Home Game by Michael Lewis. Yes, THAT Michael Lewis.
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It’s not quite a memoir, but a good nonfiction about it is To Have and To Hold by Molly Millwood. It really helped me during the first year when I didn’t think my marriage would withstand the transition and I felt more alone than ever. It’s definitely geared more towards women, but I think a man might find it helpful to understand the brutal and abrupt change that women go through when they become mothers.
Admirable-Brief-984 on
The New One, by Mike Birbiglia
Unique-Competition78 on
Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott. I felt I was a failure as a new mom. I’d read everything on the market about bringing baby home, but actually doing so was like a bomb went off in my life. Anne writes so honestly, yet with so much love and humor, that I found my new normal and began forgiving myself for falling short of my own expectations.
IntelligentPotato331 on
Matrescence is phenomenal. Part memoir, part review of the current science behind brain changes in pregnancy and postpartum. It is about the birthing person, but will really help you understand the experience in ways you probably wouldn’t otherwise. (Also, as someone who studied this, the science is very solid!! Not pop science at all)
Nowordsofitsown on
A depressed mother’s perspective: *It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita* by Heather B. Armstrong
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Home Game by Michael Lewis. Yes, THAT Michael Lewis.
It’s not quite a memoir, but a good nonfiction about it is To Have and To Hold by Molly Millwood. It really helped me during the first year when I didn’t think my marriage would withstand the transition and I felt more alone than ever. It’s definitely geared more towards women, but I think a man might find it helpful to understand the brutal and abrupt change that women go through when they become mothers.
The New One, by Mike Birbiglia
Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott. I felt I was a failure as a new mom. I’d read everything on the market about bringing baby home, but actually doing so was like a bomb went off in my life. Anne writes so honestly, yet with so much love and humor, that I found my new normal and began forgiving myself for falling short of my own expectations.
Matrescence is phenomenal. Part memoir, part review of the current science behind brain changes in pregnancy and postpartum. It is about the birthing person, but will really help you understand the experience in ways you probably wouldn’t otherwise. (Also, as someone who studied this, the science is very solid!! Not pop science at all)
A depressed mother’s perspective: *It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita* by Heather B. Armstrong