242 pg, paper, '09

While the journey to motherhood is truly miraculous and brings forth life, it can also present a myriad of concerns. Beauty and body-image activists Claire Mysko and Magali Amadeï offer pregnant women a realty check in terms of you can really expect when you are expecting. The authors expose the myths, challenges, and insecurities pregnant women face and help them discover how to trust their pregnant bodies, to recognize when body issues become extreme, and where to get help.

CONTENTS:

1 – Body Basics: Pregnancy and Beyond
2 – Media Madness: The Truth About Celebrity "Bump Watch"
3 – Let's Talk About Sex (and the) Baby
4 – New Addition, New You: Style & Beauty for Expectant and New Moms
5 – Adding Up, Weighing In, and Counting Down: When All the Numbers Get to Be Too Much
6 – Breastfeeding Is a Loaded Topic
7 – The WTF Files: How to Deal with Dumb Comments and Stupid Moves
8 – Feeling Beautiful for Two: Why Healthy Body Image Will Make You a Better Mother

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Magali Amadeï is a mom and acclaimed model who went public with her bulimia struggle. She has appeared on the covers of several major magazines including Vogue and Glamour.

Claire Mysko is a body-image expert who served as the director of the American Anorexia and Bulimia Association. Mysko and Amadeï founded Inside Beauty, a program that examines cultural messages about beauty, and 5resolutionblogspot.com.

REVIEWS:

"It's never good to want to resist the changes your body is putting you through {during pregnancy}. But the fact is, a lot of us do. I'm excited to say that two women are taking on this issue in this book, to capture the many different ways we women go through, and what it makes us think and feel about out bodies. I haven't met a single woman yet who didn't have something to say about this."
— Redbook, Stacy Morrison, Editor-in-Chief