[DeepL Translation - needs review] This is the first volume in a series of books by the author of the popular webtoon, The Baby Giver, which has generated an explosive response from readers with each installment. The author's vivid and honest account of her pregnancy and childbirth experiences, from the sudden news of her pregnancy to the gradual physical and mental changes she went through to the birth of her child.
Unlike other parenting comics, the realistic portrayal of the pregnancy pro...
This manhwa focuses on the author's personal experience of pregnancy, spanning from well before until just a short time after birth. Two points that made this particular story more relatable and distinct compared to others of a similar nature is that the author 1) describes the many struggles to become fertile and pregnant with PCOS and 2) narrates the whole physical and mental experience as a human individual - rather than just as a mother or vessel.
The first 1/3 of the book has LOTS of vocabulary related to anatomy and fertility - when visiting OBGYNs and hospitals in Korea for PCOS and pregnancy I literally used every word I learned from this book. So, I highly recommend if you want/need to know this type of vocabulary.
I really appreciate that there is no focus on 'right' or 'wrong' choices, and the author always described her own personal situation as a matter-of-fact statement with the consistent openness that each individual has the right to decide for themselves what they would do in the same circumstances.
This should come as no surprise because of the subject matter, but be warned there are discussions about sensitive topics such as miscarriage, genetic testing, selective abortions, etc. although there are no graphic depictions. I read this both before and shortly after having a (very traumatic) miscarriage and found that the author was extremely sensitive about everything; no blaming, shaming, or fear mongering.