Welcome to Motherhood, Bitches

The Real Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

Victoria Emes

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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
04 May 2022

Biography: arts & entertainment; Health & Self-Help; Pregnancy, birth & baby care; Parodies & spoofs

The real guide to pregnancy, birth and beyond.

I’m assuming you’ve picked up this book because you’re either curious about having kids, you’re currently up the duff, or you’re stumbling through the early days of parenthood with a mattress-sized sanitary towel between your legs wondering what the hell has just happened. That, or you’re killing time in WHSmith, waiting for your flight to Ibiza. You lucky bastard.

Either way, this book is your pregnancy, birth and postpartum BFF.

Welcome to Motherhood, Bitches is your one-stop, no-filter guide to everything from swollen vulvas and dinner-plate areolas; from shitting in labour to the horror of postpartum haemorrhoids; from mindless sleep deprivation to salvaging a sex life when your pelvic floor has hit the floor. But mainly, it’s a reassuring reminder that feeling slightly (or shockingly) out of control with a newborn baby human is entirely normal…we promise.

By: Victoria Emes
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 141mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9780008453558
ISBN 10: 0008453551
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 04 May 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Victoria Emes is Instagram's unfiltered mum-hood legend, who accidentally rose to fame during her maternity leave where she began to document the realities of being a mum online. With two small children, Victoria is exceptionally talented at addressing the unaddressed taboos of raising small humans, and does so through brutal honesty and a sharp wit.

Reviews for Welcome to Motherhood, Bitches: The Real Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

‘Nobody – and I mean nobody – has a way with words quite like Victoria. Candid, reassuring and laugh-out-loud hilarious, this book feels like a friend giving a series of pep talks during the hurricane season of pregnancy and new motherhood.’ Sarah Turner, The Unmumsy Mum ‘Striding confidently into all the topics the antenatal and baby groups tiptoe around. This gritty, honest, useful and at times, hilarious guide needs to be handed out with pregnancy notes. Victoria is the foul-mouthed, taboo-embracing, funny-anecdote-sharing, wildly-knowledgeable mate I needed through pregnancy and beyond. Laugh, gasp, learn lots and feel shoulder-dropping relief that you’re not alone. Your parenting bookshelf may be rammed, but nudge them down. Make space for this one, trust me.’ Anna Mathur, psychotherapist and bestselling author