Paths to Parenthood: Emotions on the Journey Through Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Early Parenting

By Renata Kokanovic

Book Overview

Acknowledgments.- Chapter 1: The complex and contradictory emotional paths to parenthood.- Part I: Journeys into pregnancy and childbirth.- Chapter 2: Postnatural families: Refiguring intimacy through assisted reproduction.- Chapter 3: Embodying pregnancy and self-surveillance.- Chapter 4: Pain and suffering in labour and birth.- Part II: Journeys into early parenthood.- Chapter 5: Same-sex attracted parents' emotional transitions to parenthood.- Chapter 6: The turbulent emotions of early parenthood.- Chapter 7: 'What have I done?': An exploration of the ambivalent, unimaginable emotions of new motherhood.- Chapter 8: Narrating and disrupting postnatal depression.- Chapter 9: 'One of the most vulnerable times in your life': Expectations and emotional experiences of support in the early postnatal period.- Chapter 10: Labour after labour: Negotiating caring for children and paid work.- Appendix 1: Emotional Experiences of Early Parenthood in Australian Families Project: Participant demographic characteristics.- Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 981134339X
• ISBN13: 9789811343391
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"