Paths to parenthood : emotions on the journey through pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting / Renata Kokanović, Paula A. Michaels, Kate Johnston-Ataata, editors.

Other author Kokanovic, Renata, editor.
Other author Michaels, Paula A., 1966- editor.
Other author Johnston-Ataata, Kate, editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationSingapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost
Subjects
Parenthood.
Parenting.
Parent and child.

Contents Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Editors and Contributors; 1 The Complex and Contradictory Emotional Paths to Parenthood; Narrating the Journey; Scholarly Context for Paths to Parenthood; Organisation and Themes; References; Part I Journeys into Pregnancy and Childbirth; 2 Postnatural Families: Refiguring Intimacy Through Assisted Reproduction; Bodies, Technologies, Emotions; Opportunity and Foreclosure; Alienation and Loneliness; Uncertainty, Guilt, and Pain; Satisfaction; Conclusion; References; 3 Embodying Pregnancy and Self-Surveillance; Embodying Medicine; Embodying the Child
Contents Conclusion references; 4 Pain and Suffering in Labour and Birth; The History of Pain Management in Childbirth; Women's Testimonies of Pain and Suffering in Childbirth; Pain and a Good Birth; Conclusion; References; Part II Journeys into Early Parenthood; 5 Same-Sex Attracted Parents' Emotional Transitions to Parenthood; Mental and Emotional Health of LGBT Parents; Trauma Associated with Pregnancies; Negotiating Parental and Familial Identities; Biological Relatedness and Parental Identity; Conclusion; References; 6 The Turbulent Emotions of Early Parenthood; Joy, Love, Exhaustion
Contents Bodies and Emotions inexperience and Responsibility; Families and Relationships; Self and Sacrifice; Silences and Ignorance; Settling into Parenthood; Conclusion; References; 7 'What Have I Done?': An Exploration of the Ambivalent, Unimaginable Emotions of New Motherhood; Conceptualising Motherhood; Unpacking Emotional Narratives of Motherhood; Kathleen's Story; Esther's Story; Conclusion; References; 8 Narrating and Disrupting Postnatal Depression; Theoretical Framework; The Speaking 'I' Interrupted; Diagnosis, Absolution, Connection; Conclusion; References
Contents 9 'One of the Most Vulnerable Times in Your Life': Expectations and Emotional Experiences of Support in the Early Postnatal PeriodPostpartum Practices in Cross-Cultural, Historical, and Contemporary Perspective; Orientations Towards Social Support in Early Parenthood: Expectations and Emotions; Influences on Expectations: Network-/Interdependence-Oriented Parents; Emotional Experiences: Network-/Interdependence-Oriented Parents; Influences on Expectations: Couple-/Independence-Oriented Parents; Emotional Experiences: Couple-/Independence-Oriented Parents; Conclusion; References
Contents 10 Labour After Labour: Negotiating Caring for Children and Paid WorkNegotiating the Work-Life Balance; Conclusion; References; Appendix; Author Index; Subject Index
Abstract This interdisciplinary book explores the affective dimensions of becoming a parent, traversing the life-cycle journey of pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting. Bringing together researchers from sociology, history, feminist studies, cultural studies, general medicine, and psychiatry, Paths to Parenthood analyses rich narratives that represent a diverse cross-section of parents, including migrants, same-sex couples, and single parents.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionOnline resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 24, 2018).
Issued in other formOriginal 9811301425 9789811301421
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9789811301438 (electronic bk.)
ISBN9811301433 (electronic bk.)
Standard identifier# 10.1007/978-981-13-0143-8

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