Nobody Tells You

A refreshingly honest and reassuring guide to pregnancy, birth, and life with a baby, featuring over 100 real-life accounts from parents.

'A truly wonderful resource for new parents and prospective parents alike.' – Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt.

'Refreshingly honest . . . an insightful read for all parents to be!' – Midwife Marley

'A brilliant collection of parenthood truths and reassurances.' – Stacie Swift

Nobody Tells You is a no-holds-barred collection of more than 100 real-life accounts of pregnancy, birth, and life with a baby, brought together with simple advice from pregnancy and postnatal expert Becca Maberly and consultant obstetrician Roger Marwood.

This broad range of honest stories, from the likes of Clemmie Telford, Molly Gunn, Megan Rose Lane, Anna Mathur and many more, is accompanied by professional and reassuring advice from experts that will help you navigate your own experience with positivity and confidence.

Nobody Tells You will give you all the tools you need to be informed and prepared for one of life's great journeys. Without any scaremongering or sugar coating, truths are shared about topics including:

• Trying to conceive

• C-Sections

• Postnatal recovery

• Not loving breastfeeding

• Self-care

• And many, many more!

Inspired by her own experience and frustration at the lack of honest information, Becca Maberly, pregnancy and postnatal expert and the founder of A Mother Place, compiled this essential guide with the help of obstetrician and gynaecologist Roger Marwood and a range of contributors. Together, they share reliable, evidence-based advice with positivity and a good dose of humour.

Whether you're just thinking about having a baby, you are already pregnant, or you have recently become a parent, Nobody Tells You is an invaluable guide to pregnancy, childbirth and beyond.