Great Expectations: A Prospective Study of Women's Expectations and Experiences of Childbirth

by Josephine M. Green, Vanessa A. Coupland

First commercial publication of a research study carried out in 1987 of over 700 women who gave birth in England. Nineteen chapters are divided into two sections and discuss topics such as research in context, social/behavioral aspects of labor, pain relief, obstetric interventions, psychological outcomes, expectations and previous experience, smoking and drinking in pregnancy, birth plans, third stage of labor, suturing, and feeding the baby. No index. Distributed by Butterworth-Heinemann. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

384 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 1998