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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Gallant, Joanne.     Subjects     Gallant, Joanne.     Gallant, Joanne -- Health.     Miscarriage -- Patients -- Canada -- Biography.     Infertility, Female -- Patients -- Canada -- Biography.     Motherhood.     Postpartum Depression -- Patients -- Canada -- Biography.     Margaret and John Savage First Book Award.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gallant, Joanne.       by title:      A womb in the shape ...       by call number:      618.392 G163w     Search the Web     Gallant, Joanne.     Gallant, Joanne.     Gallant, Joanne -- Health.     Miscarriage -- Patients -- Canada -- Biography.     Infertility, Female -- Patients -- Canada -- Biography.     Motherhood.     Postpartum Depression -- Patients -- Canada -- Biography.     Margaret and John Savage First Book Award.       MARC Display

A womb in the shape of a heart : my story of miscarriage and motherhood / Joanne Gallant. by Gallant, Joanne. Nimbus Publishing, 2021. Call #: 618.392 G163w Subjects Gallant, Joanne.   Gallant, Joanne -- Health.   Miscarriage -- Patients -- Canada -- Biography.   Infertility, Female -- Patients -- Canada -- Biography.   Motherhood.   Postpartum Depression -- Patients -- Canada -- Biography.   Margaret and John Savage First Book Award. ISBN:  9781771089760 (pbk) Description:  240 p. ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-240). Summary:  "A thirty year old pediatric nurse with dreams of motherhood, Joanne Gallant was confident that she and her partner would conceive soon after they married -- it was a matter of when, not if. And yet. Her first pregnancy, a set of twins, is riddled with dangerous complications that endanger her life, and results in devastating loss. After emergency surgery, Gallant is diagnosed with biconuate uterus, a rare condition also known as a heart shaped womb. There is no cure, no pill, no surgery that can alter her fate. What is happening to her now was preordianed long before her own birth. As mother continues to elude her, Gallant and her partner navigate the world of infertility -- up until the pregnancy that results, to their astonishment, in the premature birth of their son. What follows are not the blissful, pastel day of early motherhood, but months of severe post-partum anxiety and post traumatic stress; she is sure her son will be taken from her. It is a matter of when, not if. Punctuated by moments of incredible joy as she raises her young son, A Womb in the Shape of a Heart is the intimate story of Gallant's journey through miscarriage and motherhood, holding space for the complicated paradoxes of grief and gratitude, of life and death, and the impenetrable depths of a mother's love."--Publisher. Awards:  Winner of the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award (Non-Fiction). 2022. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 618.392 G163w Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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