The girlfriend's guide to surviving the first year of motherhood

wise and witty advice on everything from coping with postpartum mood swings to salvaging your sex life to fitting into that favorite pair of jeans

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The girlfriend's guide to surviving the first year of motherhood

wise and witty advice on everything from coping with postpartum mood swings to salvaging your sex life to fitting into that favorite pair of jeans

1st ed.
  • 3.00 ·
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  • 1 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
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When it comes to your new baby, everyone from Dr. Spock to Dr. Brazleton has an armful of advice. But no one's delivering any tips on how you can care for yourself. Now, four-time delivery room veteran Vicki Iovine answers your questions, calms your fears, and cracks you up as only a girlfriend can, with straight advice and hilarious observations on..."Baby euphoria": Is it a mind-altering drug?"Husband? What Husband?": Taking care of the big baby, as well as the little baby"I Want My Old Body Back!": What you can fix and what you can't"The Droning Phenomenon": The inability to discuss anything but your baby for more than thirty seconds"Do I Have to Become Carol Brady?": Conquering your fear of being a less-than-perfect mother"Competitive Mothering": Coping with know-it-alls, finger-pointers, and others who try to "Out-Mom" youNOTE: Pausing to read this book may be the only selfish thing you do all year, since you'll have time for nothing else!

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English
Pages
272

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Edition Notes

"A Perigee book."
Includes index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.874/3
Library of Congress
HQ759 .I69 1997, HQ759.I69 1997

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Pagination
xiv, 272 p. ;
Number of pages
272

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL667265M
Internet Archive
gfguidemotherhood00iovi
ISBN 10
0399523308
LCCN
97012982
OCLC/WorldCat
36647944
Library Thing
50612
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Goodreads
223031

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