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
... feel we may well be in the vicinity of an acceptable where . She takes us through to the lounge and then disappears . ' The low- key approach , ' I whisper to Tom . ' We are meant to have confidence she will return . ' We sit down . The ...
... feel we may well be in the vicinity of an acceptable where . She takes us through to the lounge and then disappears . ' The low- key approach , ' I whisper to Tom . ' We are meant to have confidence she will return . ' We sit down . The ...
Page 194
... feel will be reflected in her and whatever she feels will be reflected in you . Most mothers have experienced the feeling of the milk ' coming down ' when they are physically nowhere near the baby , signalling that the baby wants to ...
... feel will be reflected in her and whatever she feels will be reflected in you . Most mothers have experienced the feeling of the milk ' coming down ' when they are physically nowhere near the baby , signalling that the baby wants to ...
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... feel . You've carried this person around for months , and half the anxiety comes from the frustration of not being ... feeling you have when they are in your arms — it is like no other feeling in the world . DOROTHY JOHNSTON A Christmas ...
... feel . You've carried this person around for months , and half the anxiety comes from the frustration of not being ... feeling you have when they are in your arms — it is like no other feeling in the world . DOROTHY JOHNSTON A Christmas ...
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 |