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Ann Oakley interviewed 60 women to find out what it's really like to have a baby. She discusses whether and why women want to become pregnant, how they imagine motherhood to be, the experience of birth, post-natal depression, feeding and caring routines and the challenges for the domestic division of labour and to fathers.

From Here to Maternity

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 11/09/2019
      ISBN13: 9781447349358, 978-1447349358
      ISBN10: 1447349350
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      Gender studies: women and girls

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      Book Synopsis
      Ann Oakley interviewed 60 women to find out what it's really like to have a baby. She discusses whether and why women want to become pregnant, how they imagine motherhood to be, the experience of birth, post-natal depression, feeding and caring routines and the challenges for the domestic division of labour and to fathers.

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