Motherhood Memoir

Facing the prospect of a career-ending disability as she adjusts to life with multiple sclerosis, Dr. Lisa Doggett is forced to deal with a new level of uncertainty and vulnerability, and the everyday fear that something new will go wrong. Taking off her white coat—becoming a patient herself—she confronts unimaginable fears, copes with her limitations, and sidesteps her skepticism of alternative medicine to seek help from unlikely sources. MS pushes Doggett—a perfectionist at heart—to embrace self-compassion.

February 29th is a date that comes into existence just once every four years. It is also the birthday of Thais - author Anne-Dauphine Julliand's darling daughter - who died of a genetic disease. Thais lived just shy of her fourth birthday. She had a short life but good one. As this special day is about to reappear on her calendar for the first time since her daughter passed away, Anne-Dauphine struggles with how to mark this momentous occasion. She wants to live fully on this special day: Thais would have been eight years old.

This is the story of an independent woman who is a model for our time—photographer Toby Molenaar. It begins in Holland during World War II, when her country is decimated by the occupying German army and she is literally left to starve. As a little girl, she learns to be self-sufficient—survival is the order of the day. Courage, indomitable spirit, an open mind, and accountability only to herself are the stuff of this fascinating and inspirational story.

My Body Is a Big Fat Temple, a memoir of pregnancy and early motherhood, follows a writer as she debates having children, miscarries, faces morning sickness, uncertainty, physical impairments, labor, breastfeeding, the "baby blues," the heartache of not loving her son as she thinks she should, parenting through a plague, until finally (basically, mostly) blossoming into her new identity.

A provocative examination of reproductive technologies that questions our understanding of fertility, motherhood, and the female body Since the world’s first test-tube baby was born in 1978, in vitro fertilization has made the unimaginable possible for millions of people, but its revolutionary...

With four young daughters and a miserably failed marriage, Debra Gwartney moves halfway across the country, to Eugene, Oregon, for a new job and what she hopes will be a new life for herself and her daughters. The two oldest, Amanda, 14, and Stephanie, 13, have a symbiotic relationship so intense they barely know where one begins and the other leaves off. They

Ser mamá no se mide por lo que dejas atrás al tener un bebé, sino por lo que ganas al hacerlo. Llegar a ser madre puede ser el más bello sentimiento que una mujer pueda experimentar. Ya seas madre primeriza o goces una vez más del milagro de la vida, este audiolibro te brindará la compresión y autoayuda que requiere afrontar este bello desafío.

When 13-year-old Elizabeth is diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, Faith is in awe of her courageous child, who faces her plight straight on and inspires all who meet her. Despite an army of medical professionals who provide innovative care for Elizabeth, she dies, and Faith and her surviving daughter, Olivia, are thrown into a maelstrom of grief. They find unexpected comfort in the arms of their family, friends, and community, but Faith faces another shock when she has her own cancer diagnosis, while navigating the uncharted waters of a life she never expected.

Eloquent. Philosophical. Introspective. These are not the words usually associated with an autistic child. But in a remarkable display of courage and creativity, a boy named Tito has shattered stereotypes, and in The Mind Tree makes us question all of our previous assumptions about autism. For Tito is severely autistic and nearly nonverbal, and this is his story.

In Mother to Son, Jasmine Holmes shares a series of powerful letters to her young son. These are about her journey as an African American Christian and what she wants her son to know as he grows and approaches the world as a Black man. Holmes deals head-on with issues ranging from discipleship and marriage to biblical justice. She invites us to listen as she reminds Wynn that his identity is firmly planted in the person and work of Jesus Christ, even when the topic is one as emotionally charged as race in America.

Denise Riley has pursued her singular path with a determined disregard for poetic fashion: a poet of immense musical gifts and formal skill, as happy in traditional forms as experimental, her non-alignment with any ‘tribe’ has led to a rich and various poetry that, while densely allusive and...

This is the frightfully relatable but ever so raw memoir of a woman's struggle with early motherhood, all whilst battling the demons of mental illness in the midst of keeping her marriage together. The story tells of a mother's fight to keep her family afloat, her sex life alive, and her sanity intact, even though the person she once was is no longer to be found. It's a very honest book on motherhood that you will find hard to put down. Ride the emotional train along with the author as she tackles the daily grind of motherhood.

In Aunt Mary's Guide to Raising Children the Old-Fashioned Way, Amy S. Peele reflects on her childhood and discovers memories both painful and funny that yield meaningful life lessons. In this book, Peele delves into her sometimes chaotic, sometimes simple childhood, and reflects on the peace of mind she experienced at Lake Wawasee every summer.

When Sharon, aged 15, becomes a teenage mom to an adorable girl, she is elated to spend the rest of her life with her boyfriend and newborn daughter. However, things take an ugly turn when her once-charming sweetheart takes the role of an abuser, making Sharon's life a living hell. It's only with her incessant bravery and faith in God that she manages to break free from the instances of abuse, creating a loving and safe life for herself and her daughter Jennifer.

Hur kommer det att bli när barnet väl är här? Moderskap är någonting som många drömmer om och har bestämda idéer kring, men det är omöjligt att förutspå vad som faktiskt väntar. Som nybliven mamma förstår författaren Karin Milles att det inte är samma sak att se någon annan gå igenom moderskapet som att göra det själv. Sömnlösa nätter, att på daglig basis bli nedspydd och ett par konstant rödsprängda ögon går helt enkelt inte att förbereda sig mentalt på.

In Zusammenarbeit mit einer Psychotherapeutin entstand diese mutige Produktion mit Ute, Inge und Ramona, drei psychisch erkrankten Frauen und Müttern, die ihre persönliche Geschichte der seelischen Krise erzählen. Zur Sprache kommen ihre traumatische Kindheit, die katastrophale Härte sozialer Umstände, ständig wiederkehrende Krankenhausaufenthalte und tief in die Persönlichkeit eingreifende Medikationen.

There is no strength like that of a mother. Crippled as a child, Christine's mother confronted challenges that few on Earth can comprehend. Always unwavering in her faith in the goodness of Christ, she faced down all of life's challenges with humility and grace. With war raging, Christine's family relocated from Korea for America. Her mother, ever the prayer warrior, did all that was required to bring her children up right.

S'Mother is a hilarious memoir based on 30 years of unsolicited advice, news updates, and opinions in the form of thousands of inappropriate, embarrassing, and utterly crazy letters showing the pathological extremes maternal instincts can take. Why is a grown woman so frantic that her adult son screw on his windows to keep out killer bees? Are adult trick-or-treaters really that much of a threat?

Ericka Michelle’s IVF process has been a journey taking 4,718 days to reach the mission’s end. She had weight loss surgery, several fertility procedures, and one successful IVF attempt throughout this process. Divorced during her pregnancy, the new “single parent” was heartbreakingly lonely. However, Ericka’s supportive family and friends helped in her quest to start over again. Her fresh start included struggling to lose weight after childbirth and learning to date in the world of social media.

Ella was eight months pregnant when she excitedly signed the lease agreement for her new apartment. Little did she know that alongside postpartum depression, she would have to deal with harassment, discrimination, retaliation, violation of her tenant rights, and wrongful eviction at the hands of a malicious landlord. This is Ella’s honest account of her struggles to cope with the stress of fighting to keep a roof over her and her infant daughter’s heads. Single Moms Aren't Stupid details the shocking, inspiring events that propelled her journey to become a tenant advocate.