{"product_id":"what-no-one-tells-you-a-guide-to-your-emotions-from-pregnancy-to-motherhood-paperback","title":"What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexandra Sacks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCatherine Birndorf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYour guide to the emotions of pregnancy and early motherhood, from two of America's top reproductive psychiatrists.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen you are pregnant, you get plenty of advice about your growing body and developing baby. Yet so much about motherhood happens in your head. What everyone really wants to know: Is this normal? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -Even after months of trying, is it normal to panic after finding out you're pregnant?\u003cbr\u003e -Is it normal not to feel love at first sight for your baby?\u003cbr\u003e -Is it normal to fight with your parents and partner?\u003cbr\u003e -Is it normal to feel like a breastfeeding failure?\u003cbr\u003e -Is it normal to be zonked by \"mommy brain?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eWhat No One Tells You\u003c\/i\u003e, two of America's top reproductive psychiatrists reassure you that the answer is yes. With thirty years of combined experience counseling new and expectant mothers, they provide a psychological and hormonal backstory to the complicated emotions that women experience, and show why it's natural for \"matrescence\"--the birth of a mother--to be as stressful and transformative a period as adolescence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, finally, is the first-ever practical guide to help new mothers feel less guilt and more self-esteem, less isolation and more kinship, less resentment and more intimacy, less exhaustion and more pleasure, and learn other tips to navigate the ups and downs of this exciting, demanding time\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexandra Sacks, MD, is a reproductive psychiatrist affiliated with the Women's Program at the Columbia University Medical Center and a candidate at the Columbia University Psychoanalytic Center for Training and Research. A leading expert in \"matrescence,\" she is known for popularizing the concept in her TED talk with more than one million views worldwide, and in her \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003earticle \"The Birth of a Mother,\" the number-one most read piece of 2017 for the \"Well Family\" section, where she is a regular contributor. Dr. Sacks was a scholar at the DeWitt Wallace Institute for the History of Psychiatry and serves on the American Psychoanalytic Association advisory board for media education. Her work on matrescence and \"mommy brain\" has been featured in \u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, and on NPR. Dr. Sacks hosts a motherhood podcast from Gimlet Media and is the author, with Catherine Birndorf, of \u003ci\u003eWhat No One Tells You\u003c\/i\u003e. Learn more at AlexandraSacksMD.com and @AlexandraSacksMD. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCatherine Birndorf, MD, is a reproductive psychiatrist and clinical associate professor of psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian\/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she founded the Payne Whitney Women's Program. She is currently the co-founder and medical director of The Motherhood Center, a treatment center in New York City for pregnant and new moms experiencing anxiety and depression. Dr. Birndorf is a board member of Postpartum Support International, a nonprofit organization for awareness, prevention, and treatment of maternal mental health worldwide. For ten years, Dr. Birndorf was a regular mental health columnist for \u003ci\u003eSelf\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and has appeared on numerous television programs including the \u003ci\u003eTODAY \u003c\/i\u003eshow, \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCBS Evening\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNews\u003c\/i\u003e, and CNN. She is the author, with Alexandra Sacks, of \u003ci\u003eWhat No One Tells You\u003c\/i\u003e and of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Nine Rooms of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e, co-authored with Lucy Danziger. Learn more at DrCatherineBirndorf.com and TheMotherhoodCenter.com.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51804826599712,"sku":"9781501112560","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4e1ad206fcfd311b60a1b94faa3eaabd.webp?v=1780903287","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-no-one-tells-you-a-guide-to-your-emotions-from-pregnancy-to-motherhood-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}