The Recovery Mama Guide to Your Eating Disorder Recovery in Pregnancy and Postpartum

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The upheaval of pregnancy and new motherhood can often trigger a relapse for womenrecovering from eating disorders, or contribute to their development. This book supportspregnant w omen and new mothers struggling with changing body image, eating disorders,postpartum depression or perinatal anxiety.Many of the emotional challenges of recovering from an eating disorder - isolation,perfectionism and identity issues - are compounded during pregnancy or earlymotherhood, when women also have to tackle hormone fluctuations, food cravings andperceived pressures to lose baby weight.The author combines friendly, non-judgmental advice and professional expertise withcandid personal experience. She offers recovery tools, support strategies and realisticadvice on how to make time for self-care while navigating the chaos of sleep deprivationand feeding schedules. Most importantly, this book will help women let go of social andself-imposed pressures, and embrace being good enough during the massive learningcurve of new motherhood. Show more