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Carregando... Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy (edição: 2018)de Angela Garbes (Autor)
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I've never given birth, and never intend to, but this was an incredibly interesting book about how much we know (and don't know) scientifically about the mechanisms of pregnancy and motherhood. As a non-mother I would compare its appeal to a Mary Roach book - individual chapters dig into the study (and lack of study) of the placenta, breast milk, pelvic floors, miscarriages, etc. It's all fascinating and gross and amazing. This book is for anyone at all interested in bearing and nurturing children - I was a labor and delivery nurse so that includes me in a big way - this book answers questions you probably hadn't even known to ask. How does a placenta work? How is it possible for a woman to have male cells in her body decades after giving birth? How does breastfeeding work, and how is it tailored to the individual child? Five stars and more from me. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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HTML: A candid, feminist, and personal deep dive into the science and culture of pregnancy and motherhood Like most first-time mothers, Angela Garbes was filled with questions when she became pregnant. What exactly is a placenta and how does it function? How does a body go into labor? Why is breast best? Is wine totally off-limits? But as she soon discovered, it's not easy to find satisfying answers. Your obstetrician will cautiously quote statistics; online sources will scare you with conflicting and often inaccurate data; and even the most trusted books will offer information with a heavy dose of judgment. To educate herself, the food and culture writer embarked on an intensive journey of exploration, diving into the scientific mysteries and cultural attitudes that surround motherhood to find answers to questions that had only previously been given in the form of advice about what women ought to doâ??rather than allowing them the freedom to choose the right path for themselves. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I should've expected it, but I was also delighted to see both Dr. Katie Hinde and Dr. Melissa Wilson from Arizona State University show up as interviewees in this! I am mostly familiar with them via Mammal March Madness and other science twitter shenanigans, and their research on milk and genetics respectively is nice to see in a popular/lay audience! I'm going to be thinking about baby backwash re: breastfeeding for a while.
Definitely going to pick up Garbes' second book that came out recently, [b:Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change|58782831|Essential Labor Mothering as Social Change|Angela Garbes|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1639948672l/58782831._SX50_.jpg|92554853]. ( )