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Childbearing and the Changing Nature of Parenthood: The Contexts, Actors, and Experiences of Having Children

ISBN: 978-1-83867-067-2, eISBN: 978-1-83867-066-5

ISSN: 1530-3535

Publication date: 25 November 2019

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(2019), "Index", Costa, R.P. and Blair, S.L. (Ed.) Childbearing and the Changing Nature of Parenthood: The Contexts, Actors, and Experiences of Having Children (Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research, Vol. 14), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 209-215. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1530-353520190000014010

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” with numbers indicate notes.

African-American parents

pregnancy confirmation experience
, 195–198

and children
, 192, 195

Age
, 58–59

age-related infertility
, 5, 15

single and aging
, 8–10

of women
, 66

American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
, 2

Anesthesia
, 128

ANOVA
, 152–153

univariate
, 152, 155

Anticipated infertility
, 2

Apprehension
, 37

Assemblage

constructing mother as
, 44–47

theory
, 25–26, 28, 44, 46

thinking
, 25, 27–28, 33

Asymmetrical representations of gender
, 170

“At-risk” groups
, 4

Attitudes toward single mothers
, 147–148, 158

quantitative results for
, 152–154

“Baby Friendly Hospitals” program
, 128

Becoming, processes of
, 25

Behavior
, 90–91

Bioecological theory
, 55, 59, 62, 70

Biographical life story interviews
, 29

Biographical Narrative Interviewing Method (BNIM)
, 33

Biographical trajectories
, 184

Biological reproduction
, 3, 170

of population
, 4

Biological risks
, 5–6

Biomedicalization processes
, 4, 130

“Birth Action Plan”
, 128

Birth pain
, 87

Birth-preparation classes
, 81

case studies
, 82

data and method
, 81–82

gendered responsibilities assignment in
, 86–88

legitimation of gendered attributions in
, 89–91

m/othering in
, 84–86

modality of
, 81

(re)gendering in
, 83–84

Birthing process
, 83

Bisexuality
, 175–176

Blogs
, 130

Braxton–Hicks contractions
, 83

Breastfeeding
, 83

hormones
, 91

Bridget Jones Generation
, 8

Butler’s theory
, 169

Career men and women
, 10–12

Cerebral people
, 86

Cesarean section
, 128, 130

Child(ren)
, 124

child-rearing process
, 14

emotional challenges of
, 156

Childbearing
, 87

Childbed
, 83

Childbirth
, 81, 122, 136

educators
, 92n2

instructors
, 92n2

medicalization in Turkey
, 127–131

Chorionic villus sampling
, 129

Chronosystem
, 59, 61–62

CILIA-LG BTQI + project
, 167

Co-parenting
, 144

Communication

effective
, 73

skills
, 73

Community
, 59

Conjugality
, 171

Contemporary midwifery
, 103–105

Contraception use
, 54

confounding variables
, 58–59

descriptive statistics of currently married women
, 63–64

ecological contexts/systems influencing women’s
, 60

family planning worker
, 56–57

geographical factors
, 57–58

husband’s desire for children
, 55–56

implications
