Table of contents for The 7 stages of motherhood : making the most of your life as a mom / Ann Pleshette Murphy.

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Introduction ix

Stage 1
    Altered States: Pregnancy, Birth, and the Fourth Trimester 3

Stage 2
    Finding Your Footing, Finding Yourself:
                Months Four Through Twelve 67

Stage 3
    Letting Go: The Toddler Years, One and Two 88

Stage 4
    Trying to Do It All: The Preschool Years, Three to Six  100

Stage 5
    Reading the Compass to God-Knows-Where: Years Six to Ten 144

Stage 6
     Living in the Gray Zone: The Preteen Years, Ten to Thirteen   181

Stage 7
     It Gets Easier ... and Then They Leave:
     The Teen Years, Thirteen to Eighteen  215

Conclusion 244
Notes 249
Bibliography 257
Acknowledgments 263
Index 265