Book Review : The Essence of Motherhood

The Essence of Motherhood by Radhika Jindal is a heart-warming and touching guide of the incredible journey of motherhood to show the transformation from being a wife/daughter/daughter-in-law to becoming a mother. The book is full of beautiful quotes, pictures, advice, experiences and the journey of becoming a mother.

Book Blurb on Amazon

"Do you think motherhood is messy, along with messy houses, messy rooms, and messy clothes? If your answer is yes! Then yes! It is. It’s messy and beautiful. The book is divided into two sections: Healthy Pregnancy: Pregnancy is divided into three phases called the three trimesters and I have tried to cover all the unique issues and events that occur in each trimester, answering the questions that most mothers or to-be-mothers have. A few topics include healthy diet plans and exercise, maintaining self-love, garbh sanskar, packing your hospital bag, and how to prepare yourself for D-day. Cherish the Motherhood: At the end of nine months, you are able to hold your baby in your hands and see him or her for the first time. You are now officially a ‘Mother’! The second part of my book is about the so-called official motherhood stage once the baby is delivered. How can you take care of yourself in the postpartum period? How has your role as a mother changed now? You must read this book if you: Are a first-time parent Are scared of pregnancy Want to cherish motherhood What can you expect from this book? Fitness and diet plans for the three trimesters Garbh Sanskar and the right techniques Personal experiences of mothers Positive visualization and thinking methods How to deal with postpartum depression and weight Experts interviews The book will help you in having a positive mindset towards pregnancy. It’ll also give you a glimpse of what you can expect during and after the pregnancy phase. Motherhood is a beautiful journey but not a destination. This book will help you through this journey like a friend, a guide, and sometimes like a mother or mother-in-law."

Review

This book is a depiction of beautiful journey of transforming from a woman to a mother. It is divided in two parts: healthy pregnancy and cherish the motherhood. The readers specifically expectant mothers or precisely expectant parents will love the way the author has written this book in simple language with appropriate pictures, information, tips, self-tried methods and compiling experiences of different mothers along with medical experts in this book. While reading this book, you will feel like talking to a friend or a guide who is there to tell you what is going to be next. 

The best part is different interviews with medical professionals including gynecologist, senior dental surgeon, women health physiotherapist, Mental Health Blogger and so on. So, this book comes will a personal-life journey of the author along with expert advises. Also, it has all the references to the doctors and books that can be followed by expectant moms. The writing style of author is simple, detailed, informative and with apt examples and references which is an advantage for the readers of this book.

Growing up in a joint family, I have seen the journey of my sister-in-law, sisters and other relatives how panic people turn when it is about pregnancy be it first time or the second. So, I can understand how helpful this book could be and act as a starter for a new mom to keep calm throughout her journey and enjoy this crucial phase of her life. Earlier, people would run on the myths and remedies of elders of the houses but now with the changing lifestyle and environment we have come a far off from relying only on those remedies and it is where books like this become the friends of the new moms.

So, without a hesitation, you can pick this book to feel guided in your journey. Also, check out references of experts the author has shared in the book. Maybe those can help you if you are in the same city as hers.  

One thing to add for the author, the way you wrote this book dividing in two parts you covered the entire journey for mother to get settle to her normal life it is beautiful, but I would suggest to enhance the beauty of your writing try out tools like Grammarly and others as I found many mistakes in book be it spelling or grammar where the sense was made.

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