Lalita Iyer is a journalist, blogger, feline worshipper, nut-job and foodie based in Mumbai. She has been bashing men for years through her column (and now blog) Chickwit. She has worked with the Hindustan Times and Man’s World magazine before she went on a baby-and-book break. She is still searching for a pause button on motherhood, trying to find sanity through her mommy blog, mommygolightly. She lives with a husband, a son and two cats.
I’m Pregnant, Not Terminally Ill, You Idiot by Lalita Iyer
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“Are you still working?”
“Can you do yoga?”
“Is the baby kicking yet?”
“Why aren’t you drinking?”
Lalita Iyer spent her pregnancy fielding millions of such questions, listening to thoroughly useless bits of advice and untruths, feeling utterly nauseated by manicured baby books that featured pristine mothers with hair, make-up and manicures in place and babies colour- coordinated with their bassinets and quilts. She figured it was about time to write a real book on pregnancy and motherhood that featured real people with real stories instead of sedated
zombies who always told you that everything was beautiful. She nearly killed her husband while writing this book.
