The Second Nine Months

In this book, Vicki Glembocki shares her honest and humorous experience of becoming a mother for the first time when she gave birth to her daughter Blair. Despite feeling an initial wave of maternal bliss that she assumed would sustain her through the challenges of new motherhood, including sleepless nights and all the other difficulties that come with a new baby, Glembocki found the transition into motherhood incredibly hard. The reason for this was because no one had prepared her for what lay ahead, and so she was left feeling isolated and unsure of whether she was doing things right. In this book, Glembocki gives new mothers the unvarnished truth about those first months of parenthood, from worrying about bonding with their babies to feeling like they might be the only woman on Earth who lacks the maternal gene. Throughout it all, Glembocki reminds her readers that they are not alone and that it is normal to feel like they are not enjoying every minute of motherhood. Most importantly, she reassures them that both they and their children will turn out just fine in the end.