I Used to be Cool..

by Lexy Ellis

From the award winning blogger Mammywoo, pegged by The Guardian as 'the one to watch' comes a new hilariously funny and deeply moving memoir about dealing with mental illness while still reeling from the magic of giving birth. Lexy wanted to be the perfect mother, she wrote this down numerous times in her planner (ok she doesn't own an actual planner, but the back of an unpaid bill still counts right?) Her journey through motherhood would be calm and serene. No dummies, no drama and she would most definitely slip back in to her pre- pregnancy wardrobe, immediately! What could possibly go wrong? From accidentally breastfeeding the dog to romantic laxatives, therapy and beyond, this is an honest, very relatable and sometimes quite unsettling tale of woe, set in the wilderness of what was meant to be a year spent relaxing, with a baby. A must read for any parent who has ever thought 'this isn't what I expected.'

424 pages, Paperback

Published June 13, 2015

About the author

I Used to be cool, then I had a baby... now I wee when I sneeze.

I had a baby and somewhere in between soiling myself all over a midwife and cradling the child in my arms, I misplaced my sanity. (And quite possibly my libido.)