Title: And now we have everything
Description: O'Connell is a smart twentysomething who treats her pregnancy like a new project, researching and planning. She envisions a natural birth and a year of wholesome breast feeding. But things do not go as she expects. Life throws curveballs, and after 40 hours of contractions, she opts for a C-section. She manages to nurse for a year but resents her baby's control over her body. This is not a book about the wonders of motherhood but about the tension between culturally inherited ideals and the realities of lived, bodily experience.
Subjects: First pregnancy, Anecdotes, Single mothers, Mothers, Parenthood, Motherhood, Biography, Psychological aspects, Pregnancy, Unplanned pregnancy, Decision making, Unwanted pregnancy, Women, united states, biography, New York Times reviewed, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood
Places: United States
People: Meaghan O'Connell