Has anyone read the book "This is going to hurt" by Adam Kay

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I watched the series last week on I player and then I bought the book, I am not very far in yet but it has been funny.

I mentioned to my mum I am reading it and she told me I should really stop reading it

For context I am 25 weeks pregnant, 2nd baby but suffered a sort of breakdown in early pregnancy where I was signed off for 8 weeks and completely non functioning for 2 weeks, my mum did a lot to help me and now I have meds etc. I am feeling much better than I was (although not perfect) and 99% of my problem was health anxiety - I was absolutely convinced I was dying and honestly it was terrifying. It also came out of nowhere, literally fine one day and then crying on the bathroom floor to my husband that i didnt know how to tell our 5 year old that i was dying.

Is the book really that bad?? It seems so funny at the start. Obviously I'm trying to be careful about not triggering myself again but it seems like such a good book :(

Remember that your mum has your best interests at heart OP.
I read “The Nightshift Before Christmas” when I suffered my second baby loss. And this was also a mistake.
I mean, you are also an adult but I would be very careful with yourself during what can be an emotional tumultuous time

I would say if you thought the series was ok the book would be fine

but ultimately it’s up to you

I enjoyed the book (which I read years ago) but thought the series was shite - lost all its softness and kindness, the genuine care for women.. and was just calamity and snide little jokes.

I personally wouldn’t watch or read it while pregnant though

He absolutely hates women and his book only reinforces my opinion that I should never put myself in a situation where I being cared for by a male midwife/gynaecologist/ surgeon etc etc. Hideous individual.

Apparently the TV series was very much sanitised to remove some of his more blatant misogyny, but there are some interesting things he can't whitewash from his past including some repugnant songs he wrote about women when a student

Not having read the book nor seen the TV series but prompted on here to look at the lyrics of his songs, I was horrified at his cruel misogyny.

This ^
Vile book, nasty and deeply unpleasant. Don’t waste your time reading this at all.

Agree with others - save it for another time, I read it when 7 months pregnant not knowing what was coming at the end and wish I hadn’t, I then went onto have some pregnancy complications (nothing major) and really think reading this book when I did fed into how I felt about it all.

I do think it’s worth reading although agree about the misogyny. That was massively watered down for the tv series.

look after yourself x