How Class Shapes the Pregnant Body and Infant Health
An important analysis of the difference class makes in reproductive health choices Can you run a marathon, drink coffee, eat fish, or fly on a plane while pregnant? Such questions are just the tip of the iceberg for how most pregnant women's bodies are managed, surveilled, and scrutinized during pregnancy. The Reproduction of Inequality ......
Religion and Reproductive Politics in the Promised Land
An intimate account of Orthodox family planning amid shifting state policies in Israel In recent years, Israeli state policies have attempted to dissuade Orthodox Jews from creating large families, an objective that flies in the face of traditional practices in their community. As state desires to cultivate a high-income, tech-centered nation ......
Religion and Reproductive Politics in the Promised Land
An intimate account of Orthodox family planning amid shifting state policies in Israel In recent years, Israeli state policies have attempted to dissuade Orthodox Jews from creating large families, an objective that flies in the face of traditional practices in their community. As state desires to cultivate a high-income, tech-centered nation ......
How Class Shapes the Pregnant Body and Infant Health
An important analysis of the difference class makes in reproductive health choices Can you run a marathon, drink coffee, eat fish, or fly on a plane while pregnant? Such questions are just the tip of the iceberg for how most pregnant women's bodies are managed, surveilled, and scrutinized during pregnancy. The Reproduction of Inequality ......
With over twenty years of experience in obstetrics, Dr. Monique Rainford offers a primer on how to better care for Black pregnancies. Passionately identifying why Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy than their white counterparts, this book carries the hopes and dreams of a generation looking to effect change.
TAKING CONTROL aims to provide a guidance for Muslim women who are trying to conceive. Author Farah Dualeh, who herself has tried to conceive for many years, shares her personal experience along with psychological tools to cope with this traumatic ordeal for women who struggle to become mothers. Dualeh also gives extensive content from Islamic ......
The Transformative Experience of Becoming a Mother
Pregnancy isn't just a physical transformation. An emotional and spiritual journey is also taking place: you're becoming a mother. In Expecting Wonder, Brittany L. Bergman explores this identity transformation with wit and grace, offering a heart-level guidebook for women in the season of pregnancy.
