HEY BABY!
The hip new moms guide that's all about you
One minute you are in stilettos sipping Martini’s on the company account, the next you are bulk buying maxi-pads and freezing your breast milk in ice trays. For most new moms the unexpected about-turn is an unexpected shock. Nobody told you quite how tough it was going to be, in fact – now that you think about it, nobody told you much at all about life with a baby. There are tomes of books on what your baby should eat and weigh, how to breastfeed it and extract boogers from its nose, but precious little on how slowly you will shrink or how many hours you will lie whimpering in shock over the downward spiral your life has taken. That is, until now. Described by Rooi Rose as “easily the only homegrown book on making the transition to motherhood on the shelves,” Sarah Bullen talks straight to new moms on what to expect after the flowers die, cards dwindle and life with a new baby begins.
HIGHLIGHTS OF HEY BABY!
Part straight-talking advice, part Sarah dispenses tips and techniques from moms to get through the first 12 months of motherhood laughing.
Body Shots: Wombs, boobs and other things that move. Your body has gone from fab to flab. We cover the real stuff here. What can go wrong – from your worst nightmare to a mild inconvenience? But more importantly we talk about how to get back into shape, how long it is going to take and why foundation knickers are a new mom’s best friend. From sensible to surgery – we do what it takes to get out of our elasticized waistbands.
Relationships: Can your relationships survive your baby? Sarah talks about how to get through the first 12 months without a divorce, techniques to really make your relationship work, essential tips for handling grandparents and how to keep your friends when all you can talk about is the texture of poo.
Move your Mind: Motherhood is one of the most powerful journeys a woman will go on and an underestimated transition in our culture. In the biological and physical sense, you become a mother immediately. But there is a long road to becoming a mother in the spiritual sense. We discuss ceremonies and rites of passage that can mark the change for women allowing them to let go of the old, and embrace the new.
Sex after the Stretch: From lush to thrush.
It happens to the most adventurous of us – suddenly we realise the last time we had sex was after seven Kir Royale’s at Aunt Tilly’s 60th. And that was six months ago. Sex may have got you into a relationship, it may have kept you going until that first child arrives, but after that the two of you are going to have to work harder than Britney Spears to keep it going. Let’s talk about how to bring the sex back into your life.
Author, Literary Agent, Speaker & Writing Mentor
Sarah Bullen is a multi-published author and writing coach, leading international writing retreats and adventures in Europe and Africa. Sarah had a life-altering near-death experience herself where she was in a coma for three weeks. Her story has become a book Love & Above: A journey into shamanism, coma and joy. She is a former financial and magazine journalist writing for titles such as Marie Claire, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan and Psychologies UK. Her latest book The Other Side: Journeys into Mysticism, Magic and Near Death gathers riveting and radical stories of people from Africa, who have crossed to the ‘other side’ or those who can contact it.
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