Life After Baby: From Professional Woman to Beginner ParentLife After Baby is about the joys and challenges of motherhood for women who "had a life" before having a baby. Based on interviews with women who pursued careers in their twenties and are having children in their thirties and forties, this book examines all the ways in which a baby impacts a new mother's emotional life. Supportive, inspirational, and informative, Life After Baby offers comfort to women facing a new world. |
Contents
ONE Oh My Gosh I Have a Baby | 7 |
Thank Goodness for Other New Moms | 38 |
Am I? 50 Im Surprised by My Body 54 I Feel | 57 |
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