Paths to Parenthood : Emotions on the Journey Through Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Early Parenting
Overview
Acknowledgments.- Chapter 1: The complex and contradictory emotional paths to parenthood.- Part I: Journeys into pregnancy and childbirth.- Chapter 2: Postnatural families: Refiguring intimacy through assisted reproduction.- Chapter 3: Embodying pregnancy and self-surveillance.- Chapter 4: Pain and suffering in labour and birth.- Part II: Journeys into early parenthood.- Chapter 5: Same-sex attracted parents' emotional transitions to parenthood.- Chapter 6: The turbulent emotions of early parenthood.- Chapter 7: 'What have I done?': An exploration of the ambivalent, unimaginable emotions of new motherhood.- Chapter 8: Narrating and disrupting postnatal depression.- Chapter 9: 'One of the most vulnerable times in your life': Expectations and emotional experiences of support in the early postnatal period.- Chapter 10: Labour after labour: Negotiating caring for children and paid work.- Appendix 1: Emotional Experiences of Early Parenthood in Australian Families Project: Participant demographic characteristics.- Index.
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- ISBN-13: 9789811301421
- ISBN-10: 9811301425
- Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- Publish Date: September 2018
- Dimensions: 8.27 x 5.83 x 0.63 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.04 pounds
- Page Count: 254
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