It sucked and then I cried : how I had a baby, a breakdown, and a much needed margarita / Heather B. Armstrong.

  • Armstrong, Heather B.
Date:
[2010]
  • Books

About this work

Description

"In It sucked and then I cried, Heather tells, with trademark wit, the heartfelt, unrelentingly honest story of her battle with postpartum depression and all the other minor details of pregnancy and motherhood that no one cares to mention."--Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

New York : Gallery Books, [2010]

Physical description

ix, 262 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Contents

Let the anxiety commence -- How to exploit an unborn baby -- A twenty-pound basketball with legs and arms -- Dressing like a concubine in Humpty Dumpty's harem -- Labor to the tune of Janet Jackson's nipple -- You have to feed the baby ... through your boobs -- Sympathy for the world -- It's all fun and games until someone pokes their eye out with a baby -- The dive the turned into a belly flop -- Your biological clock is a dumbass -- Other mothers : your harshest critics -- Trusting the wisdom of a dog -- Finally, proof that I was in the room when she was conceived -- Heather, interrupted -- Her screamness who screams a lot every day with the screaming -- If your wife is pregnant, you might want to skip this one -- My arms spread completely wide -- I never thought I would become this woman.

Type/Technique

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BZP (Armstrong)
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781439171509
  • 1439171505