Uncertain Motherhood: Negotiating the Risks of the Childbearing Years / Edition 1

by Peggy Anne Field, Patricia Marck

Overview

Uncertain Motherhood presents research on maternal behaviour among women who have less than optimal outcomes in pregnancy. The contributors examine mothers' reactions to infertility, unwanted pregnancy, ‘at-risk' pregnancy, stillbirth, birth of a preterm baby and the birth of a baby with a birth defect.

The purpose of the book is to develop an understanding of the women's experiences in order to assist caregivers in the provision informed care.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803955653
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/29/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Field, Peggy Anne, RN, MN, PhD (Univ of Alberta); Marck, Patricia Beryl, RN, MN (Univ of Alberta)

The contributors represent the specialties of nursing, obstetrics, pediatrics, and bioethics. All are associated with Univ of Alberta.

Table of Contents

Uncertain Motherhood - Peggy Anne Field et al
When All is Not Well in the Childbearing Years
Uncertain Motherhood - Rhonda Harris
The Process of Infertility
Unexpected Pregnancy - Patricia Marck
The Uncharted Land of Women's Experience
Uncertain Motherhood - Karen Mc Geary
The Influence of Guarding on the Developing Mother-Unborn Child Relationship
Uncertain Motherhood - Ann Lever Hense
Livebirth Following Stillbirth
Uncertain Motherhood - Barbara Brady-Fryer
Becoming the Mother of a Preterm Baby
Uncertain Motherhood - Gail Diachuk
When a Child has a Birth Defect