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About That Pregnancy Glow
How is pregnancy at all fair? All that men contribute to the process is to have an orgasm? Seriously? Women have to go through nine of the all time worst months of our entire life – and then childbirth – and then breastfeeding. We kind of hate men for this. About That Pregnancy Glow is a laugh out loud journey through the joys and pains of pregnancy and early motherhood. It is a fun, crass, and heartfelt look at the greatest year of a woman’s life. You’ll laugh, you’ll learn, and you’ll remember just why every bit of annoying, overwhelming, painful suffering is worth it.
186 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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July 9, 2018
Some amusing tales about the miserable side of pregnancy
I am in my third trimester of my 2nd pregnancy and enjoyed some of the anecdotes in the pregnancy and childbirth portions of this book. The short raising kids portion not so much. One of the studies mentioned (regarding self control in the 1970s regarding giving a kid a marshmallow to see if they can hold out for two marshmallows) was actually repeated more recently and found that a child's socioeconomic background had more to do with whether the child had more self control during the experiments. Kids that didn't have concerns about possibly losing the first marshmallow were able to hold out for the 2nd and were more successful in life because they started out with privileges the other kids didn't have. And while I agree fathers are important I believe it's more important having two present parents rather than having an actual father. The adults I know who have same sex parents are some of the most successful people I know. The whole discipline chapter I had a few issues with as well because although it didn't say it outright, it sounded as if the author was condoning spanking your kids in the middle of a department store. I would however recommend reading for the rest of the book of you'd like some tales about the miserable parts of pregnancy if you're having a rough patch in pregnancy yourself.
I am in my third trimester of my 2nd pregnancy and enjoyed some of the anecdotes in the pregnancy and childbirth portions of this book. The short raising kids portion not so much. One of the studies mentioned (regarding self control in the 1970s regarding giving a kid a marshmallow to see if they can hold out for two marshmallows) was actually repeated more recently and found that a child's socioeconomic background had more to do with whether the child had more self control during the experiments. Kids that didn't have concerns about possibly losing the first marshmallow were able to hold out for the 2nd and were more successful in life because they started out with privileges the other kids didn't have. And while I agree fathers are important I believe it's more important having two present parents rather than having an actual father. The adults I know who have same sex parents are some of the most successful people I know. The whole discipline chapter I had a few issues with as well because although it didn't say it outright, it sounded as if the author was condoning spanking your kids in the middle of a department store. I would however recommend reading for the rest of the book of you'd like some tales about the miserable parts of pregnancy if you're having a rough patch in pregnancy yourself.
October 22, 2014
OH MY GOSH!! THANK YOU!!! Finally someone wrote about the honest, gritty, sometimes disgusting, often hilarious side of the so called "pregnancy glow". Twyla Righter writes in such a charming and hilarious way while keeping the heart and beauty of motherhood in tact. I laughed out loud, I cringed with empathy. We've all been there, might as well joke about it now. I seriously enjoyed it, I'd recommend this book to anyone, pregnant or otherwise.
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