false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256074997m/4222360.jpg 4222360 2 An irreverent and captivating memoir about the unexpected joys and glaring indignities of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenthood -- from the beloved creator of the most popular personal blog on the web, dooce.com Heather Armstrong gave up a lot of things when she and her husband, Jon, decided to have a baby: beer, small boobs, free time -- and antidepressants. The eighteen months that followed were filled with anxiety, constipation, nacho cheese Doritos, and an unconditional love that threatened to make her heart explode. Still, as baby Leta grew and her husband, Jon, returned to work, Heather faced lonely days, sleepless nights, and endless screaming that sometimes made her wish she'd never become a mother. Just as she was poised to throw another gallon of milk at her husband's head, she committed herself for a short stay in a mental hospital -- the best decision she ever made for her family. To the dedicated millions who can't get enough of Heather's unforgettably unique style and hilarious stories on her hugely popular blog, there's little she won't share about her daily life as a recovering Mormon, liberal daughter of Republicans, wife of a charming geek, lover of television that exceeds at being really awful, and stay-at-home mom to five-year-old Leta and two willful dogs. In <I>It Sucked and Then I Cried</i>, Heather tells, with trademark wit, the heartfelt, unrelentingly honest story of her battle with postpartum depression and all the other minor details of pregnancy and motherhood that no one cares to mention. Like how boring it can be to care for someone whose primary means of communication is through her bowels. And how long it can possibly take to reconvene the procedure that got you into this whole parenthood mess in the first place. And how you sometimes think you can't possibly go five more minutes without breathing in that utterly irresistible and totally redeemable fresh baby smell. <I>It Sucked and Then I Cried</i> is a brave cautionary tale about crossing over that invisible line to the other side (the parenting side), where everything changes and it only gets worse. But most of all, it's a celebration of a love so big it can break your heart into a million pieces. 4269757 24 3 2009 It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita total:899|5:139|4:327|3:294|2:101|1:38| 899 3125 1789 330 3 7 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 08:02:51 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 08:30:54 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 18:35:23 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 19:38:30 -0700 2009 dooce.com back when I was pregnant. At the time, I was reading as many different perspectives on pregnancy, labor, delivery, & new motherhood that I could find. I enjoyed this author then, as she is so brutally honest & funny. I found reading thi...more...]]> 0 3 false false Wed Mar 11 20:49:31 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 20:52:50 -0700 2009
Looks like she is speaking in Salt Lake two days after ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Mar 05 17:21:17 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 16:21:54 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 15:39:50 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 15:50:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 20:23:41 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 20:31:08 -0700 2009 It Sucked And Then I Cried is the story of Heather Armstrong's (dooce of dooce.com's) first pregnancy, experience of childbirth, and subsequent post-partum depression. I read it for the latter of all those reasons - I so enjoy glimpsing how other people have fallen apart and picked...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 13:27:36 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 13:38:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 24 16:36:48 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 10:31:48 -0700 2009
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Not sure why I read motherhood memoirs sometimes, because I have absolutely no interest in having children. Books like this help reinforce that, which is fine with me. Very detailed account of ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 06:59:01 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 08:17:02 -0700 2009 Dooce.com) via friends who had been reading it for a while. Heather is witty, brutally honest, and so human in her writing. I love that she is able to take something like pregnancy, labor & deliver, a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 12:53:31 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 12:43:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 04:46:27 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 16:52:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 07:59:54 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 05:27:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 21:52:42 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 09:43:00 -0700 2009 Dooce.com for over a year. I’m addicted to that blog. It makes me alternately laugh out loud, purchase new, funky items, and tear up with emotion. So, when everyone at work was talking about the book written by the Dooce creator, Heather B. Armstrong, I knew I had to ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Apr 23 06:48:56 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 06:58:24 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 06:48:56 -0700 2009 The style of writing does not differ substantially from the blog, and I don't remember sinc...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 17:13:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 08:05:10 -0700 2009
"For nine months I grew a human being inside my belly and then pushed it out my vagina. Afterward I fed it with my boob. Biology is so fucking weird.

I just really needed to point that out." (p 103)

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The b...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 09:48:35 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 21:27:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 04:00:27 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 16:21:22 -0700 2009 dooce.com and have done for years, so I was pleased to get a copy of this book.

It Sucked and then I Cried is not literary non-fiction - Heather is brutally honest and while it's probably not the best-written memoir I've ever read, sh...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 14:10:02 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 08:08:14 -0700 2009 dooce.com for a while and have read through the archives on the website, so I'm fairly familiar with the bits of Heather's life that she has chosen to share with the world at large already. The most common complaint I've read from folks about this book is that bits of it are a r...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4222360