Chapter 1 Introduction: The Existential Crisis of Motherhood

Chapter 2 Confronting Existence: The Existential Dimensions of Becoming a Mother

Chapter 3 The Corporeal Dimensions of Motherhood

Chapter 4 Existential Responsibility of Motherhood

Chapter 5 The Existential Freedom of Mothers

Chapter 6 Engaging with Uncertainty and Unresolved Meanings During the Transition to Motherhood

Chapter 7 Through the Lens of Trauma: The Experience of Mothering a Very Premature Infant in the First Year After Hospital Discharge

Chapter 8 Postnatal Depression: An Existential Crisis?

Chapter 9 Maternal Postnatal Depression: The Fathers’ Experience

Chapter 10 Identity and Mothering: The Second Generation of Ghanaian Migrants

Chapter 12 Trying to “Have-It-All” at 30; Timing Motherhood

Chapter 13 The Experience of Being a Childfree Woman

Chapter 14 Exploring the Moods of First Time Mothers Through Imagery

Chapter 15 Existential Group Work with Mothers

Chapter 16 Conclusion: The Courage to Be