And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready

Synopsis

O'connell Is A Smart Twentysomething Who Treats Her Pregnancy Like A New Project, Researching And Planning. She Envisions A Natural Birth And A Year Of Wholesome Breast Feeding. But Things Do Not Go As She Expects. Life Throws Curveballs, And After 40 Hours Of Contractions, She Opts For A C-section. She Manages To Nurse For A Year But Resents Her Baby's Control Over Her Body. This Is Not A Book About The Wonders Of Motherhood But About The Tension Between Culturally Inherited Ideals And The Realities Of Lived, Bodily Experience. Baby Fever -- Holding Patterns (1 To 41.5) -- A Birth Story -- Sleepless Nights -- A Certain Kind Of Mammal -- Slacker Parent -- Maternal Instincts -- Dry Spell -- Extra Room (1 To 26). Meaghan O'connell.