Belly Laughs The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth

by McCarthy, Jenny

• ISBN13: 9780738210070
• ISBN10: 0738210072
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-13
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

Oh, the joys of pregnancy! There's the gassiness, constipation, queasiness, and exhaustion, the forgetfulness, crankiness, and the constant worry. Of course, no woman is spared the discomforts and humiliations of pregnancy, but most are too polite to complain or too embarrassed to talk about them. Not Jenny McCarthy! In theNew York Timesbest-sellingBelly Laughs, actress and new mother Jenny McCarthy reveals the naked truth about the tremendous joys, the excruciating pains, and the unseemly disfigurement that go along with pregnancy. Never shy, frequently crude, and always laugh-out-loud funny, McCarthy covers it all in the grittiest of girlfriend detail. From morning sickness and hormonal rage, to hemorrhoids, pregnant sex, and the torture and sweet relief that is delivery,Belly Laughsis must-read comic relief for anyone who is pregnant, who has ever been pregnant, is trying to get pregnant, or, indeed, has ever been born!

Author Biography

Jenny McCarthy is the former host of the enormously popular MTV dating show Singled Out. She has starred in many films, including Dirty Love, the Sundance 2005 film that she also wrote. She is the mother of four year-old Evan and lives in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

So You Got Knocked Up? (Getting Pregnant)	1	(4)
Honey, Your Sperm Really Do Work! (Pregnancy Tests)	5	(4)
Barf-O-Rama (Morning Sickness)	9	(4)
Niagara in My Pants (Vaginal Discharge)	13	(2)
Psycho Chick (Hormonal Rage)	15	(4)
Holy Shit, I Think I Hard-Boiled My Baby! (Taking Hot Baths)	19	(4)
Granny Panties (Letting Go of the G-String)	23	(4)
I Can Either Pee on You or You Can Get the Hell Out of My Way! (Frequent Pee Breaks)	27	(4)
Passing Stonehenge (Constipation)	31	(6)
Is It a Penis or a Vagina? (Finding Out the Sex)	37	(6)
Can I Have a Mustard Sandwich with Pickles, Anchovies, Peanut Butter, and a Little Cottage Cheese? . . . Oh, and Throw a Few Fish Sticks on There! (Cravings)	43	(4)
Where in the Hell Can I Find a Muumuu? (Nothing to Wear)	47	(6)
Freddy Krueger Ain't Got Nothing on Me! (Dreams)	53	(4)
Is That an Apple on Your Rectum, or Are You Just Happy to See Me? (Hemorrhoids)	57	(2)
Hi, Porn Star! (Engorged Breasts)	59	(6)
Ready and Squeeze . . . Your Kegels (An Exercise for the Vagina)	65	(4)
Well, It's Not 1972 Anymore! (Baby Boomers Explaining How It Was in Their Day)	69	(4)
Did a Sewer Tank Explode, or Did You Just Fart? (Gas)	73	(2)
Hands Off, Dude! (Strangers Touching Your Belly)	75	(2)
I Can't See! I'm Bleeding! I Can't Stand It! (Weird and Painful Bits and Pieces)	77	(4)
www.ihavetostopbuyingbabyshit.com (On-Line Baby Stores)	81	(2)
Is It Hot in Here or Is It Just Me? . . . It's Just Me (Hot Flashes and Fainting Spells)	83	(4)
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH! . . . I'll Take Another One of Those, Please! (Orgasms in Pregnancy)	87	(4)
The Crying Game (Hormonal Blues)	91	(4)
So, Anyway, Like I Was Saying . . . Wait, What Was I Saying? (Wandering Mind)	95	(2)
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Prettiest Pregnant Lady of Them All? Clearly Not You, Lady! (Face Acne and Rashes)	97	(4)
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! . . . No, It's a Really Swollen Pregnant Lady! (Water Retention)	101	(4)
The McRib Sandwich (Back Pain)	105	(4)
Headaches (Headaches . . . Duh)	109	(2)
That Ain't My Ass! (Cellulite Gain)	111	(4)
No, Not Yet! I'm Not Ready for This Yet! (Premature Labor)	115	(4)
Poopin' on the Table (The Dark Side of Delivery)	119	(4)
The Blue Twinkies (Your Swollen Vagina)	123	(2)
Die, Model Bitch, Die! (Hating Skinny People)	125	(4)
OOOOH! I Think I Felt the Baby Move . . . or Maybe It's Just Gas (Baby Kicks)	129	(4)
Organizing Freak (Your Nesting Instinct)	133	(2)
Breathing for Dummies (Lamaze)	135	(4)
What the Fu*k Are These? (Stretch Marks)	139	(4)
I Just Need to Lie Down for, Like, Five Minutes . . . Okay, Maybe Three Months (Sleepiness)	143	(4)
Pig in the Pasture (Sex in the Ninth Month)	147	(2)
The Moment of Truth (Labor and Delivery)	149	(14)
Let Me Repeat (Husband No-No's)	163