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 113
... remember much more about it except how wonderful the nurses were , though they were perfect strangers and were only performing , after all , what was ... remember what he said but I do remember his voice 113 Connections around Childbirth.
... remember much more about it except how wonderful the nurses were , though they were perfect strangers and were only performing , after all , what was ... remember what he said but I do remember his voice 113 Connections around Childbirth.
Page 136
... Remember when grandma told you I wasn't to sleep in your bed ? That was the end of our warm toasty nights . Remember when she said that I was to stop learning the piano because I was taking it too seriously ? That I wasn't to have a dog ...
... Remember when grandma told you I wasn't to sleep in your bed ? That was the end of our warm toasty nights . Remember when she said that I was to stop learning the piano because I was taking it too seriously ? That I wasn't to have a dog ...
Page 229
... remember saying to Ian , ' Who knows , this might be a false alarm ' . Little did I know what the next two hours would bring . We arrived at the hospital and filled out all the relevant forms . I had an examination and was asked whether ...
... remember saying to Ian , ' Who knows , this might be a false alarm ' . Little did I know what the next two hours would bring . We arrived at the hospital and filled out all the relevant forms . I had an examination and was asked whether ...
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References to this book
Blacklines: Contemporary Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians Michele Grossman No preview available - 2003 |