Pathways and Barriers to Parenthood Existential Concerns Regarding F
This volume explores the transition to parenthood from a holistic developmental approach, relating to barriers such as fertility problems and traumatic childbirth, as well as pathways such as positive experiences of pregnancy and childbirth. It presents a
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Pathways and Barriers to Parenthood Existential Concerns Regarding Fertility, Pregnancy, and Early Parenthood
Pathways and Barriers to Parenthood
Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari Editor
Pathways and Barriers to Parenthood Existential Concerns Regarding Fertility, Pregnancy, and Early Parenthood
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Editor Orit Taubman – Ben-Ari Bar-Ilan University Ramat Gan, Israel
ISBN 978-3-030-24863-5 ISBN 978-3-030-24864-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24864-2
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To my mother, Lea, who has always been my ultimate model of the perfect mother, and who paved the way to the mother I became; and to my children, Liron, Adi, and Nir, who teach me every day how precious this life transforming transition has been to me.
Preface: The Complex Multidimensional Pathways and Barriers to Parenthood
Much has been written over the years concerning the transition to parenthood. Some authors relate only to the joy it brings, while others concentrate on psychopathology in the pre- and postnatal periods. Some look only at women, whereas others consider couples. Many address infertility as a medical obstacle on the path to becoming a parent, while others explore its psychological consequences for women, men, and their offspring’s development. Little attention, however, has been devoted to an attempt to consider the medical, psychological, ethical, epidemiological, cultural, and clinical aspects of the journey to parenthood in parallel, and to view this challenging journey from the beginning, the desire to become parents, through pregnancy and the expectations and experience of childbirth, to actual parenthood. This book attempts to d
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