The seven stages of motherhood : making the most of your life as a mum / Ann Pleshette Murphy.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Macmillan, 2005.Description: xii, 272 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780333780602 (pbk.) :
- 0333780604 (pbk.)
- 306.8743 MUR
- HQ759
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 306.8743 MUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 201950 |
Originally published: New York: Knopf, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-262) and index.
Includes--Altered states: pregnancy, birth, and the fourth trimester--Finding your footing, finding yourself: months four through twelve--Letting go: the toddler years, one and two--Trying to do it all: the preschool years, three to six--Reading the compass to God-knows-where: years six to ten--Living in the gray zone: the preteen years, ten to thirteen--It gets easier....and then they leave: the teen years, thirteen to eighteen.
A look at the experience of parenting not only in the first year or two of a baby's life, but right on through childhood and adolescence and even into adulthood. The author argues that women evolve throughout the lives of their children, and the book is intended as a guide through this remarkable experience.