Greetings from Toronto, Canada!
As a Sociology Ph.D. student from Brandeis University in Massachusetts
(U.S.), I am currently in Toronto studying the immediate postpartum
experiences of women. Given the reduction in postnatal hospital care in
Canada and in the U.S., I am trying to contextualize the issue of early
postpartum discharge and understand women’s experiences during the first
week after birth in terms of postnatal care. I will be conducting maternity
ward observations in several hospitals in Toronto and in Boston. In
addition, I will interview postpartum women who have given birth in the
hospital, as well as women who have given birth at home. I expect to also
interview midwives, obstetricians, pediatricians and nurses about postpartum
care. I am hoping that my interviews with women who have given birth at
home will shed light on the dynamics of the early postpartum period and how
it is constructed in medical terms. This may be the key to understanding
the conceptualization of the postpartum period as a time of medical needs.
I would really appreciate any comments or suggestions on this qualitative
dissertation project. In addition, I may be in Brazil for one to two months
early next year, and would like to make contacts with birthing folks in Sao
Paulo so that I can conduct some interviews about the postpartum period
there as well. Any referrals would be really helpful.
I look forward to participating in the group....
Christa Kelleher
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Christa M. Kelleher
375 Brunswick Avenue
Apartment 307
Toronto ON M5R 2Z3
Canada
416-929-7180
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Brandeis University
Department of Sociology
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
USA
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