Download or read book Birth What Came After written by Jessica Bates and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The body forgets pain, she said. Otherwise women would only have one child. Is it true? Has my body forgotten?" "Few experiences are as powerful, as deeply poetic, as childbirth. Many poets have written powerfully about it; I think of Gabriela Mistral, of Sharon Olds, of Martha Silano. Jessica Bates writes in that great tradition. In her keen eye, "every tummy ripple gets attention"; she is rapt in the face of "this wild thing that came from" her body. Birth is messy, and Bates doesn't blush or flinch when describing the blood and goo of her lived experience. This is the poetry of "a glistening goddess, naked and pacing."" - Tom C. Hunley, author of PLUNK and THE STATE THAT SPRINGFIELD IS IN "This beautiful book of poetry fell into my lap just very recently. I was nursing my youngest son who is 22 months old reading a poem on weaning. The emotions that overcame my soul I'm not yet able to articulate, but I knew instantly I needed more. I am so incredibly thankful to have found this work of art. Breastfeeding and motherhood changes us in our core and we are all connected in this way. This is an amazing gift for any mama you know." - Barbara Demske, from The First Latch's 2017 Holiday Gift Guide Birth & motherhood transform us. They shake our foundation with sacred, unconditional love. These 56 poems reflect on birth, death, motherhood, family, breastfeeding, raising children, confronting fears, and feeling joy in a fleeting moment. A perfect gift for a new or seasoned mother, and also a great read for those of us who aren't mothers. Birth is universal; birth is miraculous. Birth is a roaring power.
Download or read book And Now We Have Everything written by Meaghan O'Connell and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected as One of the Best Books of the Year by: National Public Radio, Esquire, Bustle, Refinery29, Thrillist, Electric Literature, Powell's, Autostraddle, BookRiot, Women.com "Smart, funny, and true in all the best ways, this book made me ache with recognition." -- Cheryl Strayed A raw, funny, and fiercely honest account of becoming a mother before feeling like a grown up. When Meaghan O'Connell got accidentally pregnant in her twenties and decided to keep the baby, she realized that the book she needed -- a brutally honest, agenda-free reckoning with the emotional and existential impact of motherhood -- didn't exist. So she decided to write it herself. And Now We Have Everything is O'Connell's exploration of the cataclysmic, impossible-to-prepare-for experience of becoming a mother. With her dark humor and hair-trigger B.S. detector, O'Connell addresses the pervasive imposter syndrome that comes with unplanned pregnancy, the fantasies of a "natural" birth experience that erode maternal self-esteem, post-partum body and sex issues, and the fascinating strangeness of stepping into a new, not-yet-comfortable identity. Channeling fears and anxieties that are still taboo and often unspoken, And Now We Have Everything is an unflinchingly frank, funny, and visceral motherhood story for our times, about having a baby and staying, for better or worse, exactly yourself.
Download or read book After Birth written by Elisa Albert and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A widely acclaimed young writer's fierce new novel, in which childbirth and new motherhood are as high-stakes a crucible as any combat zone.
Download or read book Birth Settings in America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex and requires efforts across many sectors. The United States spends more on childbirth than any other country in the world, yet outcomes are worse than other high-resource countries, and even worse for Black and Native American women. There are a variety of factors that influence childbirth, including social determinants such as income, educational levels, access to care, financing, transportation, structural racism and geographic variability in birth settings. It is important to reevaluate the United States' approach to maternal and newborn care through the lens of these factors across multiple disciplines. Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, and Choice reviews and evaluates maternal and newborn care in the United States, the epidemiology of social and clinical risks in pregnancy and childbirth, birth settings research, and access to and choice of birth settings.
Download or read book After She Was Born a Girl written by Emmanuel Kaghondi and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these pages, the harrowing experiences of women in Tanzania are laid bare. Through poignant and insightful narratives, the book delves into the intricate complexities of cultural practices, memory, trauma, and spirituality. It offers a sobering account of the harsh realities women endure, navigating deeply entrenched gendered cultures that assign lower cultural value to womanhood. However, amidst these challenges, the book reveals the remarkable resilience exhibited by women within Tanzanian society. Drawing from the author’s personal background as a descendant of traditional midwives, one who was a former practitioner of female genital mutilation surgery, this raw and unflinching account provides an authentic portrayal of the realities faced by Tanzanian women. The author’s years spent as a rural pastor in Tanzanian villages have endowed him with a unique perspective, enabling him to draw profound parallels between his mother’s journey into womanhood and his wife’s relentless endeavors to combat gender inequality and violence both within and beyond the church. Through this intimate and revealing lens, readers are invited to explore the intricate intersections of gender, culture, and spirituality in Tanzania. The evocative narratives within this book serve as catalysts, inspiring readers to challenge their preconceptions and take a firm stance against the injustices that women endure. With its captivating storytelling and powerful message, this thought-provoking work is an essential read for individuals interested in delving into gender studies, cultural studies, and the pursuit of social justice.
Download or read book The Psychoses of Menstruation and Childbearing written by Ian Brockington and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the range of psychoses that complicate the reproductive process, describing a range of interventions and preventive strategies.
