Book contents
- Becoming a Parent
- Becoming a Parent
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Permissions
- Chapter 1 Contemplating Parenthood
- Chapter 2 Reproductive Technologies
- Chapter 3 Becoming a Mother
- Chapter 4 Becoming a Father
- Chapter 5 High Stakes Pregnancies
- Chapter 6 Alternative Pathways
- Chapter 7 Childbirth
- Chapter 8 The Fourth Trimester
- Chapter 9 The Way Forward
- References
- Index
Chapter 5 - High Stakes Pregnancies
The Impact of Infertility, Risk, and Loss
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2022
- Becoming a Parent
- Becoming a Parent
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Permissions
- Chapter 1 Contemplating Parenthood
- Chapter 2 Reproductive Technologies
- Chapter 3 Becoming a Mother
- Chapter 4 Becoming a Father
- Chapter 5 High Stakes Pregnancies
- Chapter 6 Alternative Pathways
- Chapter 7 Childbirth
- Chapter 8 The Fourth Trimester
- Chapter 9 The Way Forward
- References
- Index
Summary
While conception, pregnancy and childbirth are ‘natural’ events for most, for some the process is more complicated, medicalised, and marked by unexpected or difficult events. This chapter examines the experience of pregnancy when high investment is juxtaposed with high risk. The impact of a history of infertility, conception involving ART, pregnancy loss is examined in depth as well as evidence regarding the most effective ways to support parents who experience perinatnal loss.
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- Becoming a ParentContemporary Contexts and Challenges during the Transition to Parenthood, pp. 102 - 130Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022