Post by smiley on Jan 29, 2008 20:01:05 GMT
by Kate Figes..
This is a fantastic book and I think every new mother should read it! For months and months I have questioned why I got pni and how I could have prevented it.
I felt guilty for getting it and really abnormal about having certain feelings and being in a state of confusion about my beautiful new baby. This book is making me realise that there is probably no way I could have not got pni because every mother has a post natal experience which includes some of the symptoms of pni either mildly or severe. It is making me realise that motherhood is full of highs and lows and that doesnt mean I am a bad mother or that I have failed. It has also made me realise that motherhood is full of a range of feelings love, anger, hate, resentment, and sheer joy. Its not bad to be tired and fed up sometimes and I dont have to be on top of the world all the time. This is what someone should have sat me down and told me when I had the baby nearly 9 months ago.
It does exactly what it says on the blurb.. 'This book sets out to dispell the myths surrounding motherhood and to address the varied needs of contemporary women facing motherhood' Having really suffered from ups-and-downs after the birth of my baby it is fantastic to realise that all my reactions were completely normal and my blues were finite. I was totally unprepared for everything I would experience after the birth (people tend to be prepared up until the event and no further...) and reading Kate Figes' book gave me a lot of courage and confirmed that I am normal!
Smiley
xx
This is a fantastic book and I think every new mother should read it! For months and months I have questioned why I got pni and how I could have prevented it.
I felt guilty for getting it and really abnormal about having certain feelings and being in a state of confusion about my beautiful new baby. This book is making me realise that there is probably no way I could have not got pni because every mother has a post natal experience which includes some of the symptoms of pni either mildly or severe. It is making me realise that motherhood is full of highs and lows and that doesnt mean I am a bad mother or that I have failed. It has also made me realise that motherhood is full of a range of feelings love, anger, hate, resentment, and sheer joy. Its not bad to be tired and fed up sometimes and I dont have to be on top of the world all the time. This is what someone should have sat me down and told me when I had the baby nearly 9 months ago.
It does exactly what it says on the blurb.. 'This book sets out to dispell the myths surrounding motherhood and to address the varied needs of contemporary women facing motherhood' Having really suffered from ups-and-downs after the birth of my baby it is fantastic to realise that all my reactions were completely normal and my blues were finite. I was totally unprepared for everything I would experience after the birth (people tend to be prepared up until the event and no further...) and reading Kate Figes' book gave me a lot of courage and confirmed that I am normal!
Smiley
xx
