I Don't Know How to Give Birth! (GN)

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Title: I Don't Know How to Give Birth!
Volume: GN
Pages: 160
Distributor: Yen Press

Release date: 2020-08-18
Suggested retail price: $15
Age rating: 16 - 18 Years

ISBN-10: 1975332881 1975332881
ISBN-13: 9781975332884 9781975332884

Description:
A humorous and heartfelt autobiographical comic essay of a manga artist new to the challenges of motherhood! Follow her journey as she learns the ins and outs of pregnancy and childbirth—and the impossibility of finding comfy maternity underwear!

(added on 2025-03-19, modified on 2026-02-03)

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