, 73–74

limitations
, 74

logistic regression of factors
, 68

measures
, 64–66

predictors
, 55

results
, 66–69

sample and procedure
, 62–64

technological factors
, 57

theoretical framework
, 59–62

women’s experiences
, 62

Contractions
, 83

Crisis
, 32

emotional
, 29, 31–32, 48

Cryopreservation
, 14

Daddy bonus
, 19n34

Deleuzian–Guattarian term assemblage
, 26–27

Demographic information
, 148–149

Divorced mothers
, 160

Dual income families
, 194

Economic ideologies
, 9

Education
, 146

Egg banking
, 9

Egg freezing
, 7, 11–12

Elective egg freezing
, 2, 9, 17

Elective gamete banking
, 16

Emotional/emotions
, 29, 90–91

challenges of child
, 156

crisis of motherhood
, 31–32

turmoil
, 31, 33–40

Existential loneliness
, 30

Exosystem
, 59, 61

External Fetal Monitor (EFM)
, 113

External risks
, 20n46

Extracurricular activities
, 193

Family
, 59, 168

functioning
, 180

life
, 174

modernization
, 171

sociology
, 171

Family planning
, 56

patterns of practices
, 57

workers
, 56–57, 61, 65, 73

Fear
, 37, 39–40, 46

Feminist/femininity
, 169–170

scholarship
, 105

standpoint theory
, 105

Fertility
, 4, 14

preservation
, 11

primary risk facing women’s
, 15

risks to
, 6

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
, 12

Financial autonomy
, 146

Financial challenges of single motherhood
, 156

First-time mother
, 32

Foucauldian concept of subjugated knowledges
, 102

Free-range parenting
, 193

Frozen sperm
, 14

Gamete cryopreservation
, 2–3, 16

García Coll model
, 195

Gay fatherhood ideology
, 177

Gay marriage
, 174

Gender
, 3, 81, 172

asymmetrical representations
, 170

discrimination
, 170

equality
, 194

gender-homogeneous community
, 83

gendered responsibilities assignment in birth-preparation classes
, 86–88

ideologies
, 6, 9–10

myths
, 90

representations
, 170

Gender Trouble (Butler)
, 168

Germ theory
, 98

German family policies
, 80

German standard work on antenatal care
, 90

Germany
, 80

good mothering in
, 80

midwives in
, 92n3

“Getting comfortable with baby”
, 33–34, 41–42

Gilgit Baltistan (GB)
, 65

Globalization
, 122

Good ecological maternity
, 131

Good mothering/motherhood
, 80–81, 125

Heteronormative parenting
, 16

Homoparenthood
, 166–167

Households
, 55

level interventions
, 73

Human/social reality
, 132

Husband’s desire for children
, 55–56, 65

Ideal egg freezers
, 10

Ideal users of sperm freezing
, 7–8

Identity

adaptation and reformulation
, 30

reorganisation
, 30

Idyllic mothering, societal expectations of
, 30

In vitro fertilization (IVF)
, 134, 136

Infant feeding
, 88

Infertility
, 4, 195

age-related
, 5, 15

anticipating
, 8, 12–13, 15

Informed Choice model
, 100, 102, 114

Insurance
, 9

policy
, 14

Intensive parenting
, 193

Internalized homophobia
, 170

Interviews
, 99

transcripts
, 198

INTIMATE project
, 167

Intrauterine devices (IUDs)
, 54, 64

Kes¸kesiz Dog˘um Merkezleri
, 130

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces (KPK provinces)
, 57, 69, 72

