Download or read book Journey Into Motherhood written by Leslie K. Campbell and published by Riverhead Books. This book was released on 1997-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guided journal helps expectant mothers explore--in their own personalized and creative way--the thoughts, feelings, and discoveries of their unique experience of pregnancy. With contributions from expectant mothers, and exercises to inspire readers, this book is a keepsake that will forever hold the memories of an extraordinary and precious time.
Download or read book Misconceptions written by Naomi Wolf and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2003-05-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Misconceptions, bestselling author Naomi Wolf she demythologizes motherhood and reveals the dangers of common assumptions about childbirth. With uncompromising honesty she describes how hormones eroded her sense of independence, ultrasounds tested her commitment to abortion rights, and the keepers of the OB/GYN establishment lacked compassion. The weeks after her first daughter’s birth taught her how society, employers, and even husbands can manipulate new mothers. She had bewildering post partum depression, but learned that a surprisingly high percentage of women experience it. Wolf’s courageous willingness to talk about the unexpected difficulties of childbirth will help every woman become a more knowledgeable planner of her pregnancy and better prepare her for the challenges of balancing a career, freedom, and a growing family. Invaluable in its advice to parents, Misconceptions speaks to anyone connected–personally, medically, or professionally–to a new mother.
Download or read book From Grouchy to Great written by Ruth Schwenk and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As moms, we can all struggle to keep it together sometimes. In a moment, anger or frustration can spill out. The battle for Jesus to reign in our hearts and through our emotions is a fight we all face-- every single day. The good news is that we don't have to face this battle alone. Joy can be yours in the journey of motherhood!
Download or read book Spiritual Pregnancy written by Shawn A. Tassone and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the Hero’s Journey from Pregnancy to Motherhood Filled with unique insights into the spiritual nature of pregnancy, this compassionate guide takes you, the expectant mother, and your loved ones along a “hero’s journey” of discovery. Each trimester correlates to a stage of the epic journey where emotional, spiritual, and physical connections heighten your awareness of yourself and your unborn child. Through these stages, the mundane and everyday are elevated to the sublime and transformative. With their extensive training and experience in allopathic wellness and integrative medicine, Shawn A. Tassone and Kathryn M. Landherr have created a book full of guided meditations, journaling exercises, and spiritual traditions from a variety of cultures. Spiritual Pregnancy also includes yoga postures created by popular doula and pregnant-fit yoga instructor Jennifer (Wolfe) More for specific times throughout pregnancy. Praise: "Spiritual Pregnancy presents birth as the spiritual initiation it truly is. I highly recommend this deeply moving book."—Christiane Northrup, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause “. . . the information shared by the authors will show future mothers how to unify the two lives within them during pregnancy.”—Bernie Siegel, MD, author of Love, Medicine and Miracles “Spiritual Pregnancy is the best guide I know on developing, nourishing, and sustaining [the mother-infant bond].”—Larry Dossey, MD, author of Healing Words “Expert integrative obstetricians, [the authors] guide you through the traditions of the ancients, and illuminate the vibrant path to your own heroine’s journey.” —Victoria Maizes, MD, Executive Director of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine “From the practical to the profound, I'm confident you will find what you are looking for within this book's pages. I highly recommend it.”—Tieraona Low Dog, MD, Fellowship Director at University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine “Spiritual Pregnancy does an incredible job at marrying the physical and the spiritual . . . It will be a great resource to anyone having a baby and it makes me proud to be an ob-gyn.” — Jeniffer Ashton, MD, leading medical correspondent for ABC and ob-gyn physician
Download or read book From Dream to Dream Come True written by Brittany Ferrell and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of my long and heartrending road to motherhood has been featured in a national magazine, the local news, and a medical publication. But, this is the whole story, in my own words. I battled cancer, infertility, and the most gut wrenching loss one can imagine. I fought my way back from crippling grief and depression. After years of struggle, my desperate wish to become a mother was finally granted in a most unexpected way. This is a story about having a dream and rediscovering lost hope. It is about beating the odds and realizing that miracles do exist. This is the tale of my dream...to dream come true.
