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 11
... child , and especially her baby . Human relationships are the staple of literature . Lovers write about their partners , husbands about their wives , grown - up children about their mothers and fathers , women about their secret lovers ...
... child , and especially her baby . Human relationships are the staple of literature . Lovers write about their partners , husbands about their wives , grown - up children about their mothers and fathers , women about their secret lovers ...
Page 84
... child to come through life's demands completely unscathed . But to be alone , without a child to care for ( doesn't have to be one's own ) , feels like it would be half a life . A life adrift , half grown . Being close to a child fills ...
... child to come through life's demands completely unscathed . But to be alone , without a child to care for ( doesn't have to be one's own ) , feels like it would be half a life . A life adrift , half grown . Being close to a child fills ...
Page 203
... child's special symbol would be Gwaniya , and that the child's bush name in the riverside should be Dawadiya . Whenever the child would visit her relations in the riverside communities , she would be able to talk about her connections ...
... child's special symbol would be Gwaniya , and that the child's bush name in the riverside should be Dawadiya . Whenever the child would visit her relations in the riverside communities , she would be able to talk about her connections ...
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 |