“Although the needs of babies have changed very little over the millennia, over the past decades, female equality in education and occupational opportunities has altered maternal expectations. This renders baby-care requirements discordant with ambition for many mothers, and produces heartfelt dilemmas for others.” NeedsLittlesCarePastMotherOpportunityChangedProduceBabyAmbitionExpectationsFemaleDecadesRequirementsDilemmaAlteredOver The PastHeartfelt Author:Joan Raphael-Leff
“Childbearing is the most consistent of human events. Male and female alike, we have all been gestated inside a woman's body. As a phenomenon, childbearing is seemingly eternal and universal, yet like no other it highlights the gender divide, the singularity of individual experience and sociocultural diversities.” HumansBodyIndividualEventsDiversityEternalFemaleUniversalMalesGenderConsistentPhenomenonDividesHighlightsSingularityWomen's BodiesChildbearing Book:Spilt Milk: Perinatal Loss & Breakdown Source: Spilt Milk: Perinatal Loss & Breakdown