Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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... baby's room , collected baby clothes , blotted out as much as possible the woman I had been a few months earlier . My second book of poems 6 OF WOMAN BORN.
... baby's room , collected baby clothes , blotted out as much as possible the woman I had been a few months earlier . My second book of poems 6 OF WOMAN BORN.
Page 177
... baby is out and safe . In immediate response , the uterus clamps down to begin to expel the placenta . Meanwhile , the suckling action of the baby stimulates its breathing and heat productivity . Most important , the newborn finds peace ...
... baby is out and safe . In immediate response , the uterus clamps down to begin to expel the placenta . Meanwhile , the suckling action of the baby stimulates its breathing and heat productivity . Most important , the newborn finds peace ...
Page 265
... baby and grew too feeble for her former work . " In such circumstances , the baby might well be consciously sacrificed . ( Alice Clark , The Working Life of Women in the Seventeenth Century [ London : Routledge & Sons , 1919 ] , p . 87 ...
... baby and grew too feeble for her former work . " In such circumstances , the baby might well be consciously sacrificed . ( Alice Clark , The Working Life of Women in the Seventeenth Century [ London : Routledge & Sons , 1919 ] , p . 87 ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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