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Page 109
The mother should handle the baby and kiss it at delivery , for ' the child must
know who is the mother ' . ... All the straightforward cases were delivered at home
or in the Soweto clinics : these hospital mothers fighting to give birth were
selected ...
The mother should handle the baby and kiss it at delivery , for ' the child must
know who is the mother ' . ... All the straightforward cases were delivered at home
or in the Soweto clinics : these hospital mothers fighting to give birth were
selected ...
Page 132
A much more likely problem is that the baby will have to be delivered by forceps ,
and in most maternity units where ... to 60 per cent in 1975 , and over the same
period the forceps delivery rate has increased from 15 per cent to 29 per cent .
A much more likely problem is that the baby will have to be delivered by forceps ,
and in most maternity units where ... to 60 per cent in 1975 , and over the same
period the forceps delivery rate has increased from 15 per cent to 29 per cent .
Page 150
A Peasant Way The Jamaican baby who is born at home is delivered by the local
trained midwife or by the nana . Even if the delivery is conducted by the trained
midwife a nana may be called in to give guidance during pregnancy , and again ...
A Peasant Way The Jamaican baby who is born at home is delivered by the local
trained midwife or by the nana . Even if the delivery is conducted by the trained
midwife a nana may be called in to give guidance during pregnancy , and again ...
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Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 27 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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| Title | Women as Mothers |
| Author | Sheila Kitzinger |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0394506510, 9780394506517 |
| Length | 239 pages |
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