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Do I Want to Be a Mom?: A Woman's Guide to the Decision of a Lifetime

by Diana L. Dell

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A structured guide for weighing whether motherhood belongs in your life plan

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A structured guide for weighing whether motherhood belongs in your life plan

Diana L. Dell frames the decision about motherhood as a personal choice with practical and emotional dimensions, not a question with one prescribed answer. Drawing on Dell’s backgrounds in obstetrics/gynecology and psychiatry, the book addresses considerations around timing, responsibility, physical and sexual concerns, relationships, social expectations, and finances. Anecdotes from women who have chosen motherhood and from those who remain child-free add lived perspectives to the guide’s decision-making tools. Published in 2003, it presents a broad framework for examining uncertainty, anticipated regrets, and the differing realities attached to either path.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults considering whether, when, or whether not to become mothers
  • Readers seeking a framework for discussing reproductive and family-planning choices
  • Those interested in personal accounts of motherhood and child-free lives

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Motherhood decision-makingChild-free choiceFamily planningSocial and financial considerationsPersonal autonomy

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Book overview

An informative, compassionate guide to the motherhood decision

"...give(s) a sense of what's ahead for new parents." --Baltimore Sun

Many women aren't sure how to best time motherhood in their lives. Others think they may want a child but aren't sure they really want to take on the responsibility. Still others want to be child-free, but they are afraid they will regret the decision later on when it's too late. Do I Want to Be a Mom? offers expert information, insights, and tools necessary for each woman to make her own best choice.

Dr. Diana Dell, an expert who is board certified in both obstetrics/gynecology and psychiatry, draws on her expertise to cover the emotional, physical, sexual, social, and financial aspects of this decision. Along with award-winning writer Suzan Erem, she also provides powerful anecdotes from women who speak openly of the fears, joys, regrets, and triumphs of motherhood or being child-free.

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