THINGS I DIDN’T EXPECT (WHEN I WAS EXPECTING)

Book ID/图书代码： 03540013B60131

English Summary/英文概要： Pregnancy is natural, healthy and fun, right? Sure it is, if you’re lucky. For others, it’s an adventure in physical discomfort, unachievable ideals, kooky classes and meddling experts. When Monica Dux found herself pregnant with her first child, she was dismayed to find she belonged firmly in the second category. For her, pregnancy could only be described as a medium-level catastrophe. So, three years later and about to birth her second child, Monica went on a quest: to figure out what’s really going on when we incubate. Monica explores the aspects of baby-making that we all want to talk about, but which are too embarrassing, unsettling or downright confronting. She also looks at the powerful forces that shape women’s experiences of being pregnant in the west, the exploitative industries, and the medical and physical realities behind it all. Along the way, she fends off sadistic maternal health nurses, attempts to expand then contract her vagina, and struggles to keep her baby’s placenta off her hippy brother’s lunch menu.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 怀孕应该是一件自然而然、健康无比而又充满乐趣的事情，不是吗？如果你是幸运儿中的一员的话，那么一切当然会如你所愿；然而倘若你不幸的成为了另一半人，那么怀孕给你带来的将不仅是身理上的不适，它还将成为一个难以企及的目标，意味着一堆古怪的课程以及时刻干涉你的所谓专家们。当莫妮卡怀上头胎时，她气馁的发现自己正是不幸妈咪中的一员。怀孕对她而言简直堪比一场中级浩劫。因此，三年后，当莫妮卡即将孕育第二个孩子时，她继续就此进行探寻:弄清当孕育一个小生命时，母体究竟发生着怎样的变化。莫妮卡探究人们都渴望探讨，却又感到尴尬、不安或是不敢直面的宝宝诞生的方方面面。她甚至直视在背后支撑着西方女性们在怀孕中坚持下来的强大力量，直视相关的巨大剥削产业，以及其背后的医疗现状。在此过程中，她避开残忍的产妇保健护理，试图自己进行产后恢复，并为孩子努力的保住胎盘。（DC）

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About the Author/作者介绍： 莫妮卡•达克斯，作家，社会评论员。你可以经常在ABC广播和3RRR上收听到她，她在多数杂志上发表文章，尤其是关于女性话题。2008年，她与人合著了《伟大的女权主义者丹妮尔》。早年时期，莫妮卡曾于墨尔本大学学习并教授历史课程，并曾参与了跨学科期刊 Traffic的创立，并担任编辑。目前她在墨尔本大学出版社和《月刊》杂志工作。

Monica Dux is a writer and social commentator. She can be heard regularly on ABC radio and 3RRR, and has published widely, especially on women’s issues. In 2008 she co-authored The Great Feminist Denial. In an earlier life Monica studied and taught history at the University of Melbourne, where she was the founding editor of the interdisciplinary journal Traffic. She has worked for Melbourne University Publishing and on The Monthly magazine.

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