Motherhood is a journey with many questions during prenatal and postnatal periods. This book finally settle questions such as

• What food is safe during pregnancy
• The best exercise for pregnant women
• How to improve sex life during pregnancy
• Why you need to get healthy after birth
• How to handle different stages of motherhood

McSwain goes through her experiences with pregnancy, retelling what she wished she knew at the birth of her first child. Despite the book packing lots of information on the journey from pregnancy to childbirth, it uses simple language to explain big concepts that can help a mom take care of herself during the pregnancy and after childbirth. It punches some surprises that many mothers have to learn on the job. 

The book maintains a simple language so everyone is able to get valuable lessons. Women often gain lots of pounds during pregnancy and some are concerned about how they’ll keep a healthy weight. The book contains valuable information on nutritional health as well as some best exercises that work during and after the pregnancy. Many practical exercises and activities to keep fit are discussed that can help moms from all over stay healthy amid the bodily changes.

Motherhood is a long journey and each step requires lots of information to get through. There are multiple aspects of pregnancy and handling yourself after childbirth that is simply never discussed. The book is in-depth discussing all the gray areas that empower the mother to keep their health in check. There are areas such as food safety that are discussed to help moms stay safe during the pregnancy as well as eat healthily.

McSwain helps to iron out some areas that many books and peers often neglect the psychological health of the mother. The expectations mom has during pregnancy are at times shattered as well as the new pressure of nursing the baby at times when mom loses sleep and ignores their psychological health. The author discusses how to handle stress after delivery and why it is okay to ask for help in hard times.

Successful deliveries, even those that are relatively easy, leave the mother tired and unable to handle heavy work. This handbook extends how you can recover from childbirth before you can start handling difficult tasks. It gives a preview of how it feels nursing a baby who doesn’t smile or speak yet the mother has to feed it, change it, wash it, etc, and how the mother can be more prepared.