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 13
... seemed unconcerned that I continued smoking , although he mentioned the risk of a low birth weight baby . Indeed , he seemed more preoccupied with weight gain than smoking , and congratulated me each month when I had only put on a ...
... seemed unconcerned that I continued smoking , although he mentioned the risk of a low birth weight baby . Indeed , he seemed more preoccupied with weight gain than smoking , and congratulated me each month when I had only put on a ...
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... seemed to be pushing , but was obviously not quite into transition , so it seemed like the birth was progressing well . She was concentrating hard , but had not yet lost her sense of humour ! We formed a wonderful little team . It was ...
... seemed to be pushing , but was obviously not quite into transition , so it seemed like the birth was progressing well . She was concentrating hard , but had not yet lost her sense of humour ! We formed a wonderful little team . It was ...
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... seemed to resemble his father's features so much they were almost his in miniature . Again I thought it odd that I should dream about a boy when I was having a girl . Nothing else in these two strange dreams seemed as strange as this ...
... seemed to resemble his father's features so much they were almost his in miniature . Again I thought it odd that I should dream about a boy when I was having a girl . Nothing else in these two strange dreams seemed as strange as this ...
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References to this book
Blacklines: Contemporary Critical Writing by Indigenous Australians Michele Grossman No preview available - 2003 |