As you prepare to become a mother, you face an experience unlike
any other in your life. Having a baby will redirect your
preferences and pleasures and, most likely, will realign some of
your values. As you undergo this unique psychological
transformation, you will be guided by new hopes, fears, and
priorities. In a most startling way, having a child will influence
all of your closest relationships and redefine your role in your
familys history. The charting of this remarkable, new realm is the
subject of this compelling book. Renowned psychiatrist Daniel N.
Stern has joined forces with pediatrician and child psychiatrist
Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern and journalist Alison Freeland to paint a
wonderfully evocative picture of the psychology of motherhood. At
the heart of The Birth of a Mother is an arresting premise: Just as
a baby develops physically in utero and after birth, so a mother is
born psychologically in the many months that precede and follow the
birth of her baby. The recognition of this inner transformation
emerges from hundreds of interviews with new mothers and decades of
clinical experience. Filled with revealing case studies and
personal comments from women who have shared this experience, this
book will serve as an invaluable sourcebook for new mothers,
validating the often confusing emotions that accompany the
development of this new identity. In addition to providing insight
into the unique state of motherhood, the authors touch on related
topics such as going back to work, fatherhood, adoption, and
premature birth. During pregnancy, mothers-to-be talk about morning
sickness and their changing bodies, and new mothers talk about
their exhaustion, the benefits of nursing or bottle-feeding, and
the dilemma of whether or when they should return to work. And yet,
they can be strangely mute about the dramatic and often
overwhelming changes going on in their inner lives. Finally, with
The Birth of a Mother, these powerful feelings are eloquently put
into words.
關於作者：
Daniel N. Stern, M.D., is a professor of psychology at the
University of Geneva and adjunct professor of psychiatry at Cornell
University Medical Center–New York Hospital. An expert in the
mother-infant relationship, he is the author of The Interpersonal
World of the Infant and The Diary of a Baby.Nadia
Bruschweiler-Stern, M.D., is a pediatrician and child psychiatrist
in Geneva, Switzerland. Alison Freeland, a freelance writer and the
author of The Journey to Motherhood, currently works as a reporter
for Vermont Public Radio. Daniel N. Stern, M.D., is a professor of
psychology at the University of Geneva and adjunct professor of
psychiatry at Cornell University Medical Center–New York Hospital.
An expert in the mother-infant relationship, he is the author of
The Interpersonal World of the Infant and The Diary of a Baby.Nadia
Bruschweiler-Stern, M.D., is a pediatrician and child psychiatrist
in Geneva, Switzerland. Alison Freeland, a freelance writer and the
author of The Journey to Motherhood, currently works as a reporter
for Vermont Public Radio. Alison Freeland, a freelance writer and
the author of The Journey to Motherhood, currently works as a
reporter for Vermont Public Radio.
目錄：
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Motherhood Mindset
PART I
Preparing to Be a
Mother
ONE Pregnancy: Preparation for Your New Identity
TWO Giving Birth: A Time of Transition
THREE Self-fulfilling Prophecies and New Roles
PART II
A Mother Is Born
FOUR Ensuring Your Baby''s Survival
FIVE Loving: The Intimate Responsibility
SIX Seeking Affirmation
SEVEN One Mother Speaks
EIGHT The Diary of Joey and His Mother
PART III
A Mother Adapts
NINE Special Needs:
Premature or Handicapped Babies
TEN Your Career--When?
ELEVEN Husbands and Fathers
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