And now we Have Everything : : on Motherhood Before I was Ready
Book - 2018 306.874 OC, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Family & Relationships / Parenting / Oconnell, Meaghan 1 On Shelf No requests on this item
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Call Number: 306.874 OC, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Family & Relationships / Parenting / Oconnell, Meaghan
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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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).
O'Connell is a smart twentysomething who treats her pregnancy like a new 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 but about the tension between culturally inherited ideals and the realities of lived, bodily experience.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Little Brown and Company, 2018.
Year Published: 2018
Description: 230 pages ; 22 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780316393843
0316393843
SUBJECTS
O'Connell, Meaghan.
Mothers -- Biography.
Single mothers -- Biography.
Motherhood -- Anecdotes.
Unplanned pregnancy -- Anecdotes.
First pregnancy -- Anecdotes.
Pregnancy.
Parenthood.
Unwanted pregnancy -- Decision making.
Unwanted pregnancy -- Psychological aspects.
First pregnancy -- Psychological aspects.