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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... oxytocin drip to establish labour . It was dangerous , he said ; now that the membranes had been ruptured , the womb was open to the risk of infection . The drip went in and within two minutes I experienced my first contraction . In ...
... oxytocin drip to establish labour . It was dangerous , he said ; now that the membranes had been ruptured , the womb was open to the risk of infection . The drip went in and within two minutes I experienced my first contraction . In ...
Page 254
... oxytocin . It is the hormone that's released with breast stimulation , breastfeeding and orgasm , which is why it's called the ' love hormone ' . It also makes the uterus contract . But the release of oxytocin can be blocked by a rise ...
... oxytocin . It is the hormone that's released with breast stimulation , breastfeeding and orgasm , which is why it's called the ' love hormone ' . It also makes the uterus contract . But the release of oxytocin can be blocked by a rise ...
Page 256
... oxytocin , the hormone which drives the uterine contractions , and they stop . The midwife returns and checks her progress . ' Oh dear , you seem to have slowed down , Mrs Jones , ' she says . ' I'll take you into your own room now ...
... oxytocin , the hormone which drives the uterine contractions , and they stop . The midwife returns and checks her progress . ' Oh dear , you seem to have slowed down , Mrs Jones , ' she says . ' I'll take you into your own room now ...
Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
Blacklines: Contemporary Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians Michele Grossman No preview available - 2003 |