This book navigates you through the process from couplehood to parenthood.
Foreword
ix
Dwenda K. Gjerdingen
Introduction
xii
I Marriage After Childbirth
1
(44)
One Big Happy Family
3
(12)
The Bubble Bursts
15
(9)
A New Playing Field
24
(12)
Candidates for Chaos
36
(9)
II Stress for New Parents
45
(60)
Recovery After Childbirth
47
(3)
Physical Healing
50
(14)
Emotional Healing
64
(17)
Workload Shifts
81
(15)
Fixing the Problem of Work, Work, Work
96
(9)
III Sex, Intimacy, and Communication
105
(38)
We're Not ``Doing It'' Anymore
107
(5)
Sexual Turning Points
112
(5)
What Mothers Say About Sex
117
(5)
What Fathers Say About Sex
122
(7)
The Severed Connection
129
(14)
IV Restoring Sex, Intimacy, and Communication
143
(32)
Rejuvenating a Withered Sex Life
145
(6)
When Problems Go Beyond Sex
151
(9)
Living Together Each Day
160
(8)
Seeking Professional Help
168
(7)
V Divorce
175
(22)
When Parents Throw in the Towel
177
(13)
Staying Together for the Children
190
(7)
VI Bringing It All Together
197
(9)
What Makes It All Worthwhile?
199
(7)
Afterword
206
(2)
Bibliography
208
(21)
Index
229
(5)
Acknowledgments
234
(2)
About the Author
236
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