"At last your baby has arrived, and you're experiencing all the joys that come with being a new mom. But you may not have bargained on acne and enlarged feet, not to mention constipation, vaginal pain, mood swings, or perhaps one of the more serious conditions that pregnancy can trigger. So what can you do to deal with all these unexpected challenges? In this guide, Dr. Jennifer Wider, a physician as well as a mother, delivers up-to-date medical information,...

"Estres, fatiga, dificultades de concentracion, perdida de memoria, falta de autoconfianza, cambios de humor, sensacion de aislamiento, ansiedad, somnolencia Todas las madres conocen los sintomas. Las consecuencias fisicas y psicologicas de la maternidad aparecen despues del parto y en ocasiones se prolongan hasta una decada despues de dar a luz. En este libro necesario y urgente, el doctor Oscar Serrallach acuna el termino «sindrome de desgaste...

"This manual for mothers-to-be talks about the nine months of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period based on scientific evidence and, at the same time, from a perspective that is respectful of the mother and the baby; listening to their needs, clearing any doubts, and covering all the gray areas, to offer calmness, serenity, and confidence"--

What if labor does not end with pregnancy but continues into a mother's postpartum life? How can the fiercest love for your child and the deepest wells of grief coexist in the same moment? How has society neglected honest conversation around the significant physical changes new mothers experience? Could real healing occur if generations of women were fluent in the language of their bodies? Molly Caro May grapples with these questions as she undergoes...