Dear Future Mama

Singer and songwriter Meghan Trainor, known for hits including "All About That Bass" and "Dear Future Husband," writes here about the role she values most: being Riley's mom. She wanted to be a mother long before she understood how babies were made, so when she learned she was expecting her first child, a son named Riley, the whole experience fascinated her.

Pregnancy is wondrous, Trainor acknowledges, but even a wondrous experience can be unsettling. Expectant mothers face constant input from every direction: phone alerts, questions from loved ones, and strangers who feel entitled to weigh in on how a pregnant woman should feel, think, and behave. Staying calm through all of it is no small task.

Drawing on her own journey, Trainor covers pregnancy, birth, body image, and the newborn days. She is joined by a team of experts, including her personal trainer, her registered dietitian, her husband, and her obstetrician-gynecologist. The tone is candid and nonjudgmental, as if a friend who has already been through it were sitting beside you.

The book is meant as a place for expectant mothers to unwind, laugh out loud, and find the encouragement they need, with the reassurance that they are far from alone.