The Fifth Trimester : The Working Mom's Guide to Style, Sanity, and Success After Baby

Packed with honest, funny, and comforting advice--"a book you MUST read if you are returning to work after the birth of a child.... I loved it and you will too." --New York Times bestselling author Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D.

The first three trimesters (and the fourth--those blurry newborn days) are for the baby, but the Fifth Trimester is when the working mom is born. A funny, tells-it-like-it-is guide for new mothers coping with the demands of returning to the real world after giving birth, The Fifth Trimester contains advice from 800 moms, including:

-The boss-approved way to ask for flextime (and more money!)
-How to know if it's more than "just the baby blues"
-How to pump breastmilk on an airplane (or, if you must, in a bathroom)
-What military science knows about working through sleep deprivation
-Your new sixty-second get-out-of-the-house beauty routine
-How to turn your commute into a mini-therapy session
-Your daycare tour or nanny interview, totally decoded
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