Who didn't think the first time he saw a nursing bra that is one of the ugliest things in the world? That was the first vignette I discovered on the blog '39 weeks', when I didn't even have plans to get pregnant, but I was captivated by his way of telling things and I was reading his post one after another.
When I knew that I would become a mother I reread it (obviously with other eyes), and In addition to getting rid of some of the natural nerves of the situation thanks to the laughter that suddenly arose, I discovered in him a lot of information that helped me a lot. Now he has just published his first book and I can tell you that it can be described with one word: great.
Its author is Esther Gili, an illustrator with a special gift to tell stories through her drawings. From the beginning he warns that she is not a midwife, nor any expert in the field, but she has gone through the experience of being a mother and through her experience she tells us how she lived it, what surprised her and the differences between theory and practice (I love it because they are usually things that you don't usually talk about).
It is divided into several chapters: pregnancy, first weeks, breastfeeding, growing, clothes and cachivaches and toiletry bag. The best thing about the book is that it perfectly combines the illustrations (with which you have enough guaranteed laughs), and the text, written in a very personal way because it really tells your own experiences.
I can only recommend it completely, especially to those of you who are waiting for your first offspring, novice mothers (Like me!), And to all those who want to remember these moments that sometimes become so hard and that in the end you remember with so much love. As Esther rightly says in the prologue, it is perfect to take the 'funk' away from this of motherhood.
Finally I leave you with the illustration that I told you about at the beginning and that I remember every time I take one of my current bras:
Ahh, you can find it in bookstores and on Amazon at a price of 17 euros.
39 Weeks And My Experiences As A Rookie Mother
Today in Amazon for € 17.05