Download or read book Born After written by Angelika Bammer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2020 Prose Award Finalist What do we do with pasts we inherit that carry shame? A major and original contribution to thinking about and grappling with the legacies of German and Nazi history, this book reflects on the relationship between history and memory through the personal narrative of a postwar German intellectual. Arguing that the pasts that haunt usare shaped both by the things people did and suffered and the affective traces the past leaves in memory, Born After is a powerful meditation on questions of guilt, complicity, loss, and longing. With bracing honesty and without sentimentality, Bammer draws on her own family story to think anew about a history that we have come to accept as familiar. Inflecting questions about history with questions about ethics, her book speaks to all those concerned with historical pasts that remain unreconciled.
Download or read book Vaginal Birth After Caesarean written by Helen Churchill and published by Pinter & Martin Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women are over four times more likely to have a caesarean birth than they were some years ago. Intended for women who have had a caesarean or repeat caesareans, this title provides suggestions for constructive ways to achieve vaginal birth when it is the right option for mother and baby.
Download or read book 9 Sisters Cursed Since Birth written by Na 'Veah Rose and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 9 Sisters CURSED Since Birth is about Lilith Darkmore, who was a single mother struggling to raise 9 kids in the hard knock life of New York. She practically had no one to turn to because her husband consistently deceived, depressed, devalued, and then deserted her. Her sisters were resentful, and her brothers were barbaric; however, the most hurtful part of it all was that she didnt have a father, and her mother Vivian despised everything about her. She didnt give Lilith that motherly love, them motherly kisses, nor did she hold her hands through all those dark places. The bottom line is that Vivian faltered and failed as a parent. For those reasons, Lilith didnt have the fuel that empowered her to do the impossible because she was nave, vulnerable, and lost in this cruel world, until she found God. But when she became so caught up in her religious life, she didnt realize that her kids were feeling less important. They had no father, barely had a mother, and they were very disturbed about being the unfortunate kids on the block; therefore, they all begin to gradually change. The 9 girls unstable life had triggered the inherited evil blood that was flowing within them, which had a huge impact on their behavior. Thats when the family begin to unravel because the 7 deadly sins had taken control over their souls. Anger conquered them all because they were bitter about the lives they were given; For that reason, Greed defeated them since they desired what they never had and would do anything to get what they wanted. Some of their weaknesses was Slothfulness, for they didnt work hard towards progression due to their persistent ignorance and disadvantages. Yet, Envy played a huge role towards the sisters who made achievements, but in this family, Pride wont let them acknowledge ones accomplishments; instead, Gluttony caused some of them to Lust over and try to destroy what the other sister have because they wanted to feel loved and equally important. These Challenges stand strong in the Daevas family, and the only way to subjugate their sins relies strictly within themselves. So, can their curse be reversed? Or, will it continue to condemn their bloodline, their appearance, and the unity in the Daevas family?
Download or read book Holy Bible NIV written by Various Authors, and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 6637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.
Download or read book The Gospel According to Matthew written by and published by Canongate U.S.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumes. The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.
Download or read book My Utmost for His Highest written by Oswald Chambers and published by Christian Classics Reproductions. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Utmost for His Highest has been a proven, best-selling devotional for many years. Over the past century, Oswald Chambers’s writings have inspired countless people to drink deeply from the biblical truths that he so passionately championed. His words are simultaneously penetrating and invigorating, and they trigger something in your soul leaving you forever changed. The biblical thoughts and themes that Chambers delivers in this updated-language edition will resonate with you as you seek to grow your faith. We have also included the topical section
Download or read book Natural Health After Birth written by Aviva Jill Romm and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 2002 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From herbal tips to yoga exercises, this compete guide to postpartum wellness provides essential advice for adjusting to the many challenges facing women during the first year after giving birth.
Download or read book After Birth written by Elisa Albert and published by HMH. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fierce novel about the postpartum experience filled with “dark humor and brutal honesty” (People). A year has passed since Ari gave birth to Walker, though it went so badly awry she has trouble calling it “birth” and she still can’t locate herself in her altered universe. Amid the strange, disjointed rhythms of her days and nights, and another impending winter in upstate New York, Ari is a tree without roots, struggling to keep her branches aloft. When Mina, a one-time cult indie musician—older, self-contained, alone, and nine months pregnant—moves to town, Ari sees the possibility of a new friend. And despite her unfortunate habit of generally mistrusting other females, they soon become comrades-in-arms . . . With piercing insight about the isolation and unrealistic expectations suffered by new mothers in our society, After Birth is about pregnancy and childbirth that is “vicious, hilarious, and above all real” (The New York Times Book Review). “[A] scaldingly and exhilaratingly honest account of new motherhood, emotional exile, and the complex romance of female friendship.” —Karen Russell, author of Swamplandia!
Download or read book The English Reports Nisi Prius 1688 1867 written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Experiencing The Soul Before Birth During Life After Death written by Eliot Jay Rosen and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 2005 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this riveting anthology 32 of the world`s foremost spiritual leaders teachers and scientific researchers share the many ways we can experience the soul. Some of the topics they discuss include meeting the unborn souls of future children, receiving communications from the souls of loved ones who have passed over soul travel into realms of light during a near death experience and much more.
Download or read book Record Series written by Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
