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Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy: A History of Miscarriage in America
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freidenfelds, Lara
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Childbirth.
- Miscarriage.
- Pregnancy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020
- Summary:
- The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy is a history of why Americans came to have the unrealistic expectation of perfect pregnancies and to mourn even very early miscarriages.
- Contents:
- Childbearing in Colonial America
- Planning the Baby: Fertility Control from Withdrawal to the Pill
- Bonding with the Baby: The Changing Meaning of Parenting
- Taking Care of the Baby: Prenatal Care at the Doctor’s Office and Beyond
- Buying for the Baby: Marketing to Expectant Parents
- Imagining the Baby: Debating Abortion
- Seeing the Baby: The Ultrasound Ritual
- Detecting the Baby: The Home Pregnancy Test.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190869823
- 0-19-086982-8
- 0-19-005217-1
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