“The new essential book for soon to be parents.”
“This book is a must for new mothers.”
Your guide to the emotions of pregnancy and early motherhood, from two of America’s top reproductive psychiatrists.
When you are pregnant, you get plenty of advice about your growing body and developing baby. Yet so much about motherhood happens in your head. What everyone really wants to know: Is this normal?
Even after months of trying, is it normal to panic after finding out you’re pregnant?
Is it normal not to feel love at first sight for your baby?
Is it normal to fight with your parents and partner?
Is it normal to feel like a breastfeeding failure?
Is it normal to be zonked by “mommy brain?
In What No One Tells You, two of America’s top reproductive psychiatrists reassure you that the answer is yes. With thirty years of combined experience counseling new and expectant mothers, they provide a psychological and hormonal backstory to the complicated emotions that women experience, and show why it’s natural for “matrescence”—the birth of a mother—to be as stressful and transformative a period as adolescence.
Here, finally, is the first-ever practical guide to help new mothers feel less guilt and more self-esteem, less isolation and more kinship, less resentment and more intimacy, less exhaustion and more pleasure, and learn other tips to navigate the ups and downs of this exciting, demanding time
“It provides invaluable insight into the mental health of pre-parenthood, labor, delivery and early parenthood. The authors skillfully take the reader on a journey that brings to light topics often left unsaid, therefore remaining stigmatized.”
“Their insights come from their experience as reproductive psychiatrists with pregnant and new mothers, as well as research suggesting women have unique biological, hormonal, and emotional needs—and that those needs are too often neglected.”
“Though it’s written by medical professionals, the book reads like a reality check from a calm friend.”
Psychologs Magazine June 2023 Issue
