The Fifth Trimester
The Working Mom's Guide to Style, Sanity, and Success After Baby
Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Family Relationships, Motherhood, Business & Finance, Business Reference, Health & Well Being, Self Help, Self Improvement, Success
| Author: | Lauren Smith Brody | ISBN: | 9780385541428 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | April 4, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Anchor | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lauren Smith Brody |
| ISBN: | 9780385541428 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | April 4, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Anchor |
| Language: | English |
The first three trimesters (and the fourth—those blurry newborn days) are for the baby, but the Fifth Trimester is when the working mom is born. A funny, tells-it-like-it-is guide for new mothers coping with the demands of returning to the real world after giving birth, The Fifth Trimester is packed with honest, funny, and comforting advice from 800 moms, including:
•The boss-approved way to ask for flextime (and more money!)
•How to know if it’s more than “just the baby blues”
•How to pump breastmilk on an airplane (or, if you must, in a bathroom)
•What military science knows about working through sleep deprivation
•Your new sixty-second get-out-of-the-house beauty routine
•How to turn your commute into a mini–therapy session
•Your daycare tour or nanny interview, totally decoded
The first three trimesters (and the fourth—those blurry newborn days) are for the baby, but the Fifth Trimester is when the working mom is born. A funny, tells-it-like-it-is guide for new mothers coping with the demands of returning to the real world after giving birth, The Fifth Trimester is packed with honest, funny, and comforting advice from 800 moms, including:
•The boss-approved way to ask for flextime (and more money!)
•How to know if it’s more than “just the baby blues”
•How to pump breastmilk on an airplane (or, if you must, in a bathroom)
•What military science knows about working through sleep deprivation
•Your new sixty-second get-out-of-the-house beauty routine
•How to turn your commute into a mini–therapy session
•Your daycare tour or nanny interview, totally decoded
