Pathways and Barriers to Parenthood Existential Concerns Regarding Fertility, Pregnancy, and Early Parenthood /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Taubman - Ben-Ari, Orit (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Positive psychology.; Quality of life.; Developmental psychology.; Positive Psychology.; Quality of Life Research.; Developmental Psychology.

This volume explores the transition to parenthood from a holistic developmental approach, relating to barriers such as fertility problems and traumatic childbirth, as well as pathways such as positive experiences of pregnancy and childbirth. It presents an extended process, beginning with infertilit...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Giving Birth to Meaning: Understanding Parenthood Through the Psychology of Meaning in Life (Jessica L. Morse, Michael F. Steger)
• Chapter 2. The Experience of Infertility: An Unexpected Barrier in the Transition to Parenthood (Brennan Peterson, Jean Marie S. Place)
• Chapter 3. In Pursuit of Parenthood: The Highs and Lows of Fertility Treatment (Vera Skvirsky, Orit Taubman - Ben-Ari)
• Chapter 4. Fertility Problems and Fertility Care in Sub-Sharan Africa: The Case of Kenya (M. W. Bos Henny, B. van Rooij Floor, Tammary Esho, Wanjiru Ndegwa, Aida Bilajbegovic, Benjamin Kioko, Luca Koppen, Kemunto Migiro, Solomon Mwendah, Trudie Gerrits).