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An irreverent and captivating memoir about the unexpected joys and glaring indignities of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenthood - from the beloved creator of the most popular personal blog on the web, dooce.com Heather Armstrong gave up a lot of things when she and her husband, Jon, decided... read more
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My husband has great hair, but even more impressive than that, he has impeccable taste in socks.
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Prologue
Chapter 1 Let The Anxiety Commence
Chapter 2 How To Exploit An Unborn Baby
Chapter 3 A Twenty-Pound Basketball With Legs And Arms
Chapter 4 Dressing Like A Concubine in Humpty Dumpty's Harem
Chapter 5 Labor To The Tune Of Janet Jackson's Nipple
Chapter 6 You Have To Feed The Baby...Through Your Boobs
Chapter 7 Sympathy For The World
Chapter 8 It's All Fun And Games Until Someone Pokes Their Eye Out With A Baby
Chapter 9 The Dive That Turned Into A Belly Flop
Chapter 10 Your Biological Clock Is A Dumbass
Chapter 11 Other Mothers: Your Harshest Critic
Chapter 12 Trusting The Wisdom Of A Dog
Chapter 13 FInally, Proof That I Was In The Room When She Was Conceived
Chapter 14 Heather, Interrupted
Chapter 15 Her Screamness Who Screams A Lot Every Day With The Screaming
Chapter 16 If You're Wife Is Pregnant, You Might Want To Skip This One
Chapter 17 My Arms Spread Completely Wide
Chapter 18 I Never Thought I Would Become This Woman
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Authors & Contributors edit
- Heather B. Armstrong (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 1416936017
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 1416936017
Page Count: 272
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 306.8743092
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