Most of us intuitively know that
motherhood changes a woman forever.
Not exact matches
In it, James argues that the Church's emphasis on marriage and
motherhood is not far - reaching enough to encompass every
woman's whole life within a multicultural, rapidly
changing world.
It's a real shame too because fatherhood is just as life
changing for a man as
motherhood is for a
woman.
Van Esterik suggests that these
women try to
change the work force to make it easier to combine jobs and
motherhood.
And,
motherhood can cause all kinds of
changes in a
woman's body.
As they say, «Even though the inside of baby bags mostly hold baby's things, we know that the outside is really for mom — the
woman whose desire for fashion doesn't
change upon entering
motherhood.
It is the healthy stress of
changes that flow within a
woman physically and emotionally, as she grows towards
motherhood.
In addition to the demands that new
motherhood places on
women, there are so many hormonal, physiological, and psychological
changes happening.
Part of the value statement for the Mother's Program at the
Women's Health Clinic in Winnipeg is that it «acts AGAINST the conventional constructions of
motherhood, by introducing a vision of mothering that is
woman defined and centred, empowering and promotes social
change.»
A
woman's body goes through countless
changes during and after pregnancy, but one aspect of
motherhood that many may not expect is the sometimes sudden and severe hair loss that can occur after baby is born.
The purpose of the group is to help
women learn new ways to cope with the
changes that come with
motherhood, including
changes in mood.
I also thought about other things related to new
motherhood: Some
women get night - nurses or full - time nannies from the get - go (and forego the duties and «bonding» that take place during nap - rituals, diaper -
changing, bath time and play time — nursing or not).
The days when
women followed a single expert are long over, reflecting the vast
changes in society and in the way
women approach
motherhood.
When a child is born and
changes a
woman's life, this is when the
motherhood journey begins.
Stern, Daniel THE BIRTH OF A MOTHER Basic Books, 1998
Motherhood alters a
woman's mental landscape,
changing the way she perceives her partner, the world around her, and even herself.
But if you're more like Ashlee Wells Jackson, you recognize that
motherhood, pregnancy, and breastfeeding
change women's bodies in real, beautiful, and necessary ways that shouldn't be denied or hidden.
The transition to
motherhood is a time of great
change and an experience for which many
women do not feel adequately prepared.
In other words, memory impairment might be a casualty of other
changes in the brain that are preparing
women for
motherhood.
But did you know that
motherhood especially
changes a
woman's brain?
In the approximately fifteen - minute video, Mayer and Bustamante discuss their work and
motherhood, telling the host that they will demonstrate how art can use mass media to
change society's views of
women's issues.
At present, the opportunities taken to
change chaotic lifestyles for drug dependent pregnant
women are not reliably continued into
motherhood beyond the first few weeks
Straits [47] proposed that fertility decline is due partly to decreased cultural support for parenthood and found, using vignettes, that fertility
change is linked to inter-cohort shifts in values and expectations of
women: fertility declined if there was less cultural support for
motherhood and more cultural support for
women's career investment.
The experience of
motherhood in the postpartum period will also be addressed with a focus on the discrepancies between expectations and reality, grief and loss as an integral part of this life -
changing transition, and the incorporation of a
woman's new role as a mother into her previously established sense of herself in the world.