Nobody Tells You: Over 100 Honest Stories about Pregnancy, Birth and Parenthood

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Pan Macmillan, Apr 15, 2021 - Health & Fitness - 272 pages

A collection of honest, actually helpful stories from real mothers about pregnancy and early parenthood, accompanied by the reliable advice of consultant obstetrician Robert Marwood and pregnancy expert Becca Maberly

Everything that Nobody Tells You about pregnancy, going back to work and everything in between.

This collection of more than 100 honest accounts, from the likes of Clemmie Telford, Molly Gunn, Megan Rose Lane, Anna Mathur and many more, is accompanied by reassuring advice from experts and personal stories that prove there's no 'right way' to be a parent.

Nobody Tells You will give you all the tools you need to be informed and prepared for one of life's great journeys. Without any scaremongering or sugar coating, truths are shared about topics including:
* Trying to conceive
* C Sections
* Postnatal recovery
* Not loving breastfeeding
* Unsolicited advice
* Self-care, and many many more!

Inspired by her own experience and frustration at the lack of honest information, Becca Maberly, pregnancy and postnatal expert and the founder of A Mother Place, and Roger Marwood, an obstetrician and gynecologist, compiled this collection about the highs and lows of the unique and often nerve-wracking experience of childbirth.

Together, with the help of a range of contributors, they share their reliable, evidence-based advice with positivity and a good dose of humor. Whether you're just thinking about having a baby, you are already pregnant, or you have become a parent recently, this book is an invaluable guide.

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About the author (2021)

Becca Maberly is the eldest daughter of Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Roger Marwood, and has become a pregnancy and postnatal expert almost by osmosis. She created and edits the website and social media platform, A Mother Place, which offers online antenatal classes and support for the postnatal period. She is also the mastermind behind "The Doctor and Daughter Antenatal Classes" which have been running in London since 2014. Becca lives in South West London with her husband and her two boys and loves spending time with them and swimming - but not at the same time!Roger Marwood MB BS, MSc, FRCOG is a consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist who has more than 40 years of experience working in a busy NHS Hospital and has personally delivered more than 5000 babies. He has also supervised approximately another 20,000 births. He is a past President of the Obstetric and Gynaecology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. For the last twenty years he has been a Senior Lecturer at Imperial College of Medicine where he has been an acclaimed and popular teacher and tutor. He has worked extensively for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and is currently one of their media spokespersons. Roger is a father of three and Dabda (Grandfather) to five. He enjoys sailing, sculpting and swimming.

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