After the Baby's Birth: A Woman's Way to Wellness : A Complete Guide for Postpartum Women by Robin Lim Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of After the Baby's Birth: A Woman's Way to Wellness : A Complete Guide for Postpartum Women
Book Review: I wanted so much to like it!
Summary: 2 Stars
A friend who works at a groovy pharmacy gave me this book and I turned to it for help when I was struggling postpartum. Unfortunately, Robin only seems to address the health of women who are already perfectly healthy. If you're looking for advice on how overcome complications or illness postpartum, this book may not help. In fact, her assertions that the stomach will return to its normal size in 6 weeks, or that new moms don't get sick because of all the love they experience for their baby made me feel bad--and my sense of self is usually pretty robust.Book Review: This book is just like Robin herself
Summary: 5 Stars
The author of this book caught my first son in the summer of 2000. Just like her, the book is warm, caring, thorough, and entirely unhurried. Some of the elements of eastern spirituality may not resonate with followers of western religions, but there is nothing I found offensive. The revised edition (2001) offers particularly good help with breastfeeding and natural family planning. It felt really good to read this book while I was postpartum--I felt understood, and it was great to be "with" Robin again, even though she was hours away.Book Review: Indispensable for the New Mother
Summary: 5 Stars
I discovered this book when my son was nearly 2 months old, and wish I'd had it BEFORE he was born! It is extremely helpful for the first-time mom, giving encouragement and advice that even the most well-meaning friends and relatives might forget. I especially appreciated the chapter on eating, which includes a lot of good thoughts about body image (i.e., adjusting your expectations after becoming a mom). After reading it I sent a copy to my younger sister, whose first baby was born 3 months after mine.I hope the publisher reprints it (and maybe invites the author to update it) so more mamas can benefit from Robin Lim's wisdom!
Book Review: Exactly what I was looking for
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is a terrific wellness resource and comfort. It isn't the book for you if what you need now is a medical guide for postpartum symptoms. It has lots of useful info on how-to feel your best.Book Review: Wasn't what I was looking for
Summary: 2 Stars
This book starts by noting the complete lack of information for women on postpartum health (apart for breast-feeding and depression). This is true, and was why I bought this book, having felt somewhat abandonned by the health profession immediately after giving birth.Unfortunately this book was not what I hoped. It falls into the "Wise Woman" style of pseudo-science, and myself, I much prefer something with statistics and hard facts on what exactly is happening to my body. I had access to plenty of that sort of information during pregnancy - but can't find it now.
About the only part of this book I appreciated was the personal stories. There may be something in it for other women, but personally, I'm still looking for the real authoritative text on postpartum health.