A remarkable account of pregnancy, from the author of 'Prozac Diary', a richly written book about falling in love, about learning to be selfless and about the courage required to change one kind of happy life into another, very different one.
Career-driven and independent-minded, Lauren Slater charts her progress through the "complex and sometimes compromised months leading up to and through, motherhood". Never less than candid, she begins with the process of decision to have a child - its pros and cons. The cons list is long and includes "less time for friends", "less time for work", "less money" and "Prozac (I'm on it)". The pros had only one entry: "Learn a new kind of love." But what will that love look like?
As a psychologist herself and also one of the first people to take Prozac, Slater brings in an unusual double point of view to bear on a familiar story. Not only does she chronicle the conflicting advice surrounding the use of Prozac and other anti-depressants during pregnancy, but also captures with astonishing immediacy just what the experience of pregnancy is like.
