Throughout pregnancy I was surrounded by women who dreaded the thought of giving birth. Some of those women weren’t even pregnant yet. But I managed to avoid fearful thoughts by focusing on what my mum had told me: contractions feel like period pains (and i’ve had enough of them to know they’re manageable) and the
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On Becoming a Mother
There’s an ocean of books, magazines and websites devoted to pregnancy but so many of them prey on the vulnerable first-time mother, instilling a sense of fear about every aspect of impending parenthood. That’s why Brigid McConville’s newly-published On Becoming a Mother feels like a gasp of fresh air after swimming underwater. Many women have
