Twice Alive: A Spiritual Guide to Mothering Through Pregnancy And the Child's First Year

by Osnes, Beth

• ISBN13: 9780971938380
• ISBN10: 0971938385
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-30
• Publisher: Wovenword Pr

Summary

At once practical and infused with spirit, Twice Alive is a compassionate guide through the rich terrain of pregnancy and early motherhood. With the voice ad heart of a wise and loving mother, Beth Osnes points her readers toward the fullness of the mothering experience.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
The First Trimester	1	(16)
What to Watch For	1	(3)
Just Starting Out	1	(1)
Secrets	2	(1)
Swinging in Euphoria	3	(1)
Swinging into the Dark Side	3	(1)
Finding Your Place in the Creative Process	4	(1)
One Traveler's Journal	4	(9)
Something To Do	13	(4)
Start a Birth Journal	13	(4)
The Second Trimester	17	(14)
What to Watch For	17	(2)
Balance Restored	17	(1)
Entering the Public Domain	18	(1)
Be Fabulous	19	(1)
One Traveler's Journal	19	(4)
Something To Do	23	(8)
Design Your Own Baby Shower	23	(8)
The Third Trimester	31	(14)
What to Watch For	31	(2)
Leaving Cute Behind	31	(1)
Rev your Engines	32	(1)
Rare Vista	33	(1)
One Traveler's Journal	33	(8)
Something To Do	41	(4)
Arrange for Your Meals When Baby Comes Home	41	(4)
A Possible Over-due Contingency	45	(6)
What to Watch For	45	(1)
Enter Misery	45	(1)
One Traveler's Journal	46	(3)
Something To Do	49	(2)
Birth	51	(10)
What to Watch For	51	(1)
Forever Changed	51	(1)
One Traveler's Journal	52	(6)
Something To Do	58	(3)
Get the Word Out That You Need Some Recovery Time	58	(3)
Infanthood (0-3 Months)	61	(22)
What to Watch For	61	(3)
Re-entry into Your Life	61	(1)
Falling in Love	62	(1)
Guarding this Time	62	(2)
Girl Talk with God	64	(1)
One Traveler's Journal	64	(15)
Something To Do	79	(4)
Create a Prayerful Place for Yourself	79	(4)
Age of Opening (4--6 Months)	83	(18)
What to Watch For	83	(2)
Step Slowly from your Cocoon for Two	83	(1)
Dive into the Deep-end of This Love	84	(1)
One Traveler's Journal	85	(11)
Something To Do	96	(5)
Celebrate your Shared Sensuality with Baby	96	(5)
Age of Discovery (7-9 Months)	101	(26)
What to Watch For	101	(2)
Premonitions of the Separation to Come	101	(1)
Grace Descending	102	(1)
One Traveler's Journal	103	(17)
Something To Do	120	(7)
Join or Form a Mom's Group	120	(7)
Leaving Babyhood Behind (10--12 Months)	127	(22)
What to Watch For	127	(2)
What is Gained and What is Lost	127	(1)
Rebounding Acceptance	128	(1)
Seeing Double	129	(1)
One Traveler's Journal	129	(11)
Something To Do	140	(9)
Spread the Love to All the World's Children	140	(9)
Epilogue (The End of the Beginning and Beginning Again)	149	(31)
Conclusion: Eight Years Later	149	(27)
As Foster Mother	150	(3)
As Political Mother and the Creation of Mothers Acting Up	153	(4)
Mothering as a One-Woman Show	157	(5)
The Graduation of a Birth-mother	162	(4)
Adoptive Mom	166	(10)
An Apple a Day	176	(4)
Footnotes	180	(1)
Photo Credits	181	(2)
Something to Do (pages to fill with notes, insights, ideas)	183