The Recovery Mama Guide to Your Eating Disorder Recovery in Pregnancy and Postpartum
Published on 21. February 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-78592-829-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers friendly, realistic advice to support pregnant women and new mothers struggling with changing body image, eating disorders or postpartum depression. Self-care tips and recovery tools help women let go of social and self-imposed pressures, and embrace being good enough during the massive learning curve of new motherhood.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78592-829-1 (9781785928291)
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Linda Shanti McCabe
The Recovery Mama Guide to Your Eating Disorder Recovery in Pregnancy and Postpartum
E-Book
02/2019
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
€18.99
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Content
Introduction. Chapter 1 - Body Image: Navigating Changes in Your Body and Your Identity. Chapter 2 - Hormone and Mood Changes: How to Radically Accept and Support Yourself through the Tsunami of Mood and Hormone Changes. Chapter 3 - Sleep Changes: Life Will Never Be the Same, But You Can Still Get Support and Create New Structures. Chapter 4 - How To Survive Nausea, Food Cravings, Breastfeeding, and Other Pregnancy and New Mommy Food Challenges. Chapter 5 - Good Breast, Bad Breast, Good Enough Breast: Stop 'Shoulding' on Yourself about Whether to Breast or Formula Feed and Find the Right Answer For You. Chapter 6 - Distress Tolerance: It's Okay Not to Be a Supermom. Chapter 7 - Spirituality, Recovery and Motherhood: Finding Creative Outlets and Alone Time, Even if it's Just Five Minutes a Day. Chapter 8 - Isolation and Support: The Dangers of Isolation and the Need for Support. Chapter 9 - Career, Working, Staying at Home: Discovering the Right Balance for You, Right Now. Chapter 10 - Advanced Maternal Age: Navigating Life as an "Older Mom". Appendices - Resources on Special Issues for Recovering Women.