{"product_id":"becoming-early-motherhood","title":"Becoming: The Guide for Early Motherhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e------C O M I N G   S O O N ---------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMotherhood is one of the most significant things a woman will ever do. It is also one of the least honestly described.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#5E5650;\"\u003eBecoming: The Guide for Early Motherhood\u003c\/strong\u003e is a 126-page practical guide to the identity shift of early motherhood — matrescence, burnout, perinatal mental health, physical recovery, emotional regulation, and rebuilding real support. Every chapter names what's actually happening at that stage, backed by the research, and then hands you something concrete to do about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a book to read once before the baby arrives and shelve. 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