The Long-awaited Stork: A Guide to Parenting After InfertilityFor the hundreds of thousands of people who become parents after experiencing infertility, expectations of parenthood - often idealized during the long wait - are seldom met. Frequently, with the joy and satisfaction brought about by a successful pregnancy or adoption, come negative feelings and magnified fears of losing the baby. |
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... Adoptive parents must also distinguish between acknowledg- ing differences and insisting on them . In his landmark 1964 book , Shared Fate , H. David Kirk found that adoptive families did better when they were able to acknowledge ...
... Adoptive parents must also distinguish between acknowledg- ing differences and insisting on them . In his landmark 1964 book , Shared Fate , H. David Kirk found that adoptive families did better when they were able to acknowledge ...
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... adoptive parents are reluctant to talk about their child's history has to do with their awareness that adoptive parents are sometimes told what the teller feels they want to hear . Adoptive parents realize , when they begin to com- pare ...
... adoptive parents are reluctant to talk about their child's history has to do with their awareness that adoptive parents are sometimes told what the teller feels they want to hear . Adoptive parents realize , when they begin to com- pare ...
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... adoptive families comes when children marry and consider having families of their own . For many adoptees this is ... parents . It is a challenge to all adoptive parents to respond empathically to their children when they are feeling so ...
... adoptive families comes when children marry and consider having families of their own . For many adoptees this is ... parents . It is a challenge to all adoptive parents to respond empathically to their children when they are feeling so ...
Contents
Preparation for Parenthood | 3 |
Pregnancy after Infertility | 13 |
The Arrival | 25 |
Copyright | |
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