringing our attention back to the importance of the postpartum period for new mothers helps to create space for this essential period of integration and recovery . . . an invaluable companion during the first 40 days and beyond.” —Ricki Lake & Abby Epstein, filmmakers, The Business of Being Born
Author: Michelle Pearson
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
ISBN: 1684810760
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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Essential Advice for the New Mom “Michelle is going to help ease the worries so many new moms have and inspire them to be the best version of themselves.” —Jennika Anderson, YouTube Vlogger If you are a new mom, motherhood can be a daunting role if you have little to no experience caring for kids. Popular YouTube mom of five, Michelle Pearson, is here to encourage you to take a deep breath and step into your power! Choose to inhale, exhale every day. The changes that come with becoming a mother can be overwhelming and exciting, but learn how to be patient and forgive yourself. Michelle knows that the journey has highs, lows and the occasional surprises, so her advice for those joining the new moms club is to balance the waves of emotion by holding space for moments of mindfulness and deep breaths. Advice for the new mom. From what to expect during a first time pregnancy to the milestones within the first 12 months of a baby’s life, this influential parenting blogger has empowering and motivating parenting stories for the modern mom. Inside Deep Breaths for New Moms, you’ll find: How to embrace motherhood with all of its ups and downs The importance of finding a tight-knit community of support Advice to properly adapt and manage your social life and career as a working mom If you liked baby books like Cat and Nat's Mom Truths, Mayo Clinic Guide to Your Baby's First Years, or You Are a F*cking Awesome Mom, you’ll love Deep Breaths for New Moms.
Author: Daniel N Stern
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0786724625
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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As you prepare to become a mother, you face an experience unlike any other in your life. Having a baby will redirect your preferences and pleasures and, most likely, will realign some of your values.As you undergo this unique psychological transformation, you will be guided by new hopes, fears, and priorities. In a most startling way, having a child will influence all of your closest relationships and redefine your role in your family's history. The charting of this remarkable, new realm is the subject of this compelling book.Renowned psychiatrist Daniel N. Stern has joined forces with pediatrician and child psychiatrist Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern and journalist Alison Freeland to paint a wonderfully evocative picture of the psychology of motherhood. At the heart of The Birth of a Mother is an arresting premise: Just as a baby develops physically in utero and after birth, so a mother is born psychologically in the many months that precede and follow the birth of her baby.The recognition of this inner transformation emerges from hundreds of interviews with new mothers and decades of clinical experience. Filled with revealing case studies and personal comments from women who have shared this experience, this book will serve as an invaluable sourcebook for new mothers, validating the often confusing emotions that accompany the development of this new identity. In addition to providing insight into the unique state of motherhood, the authors touch on related topics such as going back to work, fatherhood, adoption, and premature birth.During pregnancy, mothers-to-be talk about morning sickness and their changing bodies, and new mothers talk about their exhaustion, the benefits of nursing or bottle-feeding, and the dilemma of whether or when they should return to work. And yet, they can be strangely mute about the dramatic and often overwhelming changes going on in their inner lives. Finally, with The Birth of a Mother, these powerful feelings are eloquently put into words.
Author: Emilia Clarke
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Game of Thrones superstar EMILIA CLARKE debuts an EXTRA-LENGTH, THREE-ISSUE MINISERIES! The mayhem begins with Maya, under-the-weather scientist by day, over-the-top superhero by night, and badass single mom 24/7. Deadpool action and Fleabag comedy collide when Maya activates her freakish superpowers to take on a secret sect of human traffickers. Mature readers only! Comedy and chaos await in the first of three 40-page issues by the glamorous artist of Horde, LEILA LEIZ!
