Choice, control, and contemporary childbirth : understanding through women's stories / Julie Jomeen ; foreword by Tina Lavender.

Policy, theories and perspectives. The context of choice in pregnancy and childbirth ; Competing discourses in maternity care ; Discourses of motherhood
The women's stories. Making sense of stories told ; Now I'm pregnant : early pregnancy and choices for care ; 'The labour of pregnancy' : late pregnancy and impending labour ; So how was it? : giving birth and the early postnatal days ; 'No going back' : the reality of mothering ; Choice, control and contemporary childbirth.