First-time parenting journeys : expectations and realities / Damien W. Riggs, Clare Bartholomaeus.
"All too often heterosexual first-time parents are treated as the unmarked norm within research on reproduction. First-Time Parenting Journeys maps out what it means to be situated within the norm, while providing a critical account of how social norms about parenthood shape, regulate, and pote...
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[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Undertaking a Qualitative Longitudinal Research Study with Intending Parents
- Motherhood Moralities
- Birthing Experiences
- Emotion Work in the Transition to Motherhood
- Development of a Parental Identity
- Views about Having More Children
- Changes in the Couple Relationship over Time
- Grandparents Navigating Shifts in Relationships and Identity
- Reflecting on the Study Findings and Experience.