Following the birth of her first children, twin boys, Jessica
Cornwell collapsed in a fever. Rushed back to hospital, she was
initially dismissed, before a life-threatening infection was
diagnosed. Alone, recovering, watching her body bruise and break, a
curious thing happened: she stopped feeling. At home, the numbness
remained. Nursing her boys through jaundice, learning to
breastfeed, slowly re-emerging into a world where other mothers
seemed to cope, Jessica hid her secret - she felt no love, only
fear. Worse, vivid memories began to surface, of moments in her
past she thought buried. Jessica began to name, one by one, the
shadows that returned to haunt her first year as a mother. And in
claiming back the words, she fought to claim back her life and the
love she bore her young family. Birth Notes is the story -
luminous, breathtaking and courageous - of forging a self from
fragments. With eloquent rage and searing honesty, it speaks for
the unvoiced and shines a light on maternal mental health. It is
the love story of a mother for her children and a woman for
herself.
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