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Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.34 — 13,106 ratings — published 2023
Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.12 — 48,848 ratings — published 2019
Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.27 — 60,266 ratings — published 2013
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The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read [and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did] (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.09 — 42,520 ratings — published 2019
The Nurture Revolution: Grow Your Baby’s Brain and Transform Their Mental Health through the Art of Nurtured Parenting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,716 ratings — published
Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood―and Trusting Yourself and Your Body (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,030 ratings — published
The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,232 ratings — published 2016
What to Expect When You're Expecting (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 3.82 — 62,860 ratings — published 1984
Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,939 ratings — published 1976
Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,928 ratings — published 2014
Nightbitch (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 3.40 — 94,018 ratings — published 2021
Mères sans filtre (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.40 — 99 ratings — published
Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (Audiobook)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.02 — 82,404 ratings — published 2012
The Fourth Trimester Journal : Practices and Reflections to Honor Your Journey into Motherhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.00 — 12 ratings — published
Nine Golden Months: The Essential Art of Nurturing the Mother-To-Be (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 3.99 — 385 ratings — published
The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 3.76 — 2,998 ratings — published 2016
The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 3.45 — 4,084 ratings — published
Mama Rising: Discovering the New You Through Motherhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 3.96 — 231 ratings — published
Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,076 ratings — published
To Have and to Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.25 — 4,607 ratings — published 2019
Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.55 — 13,606 ratings — published 1995
Bumpin': The Modern Guide to Pregnancy: Navigating the Wild, Weird, and Wonderful Journey From Conception Through Birth and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.05 — 5,989 ratings — published 2019
Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.19 — 12,624 ratings — published 2018
Mothering From Your Center: Tapping Your Body's Natural Energy for Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 4.28 — 149 ratings — published 2013
Dept. of Speculation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as matrescence)
avg rating 3.75 — 65,699 ratings — published 2014
Unexpecting: Real Talk on Pregnancy Loss (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.61 — 594 ratings — published
Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.24 — 5,078 ratings — published 2020
Buddhism for Mothers: A Calm Approach to Caring for Yourself and Your Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,294 ratings — published 2003
Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,478 ratings — published 1998
Therapeutic Arts in Pregnancy, Birth and New Parenthood (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published
Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.49 — 49,066 ratings — published 2022
Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage: Weaving Ancient Wisdom With Modern Knowledge (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,053 ratings — published
Mom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 3.80 — 1,267 ratings — published 2021
The Sicilian Inheritance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 3.97 — 63,244 ratings — published 2024
De moederbreinmythe: Waarom moeders én hun brein meer zorg verdienen (Dutch Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.17 — 58 ratings — published
The Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.11 — 459 ratings — published 1987
Writing Maternity: Medicine, Anxiety, Rhetoric, and Genre (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.44 — 9 ratings — published
Twenty-first Century Motherhood: Experience, Identity, Policy, Agency (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 3.93 — 15 ratings — published 2010
The Rhetoric of Pregnancy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.70 — 10 ratings — published 2013
Bodies that Birth (Women and Psychology)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.03 — 65 ratings — published 1996
Handboek psychiatrie en zwangerschap (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
The Abandoners: On Mothers and Monsters (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,432 ratings — published 2022
Krwinki. Opowieści o stracie i nadziei (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.45 — 238 ratings — published 2025
The Power Pause: How to Plan a Career Break After Kids—and Come Back Stronger Than Ever (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,650 ratings — published
Solid Starts for Babies: How to Introduce Solid Food and Raise a Happy Eater (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.42 — 786 ratings — published
E=mc2: A Story of Infertility, Miscarriage & Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 4.83 — 12 ratings — published
Mothertongues (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 3.88 — 86 ratings — published 2022
Making Babies: Stumbling Into Motherhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 3.58 — 1,217 ratings — published 2004
Motherhood: A Manifesto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as matrescence)
avg rating 3.74 — 172 ratings — published 2021
“Becoming a mother leaves no woman as it found her. It unravels her and rebuilds her. It cracks her open, takes her to her edges. It’s both beautiful and brutal, often at the same time.”
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“It’s strange territory, this desertland between maidenhood and motherhood. I suppose it was ingrained from an early age that one stage naturally and effortlessly follows the next. Yet, here I stand, longing to make that transition, both ready and eager to enter an elusive place, the door to which remains tightly shut. So, I rest on the periphery, a wandering nomadic drifter waiting my turn. I am lost in an eternal dance of emotion, shifting between hopefulness, grief, frustration and fear. Some days I feel strongly that my time is coming soon and I will be a mother. Other days I am impatient and not so sure it will ever happen for me.”
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