Becoming a Parent

An emotional survival guide to pregnancy and childbirth Like the other volumes in the Family Matters series, thisauthoritative new book provides expert advice to ordinary peoplestruggling with everyday challenges-in this case, the emotionaltrials of new mothers. Enduring the stresses of pregnancy andgiving birth are only half of what it takes to become a parent. Theother half involves adjusting emotionally to the reality of anewborn. With tips on getting outside help and „discussion points“useful in self-therapy, Becoming a Parent offers real-lifesolutions, based on actual cases, to every sort of difficulty newparents might expect. Jackie Ganley (London, UK) works for Britain's National HealthService.