Becoming Parents and Overcoming Obstacles

This volume is not a manual and is not intended to explain to future parents what to do and what to avoid. The objective is rather to look at the most significant and problematic aspects of this delicate phase of a woman's life and that of a couple.

Emanuela Quagliata

Introduction , A paradoxical pain: recurrent miscarriage , The experience of parents of a premature baby , Emotional turmoil around birth , Parenting the next child in the shadow of death , "Opening shut doors"-the emotional impact of infertility and therapeutic issues , Overcoming obstacles