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Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood
Becoming a mother isn't just having a baby. It's becoming someone new, and that can feel like losing yourself. 🌱
Who it's for
Many new parents quietly feel they have lost the person they were and assume something is wrong with them.
Overwhelmed→Understood
Feelings it meets
What it is
Journalist Lucy Jones blends her own experience of pregnancy, a long labour and the exhausting early months of motherhood with reporting on the science and history of the transition to motherhood.
Where to find it
In print and ebook; available from libraries and as an audiobook. Not public domain.
Before you start
Heads up: Difficult birth and postnatal depression.
Age: Ages 16+
Take my wine in my own cup, friend. It loses its wreath of foam when poured into that of others.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 61