Lactation
, 83

Lactational amenorrhea method (LAM)
, 54, 64

Lady health workers (LHWs)
, 56–57

Lay midwifery
, 98

LG BTQI people
, 166, 181

Life growth
, 30

Likert scale
, 148, 157

Low income and parent stress
, 194–195

Male birth control pill, coverage of
, 7

Masculinity
, 169

Maternal profiles
, 149–151

Maternity, preparation to
, 136

Media

analysis
, 6, 15

message
, 65

outlets
, 6–7

Media coverage of elective egg and sperm freezing
, 2

analysis
, 7–15

methods
, 6–7

theorizing risk and reproductive technologies
, 3–6

Medical

perspectives
, 29

research in medical sociology
, 5

risk
, 4

science
, 122

technology
, 131

Medicalization
, 3, 122

method
, 132–133

mothers’ perspectives
, 133–139

of pregnancy and childbirth in Turkey
, 127–131

reflexivity
, 124–126

risk society
, 123–124

social context in pregnancy and childbirth
, 123

surveillance
, 126–127

Men taking risks
, 12–15

Midwives
, 81, 83–84, 88, 92n2

elaborations
, 90

in Germany
, 92n3

roles in childbearing and transition to parenthood
, 107–109

Milk-producing breasts
, 88

Millennials
, 146–147

Modern Family
, 158

Modern power
, 104

Mother identity, emergence of
, 25–28

Motherhood (see also Single mothers/motherhood)
, 24–26, 122

constellation
, 30

ideology
, 177

penalty
, 19n34

at risk
, 15–17

Motherhood, transition into (see also Single mothers/motherhood)
, 25

assemblage and concept of mothering identity
, 26–29

data and methods
, 32–34

findings
, 34–47

literature review
, 29–32

Mothering
, 93n9

in birth-preparation classes
, 84–86

Mothering identity
, 26

assemblage and concept of
, 26–29

attaining
, 29–31

Mothers’ perspectives of medicalization
, 133–139

childbirth
, 136

decision to mother
, 133–134

husband’s support
, 139

monitoring during pregnancy
, 135–136

mothers’ evaluations
, 139

pregnancy
, 134

preparation to maternity
, 136

scientific and predictable risks
, 137

trust relationship
, 137–138

Natural childbirth
, 83, 87

Naturalization
, 90–91

Negative life circumstances
, 144

Never married mothers
, 160

New Philosophy of Society:Assemblage Theory and Social Complexity, A
, 44

New reproductive technologies (NRTs)
, 2–3, 5

Non-heterosexual couple
, 167–168

bisexuality
, 175–176

cases presentation
, 173

equally ideals and power imbalances in conjugal life
, 181–183

homoparenthood
, 166–167

ideology of motherhood and gay fatherhood
, 177

less autonomy of gay men
, 176–177

parenting projects and access route to parenthood
, 178–181

problematic “coming out”
, 175

results
, 173

same-sex marriage
, 173–174

theoretical framework and methodological options
, 168–173

Non-heterosexuality
, 166

Normal childbearing
, 100

Normalization
, 101

Normative femininity
, 170

Normative masculinity
, 170

Ontario Health Care Consent Act (OHCCA)
, 100

Ontario midwifery
, 98–99

constructing pregnancy
, 102–103

contemporary midwifery
, 103–105

description of participants
, 106–107

ethos of midwifery
, 109–111

interdisciplinary relationships
, 111–112

legislation
, 100–101

method
, 105–106

methodological notes
, 105

midwives’ roles in childbearing and transition to parenthood
, 107–109

negotiating power/knowledge
, 101–102

re-defining “alternative”
, 114–115

resources, intervention, and hierarchy
, 112–113

Ovarian reserves
, 9

Overpopulation
, 54

Pakistan Demographic and Health Surveys (PDHS)
, 54, 62–63, 74

Pakistan’s population
, 54

Pakistani culture
, 56

Pakistani society
, 55–56, 59, 70

Panting classes
, 84

Parental competences
, 167

Parenthood
, 171

access route to
, 178–181

Parenthood, transition to
, 174, 198

Parenting
, 6, 14, 17

projects
, 178–181

Parenting stressors

dual income families
, 194

low income and parent stress
, 194–195

mothers working more hours
, 193–194

and styles
, 193

Parents-to-be midwives
, 81

Parents-to-be reach decisions
, 81

Patriarchal norms
, 55

Performative approach
, 169–170

of gender
, 168

Peridural anesthesia (PDA)
, 86

Physical–biological perspective
, 90

Polio vaccination
, 61

Poor women
, 54–56, 59, 71

Post-natal depression (PND)
, 29

Post-pregnancy
, 202–205

Postmodern biopolitics
, 127

