TheMommyBlog

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Other people who write

Soon I will I have the chance to interview my very first parenting hero and savior, Vicki Iovine of the Girlfriends’ Guide book series on pregnancy and parenting. I clutched her book to my heartburn-ravaged chest with my water-retaining hands, and slept for months with one or another of her books flung to the foot of my bed as I passed out waiting for the next feeding.

Sure, there were the classic baby guides, which I will not name here because they were helpful in their own special ways (and because they gave us a common vocabulary and starting point), but every single one of them left me scratching my head, laughing at the likelihood that I’d ever be like that, or burning in shame because I fit the profile of an ill-equipped mom.

What is so great about Vicki’s books is that she keeps it real, and is not afraid to just lay it on you: after giving birth, you will bleed like a stuck pig, feel like you’re walking around with a grapefruit between your legs, and most definitely will not be gagging for sex anytime soon. That’s what I got out of it, and thank God for that, because it reduced guilt, stress, and bafflement, especially when during my first shower I though, “WHAT in God’s name is the grapefruit-sized THING?”

So! I am thinking up questions to ask, and would love suggestions from you all, whether or not you’ve read any of the Guides.

What would you ask a former model, lawyer, and TV producer married to a record producer who had four children in six years in her later years?

You can see her books at my Amazon Store—go snatch them up!