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 114
... daughter had chosen the birthing centre at the very same hospital ; it was a tiny cottage separated from the main building by a catwalk and several thousand light years in outlook . Not only was her partner there to help her but I was ...
... daughter had chosen the birthing centre at the very same hospital ; it was a tiny cottage separated from the main building by a catwalk and several thousand light years in outlook . Not only was her partner there to help her but I was ...
Page 115
... daughter was suffering , all the more as the night wore on , but she refused the pethidine . No drugs ! Again , I risked opprobrium by asking if she would use the gas , and to this she agreed . The midwife wheeled in the cylinder of ...
... daughter was suffering , all the more as the night wore on , but she refused the pethidine . No drugs ! Again , I risked opprobrium by asking if she would use the gas , and to this she agreed . The midwife wheeled in the cylinder of ...
Page 119
... daughter and to me , I see that life is a constant , and yet is constantly changing . This land was witness to all ... daughter's labour . The baby born to Warreweer entered a bark cocoon after its exertions , only to be shocked by the ...
... daughter and to me , I see that life is a constant , and yet is constantly changing . This land was witness to all ... daughter's labour . The baby born to Warreweer entered a bark cocoon after its exertions , only to be shocked by the ...
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 |