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And now we have everything on motherhood before I was ready

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....

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Main Author: O'Connell, Meaghan (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little Brown and Company, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
O'Connell, Meaghan.
Mothers > United States > Biography.
Single mothers > United States > Biography.
Motherhood > Anecdotes.
Unplanned pregnancy > Anecdotes.
First pregnancy > Anecdotes.
Pregnancy.
Parenthood.
Unwanted pregnancy > Decision making.
Unwanted pregnancy > Psychological aspects.
First pregnancy > Psychological aspects.
Autobiographies.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:v, 230 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780316393843
0316393843
Author Notes:Meaghan O'Connell 's writing has appeared in New York Magazine , Longreads, and The Billfold, where she was an editor. She lives in Portland, OR, with her husband and young son.

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