Becoming a Mother

by KateMosse (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $4.19

  Combining medical and historical information with real life accounts of ordinary women, this book is an essential guide to the facts, feelings and emotions experienced during pregnancy and birth. It takes you week by week, from the decision to conceive, through to first impressions of life with your baby, offering invaluable information. Topics include: Conception - If and When; Feelings for Your Growing Baby; Your Career and Financial Position; Fear that Something May Go Wrong; Changing Relationships with Family and Friends; Choosing Where and How to Give Birth; How Others Felt - Women Relate their Experiences; The First Few Days with Your Baby

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $5.32

  Told by mothers themselves, this book looks at how it actually feels to be pregnant and give birth. Combining the scientific and medical facts, the author takes the reader week by week, from conception to birth, from the mother's emotional point of view. The book explores such issues as the decision to conceive, relationships with the growing baby and one's partner, fears, work and money.