Pregnancy: Theoretical considerations

Notman, Malkah T.; Lester, Eva P.

doi:10.1080/07351698809533715

Cited by 27 publications

(19 citation statements)

References 14 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…They also constitute adult developmental phases or psychosocial crises (see Balsam 1996;Bassin, Honey, and Kaplan 1994;Benedek 1956Benedek , 1959Benedek , 1960Bibring 1959;Bibring et al 1961;Chodorow 1978;de Marneffe 2004;Kestenberg 1956Kestenberg , 1976Langer 1992;Notman and Lester 1988;Pines 1993;Raphael-Leff 1993). They also constitute adult developmental phases or psychosocial crises (see Balsam 1996;Bassin, Honey, and Kaplan 1994;Benedek 1956Benedek , 1959Benedek , 1960Bibring 1959;Bibring et al 1961;Chodorow 1978;de Marneffe 2004;Kestenberg 1956Kestenberg , 1976Langer 1992;Notman and Lester 1988;Pines 1993;Raphael-Leff 1993).…”

Section: Mothering In Psychoanalytic Thoughtmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Too Late”: Ambivalence About Motherhood, Choice, and Time

Chodorow

2003

J Am Psychoanal Assoc

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper explores a particular constellation of fantasies and defenses that in some women leads to the delay of childbearing. Destructive wishes towards the woman's own womb and her mother's lead to behaviors that sabotage fertility and pregnancy. These wishes and behaviors meet up with an unconscious belief in and commitment to time standing still, and with cultural tropes and trends that obscure intrapsychic conflicts and denials about motherhood, aging, and time. Analysis, like childbearing, is constrained by the reality of time, and the complex untangling and connecting of these three not obviously related threads may not occur until it is, for the woman who wants a child, too late.

show abstract

Section: Mothering In Psychoanalytic Thoughtmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Too Late”: Ambivalence About Motherhood, Choice, and Time

Chodorow

2003

J Am Psychoanal Assoc

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The orientation of women has valued service and sacrifice-doing for others. Responsiveness to others engenders vulnerability in that self-esteem fluctuates with a woman's perception of others' responses to her (Marcus, 1987;Notman et al, 1988).…”

Section: Socializationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reproductive and critical transitions in the lifespan of women patients with focus on menopause

Notman

1995

Depression

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…In the later psychoanalytic writings, a wish for a baby is attributed to the pre-Oedipal identification with the mother (Cherazi, 1986). The procreative wish is viewed as being related to the wish to assume adult roles and fulfill adult societal expectations; a wish to fulfill both Narcissistic and Oedipal wishes through parenthood, to extend oneself into the future, and to have the illusion of being godlike in the creation of life (Notman and Lester, 1988). Benedeck (1959Benedeck ( , 1970) supported a biological basis for the feelings about motherhood, arguing that motherhood is the primary organizer of the women's sexual drive, and also of her personality (p. 139).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

?Thirty nothing?: What do counsellors know about mature single women who wish for a child and a family?

Linn

1995

Int J Adv Counselling

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract.The following paper examines the emergence of a wish for a child among women in general, and the socio-psychological pressure awaiting unwed women who are over 30 years old. Though there has been some consensus among researchers that it is the institution of motherhood that perpetuates women's oppression, and not the experience itself, there have been very few studies on the experience of motherhood as a choice. The study of a wish for a child in mature age may clarify concepts such as femininity, womanhood, female sexuality, and motherhood. The paper suggests that the experience of unwed mothers is a unique framework for such an examination, and present a case study from a longitudinal research on unwed mothers in Israel.

show abstract

Pregnancy: Theoretical considerations

Cited by 27 publications

References 14 publications

“Too Late”: Ambivalence About Motherhood, Choice, and Time

“Too Late”: Ambivalence About Motherhood, Choice, and Time

Reproductive and critical transitions in the lifespan of women patients with focus on menopause

?Thirty nothing?: What do counsellors know about mature single women who wish for a child and a family?

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About