Books : Understanding Your Moods When You're Expecting: Emotions, Mental Health, and Happiness -- Before, During, and AfterPregnancy
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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 618
EAN num: 9780547053622
ISBN number: 0547053622
Label: Mariner Books
Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 256
Printing Date: June 09, 2008
Publishing house: Mariner Books
Sale Popularity Level: 110212
Studio: Mariner Books
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From a nationally recognized medical expert, a book as essential to a woman's emotional health during pregnancy as What to Expect When You're Expecting is to her physical health
Having a baby presents unique challenges for mothers both physically and psychologically, yet the mental health aspect of maternity is rarely given its due. As an advocate for women's reproductive health, Dr. Lucy J. Puryear is changing that. In this informative, reassuring book, Dr. Puryear examines the emotional health issues associated with pregnancy and postpartum, providing an indispensable resource for expectant parents and for those who wish to become pregnant.
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Well-written, easy to read and very human. This is a vital read for anyone who suffered from depression before pregnancy (even if you were "cured"); as well as women who are looking for a post-partum resource that deals with how she actually *feels*, as opposed to an extended tome on diaper changing, breast pads and burping, which are ten-a-penny.
Also, a great read for dads-to-be and new dads, who are wondering who took their wife and replaced her with this sad lady?
Instead of buying another book on the merits of "wearing" your baby or the horrors of disposable diapers, which you flip through in your "mommy" pajamas (with flaps) whilst hiding in the closet, crying, at 3am, (been there); get this book and start getting well.
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i wish this was required reading for all doctors, especially ob, pediatrics, and family practice. and then they could give a copy to every mother and potential mother, and fathers. it covers a lot of valuable information not found anywhere else in a very readable and understandable form.
it really emphasizes an understanding viewpoint that could help us all-we do not have to try to live up to what we think are others expectations of us. a lot of wisdom here.
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This book should be required reading for all expectant mothers! I so wish that I had been able to read it before the birth of my very first baby, but now that my 2nd is eight months old, I find that it is EXACTLY what I needed to know. I've struggled with PPD issues after both of my babies, and this book has been the GREATEST help!
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There are so many books out there about what you may feel physically during pregnancy and postpartum. I believe this is the very first that helps pregnant women gauge what's common emotionally. As a therapist who works with pregnant and postpartum women, I am thrilled to see this book! I have already recommended it to several clients who are having a rough time emotionally.
Dr. Puryear has written a concise guide to the spectrum of mood changes that are common for pregnant women to have, starting with the very beginning of pregnancy. I know this book will be very reassuring for many families, and I am grateful to be able to offer it as a resources to my clients.
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This book is eloquently written and so honest - thank you, Dr. Puryear! Also, thank you for encouraging us moms to realize that being a "good enough" mother is an achievable, reasonable, rational, and realistic goal. This notion offers women the freedom to be themselves and the fulfillment that comes from loving others from a place of authenticity.
Dr. Puryear is well-known in Houston as a psychiatrist in private practice and a faculty member at Baylour College of Medicine. Dr. Puryear served as an expert witness in both of Andrea Yates' trials here in Houston and is a powerful advocate for women and the need to recognize and appropriately treat and manage women's mental health issues.
This book is for every woman who will, who is and who has experienced pregnancy and/or motherhood. It's focus is on the "normal" fluctuations in emotion and mood that many women experience during and after pregnancy and differentiating such changes from mood disorders (depression, anxiety, psychosis) that need professional treatment.
Dr. Puryear weaves in some her personal experiences of motherhood and acknowledges the fact that for too long we women and society at large have put unnecessary and undue pressure upon women to be "perfect" in so many ways - including motherhood. The author encourages us women to shift our focus to a new goal - to striving to do the best we can with what we know and what we have daily to best serve ourselves, our families, and society at large. She gives us permission to be "good enough" mothers and to be honest, vulnerable, strong and forgiving of ourselves.
Thank you, Dr. Puryear, for sharing yourself, your stories, your expertise, and stories of others that are easy to understand and relate to as women and mothers.
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