Life Will Never Be The Same The Real Moms Postpartum Survival Guide

Download or read book Life Will Never Be the Same: The Real Mom's Postpartum Survival Guide written by Ann Dunnewold and published by . This book was released on 2010-02-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, a book for real moms that tells the honest truth about what to expect emotionally after having a baby. In their groundbreaking Postpartum Survival Guide, Dr. Ann Dunnewold and Dr. Diane Sanford shattered the silence about the enormous emotional challenges of postpartum adjustment and motherhood. Now, in Life Will Never Be The Same: The Real Mom's Postpartum Survival Guide, their new definitive guide to emotional health surrounding childbearing, they present their clinically-proven strategies for surviving and thriving during both the postpartum period and a lifetime of motherhood. The feelings surrounding becoming a mom are often more powerful than feelings at any other time in a woman's life. Pregnant and new moms take every precaution to ensure their physical health, from all the latest tests to prenatal vitamins. However, emotional health is just as critical, if not more! In fact, postpartum depression is the single most frequent complication of childbirth. As moms, the authors know what a wild ride pregnancy and postpartum emotions bring. In this book, they share with you the best kept secret of all: caring for yourself emotionally will lead to a happier, more successful journey through motherhood and beyond. Within this book is exactly what every woman needs to know to balance her life as a mom. In this book you will learn to: Be emotionally healthy in the critical postpartum period. Prevent normal ups and downs from turning into anxiety and depression. Cope with postpartum depression and anxiety. Replace mothering guilt and inadequacy with confidence and strength. Survive and thrive as a mother by learning self-care, the key to emotional health and successful mothering.

Download or read book Ebook: Life-Span Development written by Santrock and published by McGraw Hill. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ebook: Life-Span Development

Download or read book In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms written by Dr. Laura Schlessinger and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller The internationally syndicated radio host celebrates a group of critically important yet usually overlooked women—stay-at-home moms—and offers them words of inspiration and wisdom. “I’m scared out of my mind.” Dr. Laura hears this frequently from women who know that staying home to raise their children is the right thing for their family. Building on the principles developed during her long career as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Dr. Laura provides a wealth of advice and support as well as compassion and inspiration to help them attain this goal. She pays special attention to the outrageous fact that stay-at-home moms are actually controversial! Dr. Laura offers a profound and unique understanding of how important it is for many mothers to raise their own children, and how stay-at-home moms benefit society.

Download or read book Breastfeeding Doesn't Need to Suck written by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2023 Prose Award Finalist Breastfeeding Doesn’t Need to Suck shows mothers how to navigate their breastfeeding journey while also caring for their mental health. Breastfeeding Doesn’t Need to Suck contains information that you will not find in other breastfeeding books, such as a thorough discussion of breastfeeding’s impact on sleep, safe (and unsafe) bedsharing, and how where babies sleep impacts their mothers’ mental health. This book describes what effective help looks like and gives specific suggestions for partners, grandmothers, and friends who want to help. Mothers will also learn how to navigate healthcare systems that can often undermine breastfeeding and mental health. Postpartum is hard, no matter how you feed your baby. Yet formula companies tell mothers that all of their problems will be solved if only they would switch. It’s not true; these issues will still be there even if mothers stop breastfeeding. These are the five “I”s of new motherhood: idleness, isolation, incompetence, identity, and intensity. If mothers are unprepared for these feelings, they can undermine both her breastfeeding and her mental health. Breastfeeding Doesn’t Need to Suck provides information on common breastfeeding problems, such as nipple pain and low milk supply, while also keeping mothers’ mental health in mind. Breastfeeding, when it’s going well, protects mothers’ mental health. Conversely, breastfeeding problems increase the risk of depression and anxiety. Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett is both a psychologist and an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, with more than 30 years’ experience in both lactation and mental health. Breastfeeding Doesn’t Need to Suck is an evidence-based guide full of practical advice with the goal of helping mothers and babies navigate postpartum and come through it happy, healthy, and securely attached.

Download or read book Real Intimacy: A Couple's Guide to Healthy, Genuine Sexuality written by Kristin B. Hodson, LCSW and published by Cedar Fort Publishing & Media. This book was released on 2023-02-02 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on doctrinal principles and years of professional experience, counseling real people, this uplifting volume approaches marital intimacy with a genuine desire to help couples. Learn to lovingly discuss your physical relationship with your spouse, identify false worldly ideas about sex, and reconcile your differing perspectives. Informative and engaging, this book will answer all your questions as you learn to truly become one.

Download or read book Nobody Told Me written by Wendy Isnardi and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wendy's story truly begins with the birth of her first child is where, when her life is lived beyond the norms of everyday annoyances, and maybe, beyond some bad parenting or a broken family. This is where she takes hold of adversity and the real Wendy comes to life. Wendy pushed through unspoken walls of postpartum depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder, horrifying thoughts, and debilitating anxiety. This book is a memoir into a dark corner of childbirth that never seems revealed until it is entirely too late.

Download or read book Beyond the Blues written by Shoshana Bennett and published by Untreed Reads. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2019 edition of Beyond the Blues contains the most current pregnancy and postpartum resources for prevention and treatment of mental health challenges for all parents. Updated information and research about medications, as well as complementary and alternative options are included. Direct and compassionate, it is required reading for those suffering before or after the baby is born and for all professionals working with them. “An indispensable guide to understanding and treating prenatal and postpartum depression. This book is a gift not only to healthcare providers but also to family and friends of mothers suffering from these devastating perinatal mood disorders.” —Cheryl Tatano Beck, DNSc, CNM, FAAN Professor, University of Connecticut, School of Nursing Coauthor of Postpartum Depression Screening Scale “In Beyond the Blues, Bennett and Indman offer a compact yet surprisingly comprehensive manual on prenatal and postpartum depression. Readable and practical, they systematically address screening and assessment, finding a therapist, myths about nursing and bonding, and treatment. Interesting and helpful are suggestions for family and friends. For health professionals, there is detailed diagnostic and treatment information. Beyond the Blues is a quick read with an easy-to-handle format. Recommended for consumer health and health sciences collections.” —Library Journal “This book will be of great help for both women and their health care providers, providing information on all aspects of depression in pregnancy and in the post-postpartum, including safety/risk of medication therapy.” —Adrienne Einarson RN Assistant Director, The Motherisk Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada “Take prenatal vitamins for the baby, but for the long-term health of the mother, this is a must read for both her and her doctor.” —Timothy A. Leach, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. OB/GYN, San Ramon Regional Medical Center, John Muir Medical Center