Unsung Lullabies

Author: Martha Diamond
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312313896
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
For people experiencing infertility, wanting a baby is a craving unlike any other. The intensity of their longing is matched only by the complexity of the emotional maze they must navigate. With insight and compassion, Drs. Janet Jaffe, Martha Diamond, and David Diamond-specialists in the field of Reproductive Psychology who have each experienced their own struggle with infertility-give couples the tools to: *Reduce their sense of helplessness and isolation *Identify their mates' coping styles to erase unfair expectations *Listen to their "unsung lullabies"--their conscious and unconscious dreams about having a family--to mourn the losses of infertility and move on. Ground-breaking, wise, and compassionate, Unsung Lullabies is a necessary companion for anyone coping with infertility.

Unsung Lullabies

Author: Martha Diamond
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1466821132
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Self-Trust and Reproductive Autonomy

Author: Carolyn McLeod
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262263771
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
A study of the importance of self-trust for women's autonomy in reproductive health. The power of new medical technologies, the cultural authority of physicians, and the gendered power dynamics of many patient-physician relationships can all inhibit women's reproductive freedom. Often these factors interfere with women's ability to trust themselves to choose and act in ways that are consistent with their own goals and values. In this book Carolyn McLeod introduces to the reproductive ethics literature the idea that in reproductive health care women's self-trust can be undermined in ways that threaten their autonomy. Understanding the importance of self-trust for autonomy, McLeod argues, is crucial to understanding the limits on women's reproductive freedom. McLeod brings feminist insights in philosophical moral psychology to reproductive ethics, and to health-care ethics more broadly. She identifies the social environments in which self-trust is formed and encouraged. She also shows how women's experiences of reproductive health care can enrich our understanding of self-trust and autonomy as philosophical concepts. The book's theoretical components are grounded in women's concrete experiences. The cases discussed, which involve miscarriage, infertility treatment, and prenatal diagnosis, show that what many women feel toward themselves in reproductive contexts is analogous to what we feel toward others when we trust or distrust them. McLeod also discusses what health-care providers can do to minimize the barriers to women's self-trust in reproductive health care, and why they have a duty to do so as part of their larger duty to respect patient autonomy.

Island Lullaby

Author: Margie Tyone Bruce
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1633557359
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
Gregory Steel Schaeffer is a reluctant heir to his father's fortune and obligations in a foreign country—the Philippines. His Filipina mother abandoned him when he was two years old and the prejudice he feels toward his mother, the country where she was from, and its people is very strong. But when his father becomes ill, he has no choice but to go and take over the business. As he makes business decisions in place of his father, he meets a fisherman's daughter, Narra Matibay, a beautiful, tender-hearted and carefree young woman. He vows never to fall in love with the likes of his mother, but can he resist the irresistible charm, the enchanting beauty and the soothing lullaby of the islands?

THE WIND WHISPERERS

Author: James West
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326236733
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
THE WIND WHISPERERS is a collection of poetry set to take, whoever reads it, on an unforgettable journey of the heart.

Grieving Reproductive Loss

Author: Kathleen Gray
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351844113
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
Grieving Reproductive Loss: The Healing Process acknowledges the devastating impact these losses can have. Written in ""plain language"", the book attempts to bring about a greater understanding of the grief associated with reproductive loss and, through the Healing Process Model[copyright], offers a holistic approach for constructive healthy grieving and healing of body, mind, and spirit.

The Heart of Loneliness

Author: Rabbi Marc Katz
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1683366573
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Using the wisdom of the Jewish tradition to better understand and deal with the pain of loneliness in our lives and in the lives of those we love. Long description: Loneliness is pervasive in our society but is rarely addressed. It comes in many forms, from the loneliness of loss to that of sickness; from single life to marriage to divorce. In fact, even the most successful among us are not immune. Even achievement can be an avenue to loneliness. Through sensitivity, compassion and insight, this book provides the stories and tools we need to begin addressing loneliness in our lives and the lives of those we love. With masterful storytelling, Rabbi Marc Katz uses the pains of our ancestors to show us the unique ways loneliness appears in our lives. Drawing on the stories of Isaac and Rachel, King Uzziah and Tamar, Jeremiah and Honi, Hagar and Aaron, Rabbi Katz helps readers understand the nuances of loneliness in their own lives. He helps them understand that although their pain may feel like an island, others have walked there before them. Thoughtful insights on loneliness also help family and friends have a better sense of how and why their friends, children, parents and co-workers suffer. Then, using the tools of the Jewish tradition, Rabbi Katz looks at concrete ways as individuals and as community members we may help those who are lonely in our midst. This book is for anyone who is or has suffered from the pain of loneliness as well as those loved ones who stand on the sideline feeling ill equipped to address the alienation they see.

Waiting for Daisy

Author: Peggy Orenstein
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408820811
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
Buffeted by one jaw-dropping obstacle after another, Orenstein seeks answers both medical and spiritual, all the while trying to save a marriage threatened by cycles, appointments, procedures, and disappointments. Her journey takes her around America and as far as East Asia - on the way she visits an ex-boyfriend who now has fifteen children; encounters 'parasite singles' in Tokyo, women who are rejecting marriage and motherhood in favour of shopping sprees and foreign travel; and shares stories with survivors of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. The world's professional women are only now beginning to become aware of the risks and realities of 'having it all', and Orenstein's saga unfolds as infertility is developing into a boom industry, with over a million women a year seeking treatment. Waiting for Daisy is a profoundly honest, wryly funny report from the front, a story about doing all the things you swore you'd never do to get something you hadn't even been sure you wanted; it's about being a woman, about trying to become a mother, and above all, about the ambivalence, obsession and sacrifice that characterises the struggles of so many modern couples.

Let Go

Author: Anita M. Hessenauer
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666775002
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 70

Book Description
Let Go is a collection of poems that challenges the reader to look beyond the gamut of preconceived ideas, prejudices, egotism, and superiority. It is in casting aside these traits that every individual is perceived as being created in the image and likeness of our Creator who is Love. Love is the primordial characteristic of our true self. We are called to filter out all that is not of our true nature and begin tabula rasa--with a newness of vision in heart and mind--if we are to restore the dignity and worth of every human person and uphold the value of our created order.

Liliput

Author: Sanoj Kumar
Publisher: Sanoj Kumar
ISBN: 1637142749
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Children are the one who have the potential to change the future of our nature. They are the one who have the potential possibilities for the new creation. They are great imitators so treat them well so that they can imitate some good things. There are no seven wonders in their eyes but they have seven millions. As the name suggests of this book, all contents and cover, style are totally related to the nature of any children that's they have. Liliput is an anthology based on children and their behaviour which is composed of different write-ups submitted by different writers on children's day theme which is compiled and edited by Sanoj Kumar.