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Becoming a mother is never exactly as you had imagined it. For some women it is an ordeal, for others a delight. For many it is the most disturbing, challenging, and exciting experience of their lives. Whatever the birth was like, and however you feel about your baby, there will be unexpected problems, questions you want to ask, feelings you want to share. In The Year After Childbirth , Sheila Kitzinger gives the support every woman needs in this turbulent first year. There is no shortage of baby-care books, but this will be the only authoritative mother-care book on the market. It focuses on the women, on her physical and emotional experiences and her relationships during the often difficult transition to motherhood. Time and again women say that they felt prepared for the birth, but not for what happened afterwards. After all the anticipation and the attention that an expectant mother gets, she is often left to face this alone. In this remarkable new book, Sheila Kitzinger discusses every aspect of this roller-coaster year - elation and the exhaustion, achievements and the anxieties - and makes practical suggestions for ways of coping when things go wrong. * How your body changes - toning your muscles, moving freely, relaxation skills, massage, yoga, pelvic floor vitality * Breast feeding - pleasures and problems, how to succeed when it does not start well, finding the best positions, increasing the milk supply * Eating well - ideas for healthy fast food, vegetarian diets * Feelings about yourself - discovering a new you, coping with unhappiness, postnatal depression, developing self-confidence * Feelings about your baby - the baby's personality and stages of development, how to get to know your baby as a unique person, baby massage * Fatherhood - how your partner may feel, how a man can be an active father and you can both share parenthood * Changing relationships - understanding how relationships change, with your partner, your parents, your friends, and your older child - and how you can handle these changes
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
You're lying in a hospital bed, the last 12-24 hours have been the most gruelling , terrifying and wonderful of your life, and in your arms is the object of your hard work - your new baby. What happens now?...
If you are buying a gift for a new born, why not consider buying this for their new mum. While hundreds of books deal with the physiological and emotional changes of pregnancy, this is the only one that talks about what happens to the Mother after the birth. In a straight-forward and reassuring tone it discusses how a woman might be feeling about the birth and her new child, and about the changes that have happened and will continue to happen to her body. What emerges is a wonderfully positive book that has the potential to inspire women to a renewed confidence and pride in their body's capacity to create and nurture life not only inside but outside the womb. A breath of fresh air in a world obsessed with silicon notions of femininity.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
I love this book!
7 Feb 2001
Format:Paperback
Giving birth and becoming a mother was chaotic, overwhelming, wonderful and scary at the same time, and of the many books I bought to help me through it, only this book really helped. Where so much that is written about the experience of new parents is advice driven and vaguely judgmental, this book has the perfect empathetic air. So many times while reading this book I would think "oh yes, that is exactly what I have been feeling!" My only advice to expectant mothers would be, buy this book, wrap it up, and give it to yourself as a gift for that moment when you are back home with your new child!!!
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Honest and True feelings about life after birth...
1 April 2000
Format:Paperback
This book was a gift from a real friend! I was so lost and unaware about all the stuff that the doctor didn't tell me! Shelia's book gave me a wealth of information about breastfeeding and why babies cry and that it's okay to feel frustrated and say "Why the hell did I do this? " The info about post-partem sex, baby slings and most importanly post partem feelings were priceless and right on. Not may people write honestly and from real life/world experience about the spectrum of feeling and emotion that follow the first intense months of babies and moms life.This book is a must have treasure written by a woman that cares and has made her lifes work about woman! BUY THIS BOOK!
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Refreshingly realistic description of the 1st year
23 Dec 2001
Format:Paperback
I haven't read a lot of books about the postpartum period that realistically describe the physical and emotional effects of becoming a mother. This book was a refreshing change of pace. After the birth of my child, I felt guilty about not being overjoyed. Sheila Kitzinger validated my feelings, which made it easier for me to accept my new role as a mother. I disagree with the previous review, describing the book as "depressing and morbid". Unfortunately, hormonal upheavals and dramatic lifestlye changes can feel that way. But I think that anyone that has had a baby should read this book. It describes what many women are thinking, but often don't talk about for fear of being judged as "abnormal". I believe that the author's discussion of these thoughts and feelings can be empowering for a new mother. It's a good read for what can sometimes be a challenging period in a woman's life.
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