From Here to Maternity by Ann Oakley - 9781447349341

From Here to MaternityBecoming a Mother\nAuthor(s): Ann Oakley\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bristol University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Policy Press\nISBN-13: 9781447349341, 978-1447349341\nSynopsis\nAnn Oakley is a pioneer in the field of sociological research. In this classic re-issue, she interviewed 60 women to find out what its really like to have a baby. Covering pregnancy, birth and child care, she relies on the stories mothers tell to discuss 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.\n\nShe shows that most women are unprepared for the birth or the work of caring for a baby, but also for the joys that a baby can bring. As topical today as the day it was written, this important book was the first to examine first-time motherhood in the words of those experiencing it, and it continues to.