Mother Love: Stories about Births, Babies and 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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... birth bonds siblings for life ? Could there be a different quality in their relationship ? Years later , when Miriam was pregnant and planning a home birth herself , she asked if Ethan would like to be her birth supporter . I was ...
... birth bonds siblings for life ? Could there be a different quality in their relationship ? Years later , when Miriam was pregnant and planning a home birth herself , she asked if Ethan would like to be her birth supporter . I was ...
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... home birth ; no private insurance coverage . If you want to stay at home , you must be committed enough to outlay up to $ 2 000 , depending on the midwife . So Miriam sold her computer to have the birth she and her partner Richard ...
... home birth ; no private insurance coverage . If you want to stay at home , you must be committed enough to outlay up to $ 2 000 , depending on the midwife . So Miriam sold her computer to have the birth she and her partner Richard ...
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... birth . Many of us believe the only way a baby can safely get out of its mother's body is with the help of a rich ... home with a midwife . Twelve years ago , I chose home birth , infuriated by the patronising and rigid approach of the ...
... birth . Many of us believe the only way a baby can safely get out of its mother's body is with the help of a rich ... home with a midwife . Twelve years ago , I chose home birth , infuriated by the patronising and rigid approach of the ...
Common terms and phrases
Anna arms asked baby Banaga birth centre blood body born breastfeeding breasts breath Cath centimetres cervix child childbirth Constance Markiewicz contractions Darren daughter death adder Deirdre doctor door dream epidural everything experience eyes face fear feel felt floor forceps freshwater crocodile Fyshwick Gavin girl give birth Grandma's grandmother hair hands hear home birth hospital Hughie husband Ina May Gaskin inside Judy knew labour laugh legs light lives look Melissa midwife milk minutes Miriam months morning mother Mowangka nappy never night NONI HAZLEHURST nurse obstetrician oxytocin pain pethidine placenta pregnancy pulled push realised remember Rosie says scream seemed Sheila Kitzinger sleep smell smile someone Sophie Steve story stroller talk tell There's things thought tiny told turned waiting walk warm watch weeks woman women wonder worry Yawuru
References to this book
Blacklines: Contemporary Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians Michele Grossman No preview available - 2003 |