Spit-up On My Shoulder

This Friday, May 23, I will be a guest on New Mom Central’s Blog Talk Radio Show. I hope you will listen in or call in with questions. Here is a promo for the show from Cheryl Wenzel-Nelson, the moderator of several blogs for mom, who will be interviewing me:

New Mom Central interviews Melanie Bowden, author of Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me? True Stories of New Motherhood on Blog Talk Radio. Ms. Bowden is a registered postpartum doula and a mother of two children living in Davis, California.

In addition to her book, Ms. Bowden has published a workbook called Get Your Articles Published and has been freelancing for magazines and websites since 1999. Her articles have appeared in over 100 publications including Vibrant Life, Jugglezine, Parents’ Monthly, and Writers Weekly. She also teaches magazine writing classes, coaches writers, and speaks to writing and parenting groups.

The show airs on Friday, May 23, at 9:30 a.m. PST. The topic of the show will be “Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me?” Ms. Bowden and I will be discussing some of the things that we wish someone would have told us before we became mothers. Ms. Bowden will also be sharing information from her interviews with other mothers about the things they wished someone would have told them when they became mothers for the first time.

One of the most difficult aspects of the transition to motherhood can be the difference between a first-time mother’s expectations of “life after birth” and the reality. Ms. Bowden and I will shed some light on the underreported and rarely talked about major life transition called “motherhood.”

Click here on Friday and then look for our show listed under “Featured Today” to learn some things that could make your transition into motherhood, especially the first three months, a little easier and even more joyful. You can call in with your own questions, or join the discussion with your own stories. The listener call-in line is (347) 945-6211.

If you can’t listen in on Friday, look for a blog post here at Spit-Up On My Shoulder afterwards with a link to the taped show.