Motherhood is under review. What counts as a 'good mother'is receiving attention in both
popular and academic contexts (Arendell, 2000; Hays, 1996). The mothers we spoke with …

This paper emerges from my on-going research into birth experience and lay support people
in the birth room, and presents findings from two recent projects interviewing birthing women …

There is the primary fact that [Anne Bradstreet] was a woman poet, and we look to her
accordingly for that special point of view that belongs to the feminine sensibility and which …

In this paper, my aim is to call attention to the meanings women attach to their birthing
experiences using the symbolic interaction perspective in conjunction with a feminist lens. I …

Obstetric violence is gaining recognition as a worldwide problem manifesting in a range of
geopolitical contexts. While global public health attention is turning to this issue, there has …

: An interpretive phenomenological framework guided the review of the literature. Three
electronic databases were searched as well as reference lists and author searches. Articles …

Dominant notions of reproduction perceive childbearing as physical processes that take
place within women's bodies. This perception undermines non-physical components and …

This paper reviews the literature on pregnancy, examining two dominant discourses:“the
pregnant body as foetal containment” and “the pregnant body as illness”. A third discourse …

The data for this paper was originally collected and analysed by the second author for her
master's thesis. The first author (the second author's supervisor) has re-visited and re …

The telling of birth stories (ie stories that describe women's experiences of giving birth) is a
common and important social practice. Whereas most research on birth narratives reflects …