Mother Love: Stories about Births, Babies & BeyondDebra Adelaide Birth: a rite of passage in which a woman is transformed from a well-groomed, well-organised, self-centered, carefree, childfree person into the exhausted, poo-wiping, milk-sodden, love -ravaged hero that is a new mother. Gabrielle Carey Motherlove: Births, Babies and Beyond is a wonderful collection of stories and memories from women writing about their own and others' births, their babies, and their lives beyond the moment of childbirth, when the world changed forever. Each of the writers invite the reader into their own unique world of Motherlove, that most extraordinary of loves that only mothers can experience and truly understand. The smells, the pain, the power and powerlessness, the joys, the utter exhaustion and the exhilaration, and the incredible love. Sometimes sad and moving, sometimes practical and funny, these are stories that will enthrall and delight every reader. |
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Page 48
... birth anywhere , that it will not completely rest on our choice of the where ; that whether we find ourselves in a labour ward or birth centre , either public or private , it won't make that much difference . I have , after all , worked ...
... birth anywhere , that it will not completely rest on our choice of the where ; that whether we find ourselves in a labour ward or birth centre , either public or private , it won't make that much difference . I have , after all , worked ...
Page 58
... birth centre . And how we will cope with the long night ahead . ' I want to stay at home as long as possible , ' I tell her . The food tastes strange . The chilli is hotter than usual and the chicken less chickeny than usual . It's not ...
... birth centre . And how we will cope with the long night ahead . ' I want to stay at home as long as possible , ' I tell her . The food tastes strange . The chilli is hotter than usual and the chicken less chickeny than usual . It's not ...
Page 232
... birth centre and a man with a thick Middle Eastern accent answered and told me the midwife was having a baby . I didn't care , and wasn't about to hang around to see whether this was true or not . My waters broke while I was hopping ...
... birth centre and a man with a thick Middle Eastern accent answered and told me the midwife was having a baby . I didn't care , and wasn't about to hang around to see whether this was true or not . My waters broke while I was hopping ...
Common terms and phrases
arms arrived asked baby baby's become begin birth blood body born breasts breath called Cath centre child close coming contractions course Darren daughter doctor don't door dream everything experience eyes face fear feel felt finally floor girl give hands happen head hear held hold hospital husband imagine inside it's keep knew labour later laugh leave legs light lives look means Melissa midwife minutes months morning mother move nappy never night nurse once pain placenta pregnant pulled push remember says scream seemed sense sleep smile Sophie stop story sure talk tell things thought told took turned waiting walk watch weeks woman women wonder worry write
References to this book
Blacklines: Contemporary Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians Michele Grossman No preview available - 2003 |