Neiterman Elena
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Healthc Policy. 2013 Oct;9(Spec Issue):112-25.
This paper explores how a medicalized view of pregnancy shapes the process of pregnant embodiment and women's experiences postpartum. Analyzing interviews with 42 pregnant women and new mothers, I show that while women's experiences of pregnant embodiment are shaped by biomedical notions of pregnancy, women also bring new meaning to the biomedical guidelines. Women view pregnancy as a process of sharing their bodies with their children, and they continue to share their bodies with their newborns during the postpartum period. I conclude the paper by reflecting on the role of the body in shaping our understanding of medicalized phenomena.
本文探讨了医学化的怀孕观念如何塑造怀孕体验的过程以及女性产后的经历。通过对42名孕妇和新妈妈的访谈分析,我发现虽然女性的怀孕体验受到怀孕的生物医学观念的影响,但女性也为生物医学指南赋予了新的意义。女性将怀孕视为与孩子共享身体的过程,并且在产后时期她们仍继续与新生儿共享身体。在论文结尾,我反思了身体在塑造我们对医学化现象的理解中所起的作用。