Download or read book A Mother s Journey written by Kimberly Garrow and published by Virtualbookworm Publishing. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Mother's Journey: Through Laughter and Tears" is a book that will inspire, encourage, and validate all mothers who have the important job of raising the wonderful children that God has blessed us all with. The author's humorous writings teach us to be able to laugh at life's little tragedies, as we remember that we are not alone in our journey. Motherhood is a shared voyage, the commonalties of which span all ages and all women throughout the world! Kimberly Garrow creatively reminds us that we are together in this beautiful journey called motherhood. The stories in this book will make you laugh and will tug at your heart. The author understands a woman's heart, in relation to preconception, pregnancy, and being a new mom; the whole journey in between and beyond is beautifully captured in the pages of this book. Reading Kimberly's book is like taking a trip through your own life as a mother, whether you are just contemplating becoming a mother, whether you are a mom, or whether you are now enjoying your children's children. Every reader will relate to Kimberly Garrow's cleverly written stories and poems, as well as the underlying emotions and strengths captured throughout this book. This book is a celebration of mothers everywhere! Enjoy the journey!
Download or read book Discovering Motherhood written by Annemarie Scobey and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovering Motherhood is a warm, friendly, profound account of the mundane and the mystical in the life of a mother. Somehow, amid the dirty tube socks, the trail of Legos and the baby's mashed bananas, God is present. Annemarie Scobey takes us on a daunting journey that has no map. It is a high-energy trek with ups and downs and bumps in the road. The price of admission is three a.m. feedings, endless diapers changes and lost sleep. But the payoff comes in the profound relationships of mother and children, and in the love that gives life its luster. Scobey has recorded the journey with insight, humor and a sure sense of the Divine in the turmoil, troubles and triumphs of everyday life.
Download or read book Like a Mother written by Angela Garbes and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A candid, feminist, and personal deep dive into the science and culture of pregnancy and motherhood Like most first-time mothers, Angela Garbes was filled with questions when she became pregnant. What exactly is a placenta and how does it function? How does a body go into labor? Why is breast best? Is wine totally off-limits? But as she soon discovered, it’s not easy to find satisfying answers. Your obstetrician will cautiously quote statistics; online sources will scare you with conflicting and often inaccurate data; and even the most trusted books will offer information with a heavy dose of judgment. To educate herself, the food and culture writer embarked on an intensive journey of exploration, diving into the scientific mysteries and cultural attitudes that surround motherhood to find answers to questions that had only previously been given in the form of advice about what women ought to do—rather than allowing them the freedom to choose the right path for themselves. In Like a Mother, Garbes offers a rigorously researched and compelling look at the physiology, biology, and psychology of pregnancy and motherhood, informed by in-depth reportage and personal experience. With the curiosity of a journalist, the perspective of a feminist, and the intimacy and urgency of a mother, she explores the emerging science behind the pressing questions women have about everything from miscarriage to complicated labors to postpartum changes. The result is a visceral, full-frontal look at what’s really happening during those nine life-altering months, and why women deserve access to better care, support, and information. Infused with humor and born out of awe, appreciation, and understanding of the female body and its strength, Like a Mother debunks common myths and dated assumptions, offering guidance and camaraderie to women navigating one of the biggest and most profound changes in their lives.
Download or read book My Journey to Motherhood written by Rutendo Nazitwere and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-04-13 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The information about the book is not available as of this time.
Download or read book Mere Motherhood written by Cindy Rollins and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir of homeschooling.
Download or read book Having Faith written by Sandra Steingraber and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant writer, first-time mother, and respected biologist, Sandra Steingraber tells the month-by-month story of her own pregnancy, weaving in the new knowledge of embryology, the intricate development of organs, the emerging architecture of the brain, and the transformation of the mother's body to nourish and protect the new life. At the same time, she shows all the hazards that we are now allowing to threaten each precious stage of development, including the breast-feeding relationship between mothers and their newborns. In the eyes of an ecologist, the mother's body is the first environment, the mediator between the toxins in our food, water, and air and her unborn child.Never before has the metamorphosis of a few cells into a baby seemed so astonishingly vivid, and never before has the threat of environmental pollution to conception, pregnancy, and even to the safety of breast milk been revealed with such clarity and urgency. In Having Faith, poetry and science combine in a passionate call to action.A Merloyd Lawrence Book
Download or read book My Journey to Motherhood written by Carrie Hall and published by . This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carrie's second book details her first journey through maternal PKU from the decision to have children to the birth of her now 4 year old son. She details the normal pregnancy challenges with the twists the PKU can add to the situation.
Download or read book Big Girl Decisions written by Katie McMinn and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-10 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You will laugh and cry as you read Katie's cleverly told journey to motherhood. Your heart will fill with joy as Katie's describes how she fell in love with her husband over heartburn pizza and a valentine's box. You will laugh when she compares how having dogs prepared her and her husband for raising children. Do they sleep in the bed with your or not? You may relate to Katie's journey in the chapter titled The Pressure Rising, where she writes about her fear of becoming a mom, of sharing her husband with a tiny human, and of how much her life would change once she had children. You may cry during the chapter titled, She Swings and Misses, where Katie's describes driving home after her Dr. informs her that because she isn't miscarrying on her own that she would need to have a D&C. You will feel hope as she describes running on a parkway and sitting on parkway bench she knew one day she would smile again. Happiness will fill your heart as Katie's describes seeing two little pinks lines on a pregnancy test and running around her house singing. You will laugh when Katie's tells the story of her seven-month-old son throwing up on her husband, the family dog, and again in the tub. You will smile as she describes how becoming a mother has changed her in ways she could never have imagined.