Power
, 4

imbalances in conjugal life
, 181–183

panoptism
, 126

Power/knowledge, negotiating
, 101–102

Pregnancy
, 27, 122, 200–202

experiences
, 198

medicalization in Turkey
, 127–131

pregnancy-related risk
, 129

Pregnant people
, 117n1

Pretheoretical primary knowledge
, 89

Provincial level
, 55, 58, 65–66, 72, 74–75, 113

Psychiatry-based research
, 29

Psychological attachment theory
, 90

Psychology-based research
, 29

Punjab province
, 66–67, 69, 72

“Pure relation” concept
, 181

Qualitative inquiry

African–American parents and children in twenty-first century
, 195–198

data analysis
, 198

factors affects parenting styles
, 192

family demographic information with
, 199

limitations and future research
, 205–207

literature review
, 192

method
, 198

parenting stressors and styles
, 193–195

post-pregnancy
, 202–205

pregnancy
, 200–202

prenatal parenting experience through non-traditional studies
, 192–193

results
, 200

time of labor and delivery
, 202

Qualitative results

of fictitious vignettes
, 156–157

for willingness to become single mother by choice
, 157–158

Quantitative results

for attitudes toward single mothers
, 152–154

for willingness to become single mother by choice
, 154–156

(Re)gendering in birth-preparation classes
, 83–84

Reciprocal interaction
, 60–61, 70, 73

Reconstructing relationships
, 33–34, 40–41

Rediscovering self
, 33–34, 42–44

Reflexivity
, 124–126

Regression analysis
, 153–154

Regretting Motherhood (Donath)
, 80

Reproductive choices
, 17

Reproductive risks
, 6

Reproductive technology
, 14

Reterritorialisation
, 27–28

Risk(s)
, 2–3, 129

avoidance
, 126

biological
, 5–6

consiousness
, 124

discourses
, 123

to fertility
, 6

management
, 125

perceptions and experiences
, 6

reduction
, 125

reproductive
, 6

society
, 123–124

theorizing risk and reproductive technologies
, 3–6

Same-sex marriage
, 173–174

Scientification
, 123

Self-doubt
, 46

Self-esteem
, 31

Self-identity
, 30

Semen cryopreservation
, 7

Semi-directional interview
, 173

Sexual categories
, 169

Sexual minorities
, 169

Shock
, 34, 36, 40

to system
, 31

Sindh province
, 67, 69, 72

Single and aging
, 8–10

Single mothers/motherhood (see also Motherhood, transition into)
, 144–146

advantages
, 156–157

attitudes toward
, 147–148, 158

by choice
, 145–146

demographic information
, 148–149

design and procedure
, 151–152

financial challenges of
, 156

generational differences
, 146

hypotheses
, 147

limitations
, 161–162

materials
, 148

maternal profiles
, 149–151

participants
, 148

perceptions of
, 144–145

qualitative hypotheses
, 148

qualitative responses
, 160–161

qualitative results
, 156–158

quantitative results
, 152–156

results
, 152

willingness to become single mother
, 147, 150, 159–160

Single Parents
, 158

Social

driving force of risk arguments
, 124

stereotypes
, 146

stigmas
, 162

Social Security Institution (SSI)
, 128

Socialization processes
, 70

Society of normalization
, 102

Socioeconomic status (SES)
, 54, 58, 198

Sociological theory
, 172

Sociology
, 132

Solo parenting
, 145, 147

Space travel
, 13

Sperm cryopreservation
, 14

Sperm freezing
, 2–3, 7, 17

Standard days method (SDM)
, 54, 64

Stereotypes
, 162

Subjugated knowledges, Foucauldian concept of
, 102

Superordinate level of science
, 91

Support matrix
, 30

Surveillance
, 126–127

Technicalization
, 123

Television
, 57, 61, 73–74

Territorialisation
, 45

Time of labor and delivery
, 202

Total motherhood
, 125

Traditional culture
, 55, 65, 70, 72

Traditional family
, 158

TRANSRIGHTS project
, 167

Trust relationship
, 137–138

Uncertainty
, 4, 6, 9, 14, 123–124, 186

Unrealistic expectations of motherhood
, 32

Urban legends
, 90

Vaginal Birth after Caesarean (VBAC)
, 108

Wealth status
, 66

Willingness to become single mother
, 150–151, 159–160

by choice
, 147

qualitative results for
, 157–158

quantitative results for
, 154–156

Women

contraception practices
, 56

perception of ideal family size
, 55

studies courses
, 100

working
, 10–12

Workplace
, 59–60, 126

fertility preservation in
, 11

Zero trimester
, 5

Zika virus
, 13, 20n37