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emotions on the journey through pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting
Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Editors and Contributors; 1 The Complex and Contradictory Emotional Paths to Parenthood; Narrating the Journey; Scholarly Context for Paths to Parenthood; Organisation and Themes; References; Part I Journeys into Pregnancy and Childbirth; 2 Postnatural Families: Refiguring Intimacy Through Assisted Reproduction; Bodies, Technologies, Emotions; Opportunity and Foreclosure; Alienation and Loneliness; Uncertainty, Guilt, and Pain; Satisfaction; Conclusion; References; 3 Embodying Pregnancy and Self-Surveillance; Embodying Medicine; Embodying the Child
ConclusionReferences; 4 Pain and Suffering in Labour and Birth; The History of Pain Management in Childbirth; Women's Testimonies of Pain and Suffering in Childbirth; Pain and a Good Birth; Conclusion; References; Part II Journeys into Early Parenthood; 5 Same-Sex Attracted Parents' Emotional Transitions to Parenthood; Mental and Emotional Health of LGBT Parents; Trauma Associated with Pregnancies; Negotiating Parental and Familial Identities; Biological Relatedness and Parental Identity; Conclusion; References; 6 The Turbulent Emotions of Early Parenthood; Joy, Love, Exhaustion
Bodies and EmotionsInexperience and Responsibility; Families and Relationships; Self and Sacrifice; Silences and Ignorance; Settling into Parenthood; Conclusion; References; 7 'What Have I Done?': An Exploration of the Ambivalent, Unimaginable Emotions of New Motherhood; Conceptualising Motherhood; Unpacking Emotional Narratives of Motherhood; Kathleen's Story; Esther's Story; Conclusion; References; 8 Narrating and Disrupting Postnatal Depression; Theoretical Framework; The Speaking 'I' Interrupted; Diagnosis, Absolution, Connection; Conclusion; References
9 'One of the Most Vulnerable Times in Your Life': Expectations and Emotional Experiences of Support in the Early Postnatal PeriodPostpartum Practices in Cross-Cultural, Historical, and Contemporary Perspective; Orientations Towards Social Support in Early Parenthood: Expectations and Emotions; Influences on Expectations: Network-/Interdependence-Oriented Parents; Emotional Experiences: Network-/Interdependence-Oriented Parents; Influences on Expectations: Couple-/Independence-Oriented Parents; Emotional Experiences: Couple-/Independence-Oriented Parents; Conclusion; References
10 Labour After Labour: Negotiating Caring for Children and Paid WorkNegotiating the Work-Life Balance; Conclusion; References; Appendix; Author Index; Subject Index
Renata Kokanović, Paula A. Michaels, Kate Johnston-Ataata, editors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.