About the book: 2023 / Newborn kittens can crawl, killer whales can swim, elephant calves can walk. A human baby is born unadapted and requires enormous resources in the first year of life. Raising a healthy and happy person - and at the same time not losing a career, well-being and peace of mind - is a colossal job, despite advances in medicine and rising living standards. As a result, many decide not to have children at all: everything is complicated, and there are already almost 8 billion of us on the planet. Scientific journalist, science popularizer and young mother Asya Kazantseva would have been very surprised if five years ago they had told her that she would want a child so early . This book, her fourth, is special: in it the author, as always, professionally and entertainingly, talks about recent research in the field of embryology, neonatology and in vitro fertilization; about real and mythical risks for mother and fetus; about the possibilities and limitations of modern medicine. But that's not all. This is also a personal story of the most important decision in life and the beginning of great love. The publishing design is preserved in PDF A4 format.