Pregnancy Haiku: Three Short Lines for Your Nine Long Months

by Eugénie Seifer Olson

No sooner did Eugénie Olson announce her first pregnancy than friends and relatives started showering her with books—from the famous tome detailing all that could go wrong week-to-week to the jokey “Hey, girl!” book, from thoughtful takes on hypnobirthing and raising a brilliant baby to glitzy gift books. But there was little to both lift her spirits and make her laugh as her ankles puffed and her hormones raged—and that could be savored at one page per sitting, since her energy was nonexistent. And so she wrote the book she needed most. Pregnancy Haiku is for every mom-to-be who has stared wistfully at a pair of shoes she could no longer fit into, has raced to the ladies’ room every two minutes, or has wept over a TV commercial featuring puppies. Its 100 hip, humorous haikus put a refreshing spin on pregnancy’s universal challenges, from morning sickness and maternity clothes to mood swings, forbidden foods, and, yes, sex .

Genres: Humor

168 pages, Hardcover

First published January 13, 2009

About the author

Eugénie Seifer Olson is an American-born author of three books. Raised in Verona, New Jersey, Eugénie has lived in several locations on the Eastern Seaboard including Princeton, Philadelphia and Boston. She currently lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, with her husband David, their two cats, Kiddun and Loki, and their fish, Lulu.

Eugénie's first book, Babe in Toyland released in March 2004 from Avon, follows Toby Morris, a twenty-five-year-old working in a toy company who falls for her handsome weatherman, J.P. Cody. Her second, The Pajama Game, was released a year later in March, 2005 (Avon). The Pajama Game is a story about Moxie Brecker, an ex-science teacher gone lingerie store employee who is bored with her job and just about everything else. Moxie deals with an attractive repeat customer, disappointment, and depression, although the story remains humorous and enjoyable. Her third and most recent book, Love in the Time of Tafetta (Avon, March 2006) is about Iley Gilbert, a struggling photographer, and her encounter with her married boss, William.

Reviews

[Flo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sweet Mother Nature, is this really a thing?

Pregnant? Me? Oh, no
It’s just that chimichanga
I had for dinner

*

Gasp—it’s positive!
Maybe just two more, to be
absolutely sure.

*

Does my pedicure
look super-shiny and nice?
I can’t tell from here

I’m afraid it is.

The baby can’t wait
to leave the womb this autumn—
lousy haiku scared him.

I skimmed through this book so fast that I can't even give it one star.


March 25, 19

[Janelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fun to look through in the library or bookstore, not worth the money to own.