Book description
Whatever your age, becoming a mum for the first time brings with it
excitement, anxiety and numerous challenges. But how do you cope when,
to top it all, you discover you are old enough to be the mother of
everyone else in your NCT group? The story of one woman, one new baby,
a slipped disc and rather too many wrinkles, The Secret Diary of a
New Mum (Aged 43 1/4) follows the tale of a midlife mum as she
tries to make the transition from experienced TV producer to utterly
inexperienced parent.
One in five babies is born to a mum over 35, and the number of over
40s giving birth has doubled. The first humorous narrative account of
what it's really like to be a midlife mum - whether it's deftly
side-stepping any questions about age and baby number two or weeping
as younger counterparts ping back into their size ten jeans within
thirty seconds of giving birth - this is the thoroughly entertaining,
insightful and often hilarious account of what happens as you face up
to menopause and new motherhood at the same time.
Cari Rosen worked for many years as a TV producer before becoming a
mum for the first time at 43. Her experience as a 'midlife mum' formed
the basis of her popular column in the
Jewish Chronicle
. Rosen is also one of the core team at mumsnet's new venture Gransnet.
This is her first book.