Download or read book One Mom S Journey to Motherhood written by Ivy Shih Leung and published by Abbott Press. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Ivy Shih Leung shares her not-so-perfect road to motherhood in this book that is part memoir and part self-help guide, reflecting lessons learned in the form of helpful tips and information to empower readers on the biological and sociological roots behind postpartum depression (PPD). She also seeks to raise awareness of the myths of motherhood and the stigma of PPD that contribute to the silent suffering of many mothers, as well as the importance of adequate social support in the early postpartum weeks. A culmination of Ivys frightening PPD journey and her emergence from it with a passion to learn more about perinatal mood disorders, this book is fueled with passion to help other women and their families, anger from the unnecessary suffering Ivy went through from the lack of information available to the public about PPD, her doctors ignorance and lack of sensitivity, and public remarks like, There is no such thing as a chemical imbalanceall of which shows theres still a long way to go in terms of educating the public about an illness that is suffered by one in eight new mothers. With side effects that include shame, helplessness, and despair at a time that is supposed to be one of the happiest in a womans life, Ivy wants to help fellow PPD advocates get the message out that PPD is not a mind-over-matter thing, as those who dont know any better tend to believe. PPD is an illness that must be taken seriously. We must all remember that the health of the family unit depends on the mothers well-being. Ivy Shih Leungs voice as a storyteller is strong, loud, and clear. Ivy is a survivor of postpartum depression, and through the written words on each page you can hear her roar. Jane Honikman, Founder of Postpartum Support International
Download or read book My Journey To Motherhood written by Nadine G Reid and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-12 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Journey To Motherhood: How Faith Conquers All Obstacles is a book with firsthand experiences of the author's desire to become a mother, and the personal challenges and obstacles she faced on her journey to get there. Her faith played a pivotal role in helping her to overcome those obstacles and challenges in the end. The book emphasizes that even in those moments of doubt and despair, faith, when fully utilized, will overcome every test. This book highlights a major reproductive issue that she faced on her journey to motherhood and give vital statistics regarding women who are affected by the same issue. Women with similar challenges will be encouraged to rely heavily on their faith, and trust GOD to work in their lives. It also extends the invitation to others, who may be faced with any form of struggles or challenges to never lose hope but to exercise faith as they trust God in challenging times.
Download or read book The Journey To Motherhood written by Boyd Grymes and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-31 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming a mother is a wonderful experience, but it has its ups and downs. The words "scary" and "shocking" have been used by many of the contributors. So this book is a great source for any new mom to deal with the challenges after birth. In this book, you will discover: Chapter 1: We need to talk about the motherhood Chapter 2: What is postpartum Chapter 3: Changes Chapter 4: Preparing for the dark times Chapter 5: Postpartum care and recovery And so much more! To get started, simply scroll to the top of the page and click the "Buy now with 1-Click" button!
Download or read book Motherhood The Joyful Journey written by Lorie Spencer and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-01-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motherhood, The Joyful Journey "A Guide to Pregnancy for Women" "The Joyful Journey of Motherhood" is a heartwarming and inspiring book that celebrates the unique bond between a mother and her child. Written from a personal perspective, the author shares her own experiences and insights on the joys, challenges, and rewards of motherhood. Through relatable anecdotes and practical advice, she guides readers on their own journey of motherhood and encourages them to embrace the beauty and love that comes with it. Whether you're a new mother or a seasoned parent, "The Joyful Journey of Motherhood" is a must-read for anyone looking to find joy, connection and fulfillment in the role of a mother. The joy of motherhood is not just found in the moments of joy but also in the moments of hardship. Every mother experiences hardship at some point, but it is these moments that can bring a mother and her child closer. It is in these moments that she learns the true meaning of unconditional love and strength. The journey of motherhood is one that is filled with both joy and sorrow. It is a journey that will bring a mother a lifetime of memories and experiences. A mother's journey is one that can never truly be explained in words, but rather one that must be experienced first-hand. Motherhood is a journey that no one can truly understand until they have experienced it themselves and that is why it is so special. It is a joyful journey that will bring a mother and her child a lifetime of love, joy, and learning. Get it NOW
