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The author views her unplanned pregnancy as a project, researching and planning. She envisions a natural birth and a year of wholesome breast feeding. But things do not go as she expects. Life throws curveballs, and after 40 hours of contractions, she opts for a C-section. She manages to nurse for a...
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Little, Brown and Company,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
The author views her unplanned pregnancy as a project, researching and planning. She envisions a natural birth and a year of wholesome breast feeding. But things do not go as she expects. Life throws curveballs, and after 40 hours of contractions, she opts for a C-section. She manages to nurse for a year but resents her baby's control over her body. This is not a book about the wonders of motherhood - instead, it's a book about the tension between culturally-inherited ideals and the realities of lived, bodily experience. |
| Carrier Form: | v, 230 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780316393843 (hardcover) : 0316393843 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | HQ759 |
| CLC: | K837.128.5 |
| Call Number: | K837.128.5/O182 |
| Contents: | Baby fever -- Holding patterns (1 to 41.5) -- A birth story -- Sleepless nights -- A certain kind of mammal -- Slacker parent -- Maternal instincts -- Dry spell -- Extra room (1 to 26). |