"I promised myself I would tell my story so other mothers wouldn't feel alone!" The fourth trimester is the three months following the arrival of a baby. While all eyes are on her child, the new mother must learn, alone, to cope with all the small and large upheavals taking place within and around her. After giving birth, Valérie Roberts experienced a particularly painful fourth trimester. Today, she wants to lift the veil on this still too little-known phenomenon by exploring, among other things, the themes of loneliness, guilt, and matrescence, the quest for identity that accompanies the birth of a mother. Punctuated with commentary by psychologist Lory Zéphyr, this book paints a frank and illuminating portrait of this pivotal period of motherhood.
