About Aleksandra

About me, lived experiences, Mothering, Publications

Motherhood, uncensored

aleksandrastaneva

Hi there. Below is my very fist blog post which contains rambles and quite unacademic (but fully lived) reflections on becoming a mother, fresh of the hospital. I wrote this about 16 years ago... I have to admit that mothering, the big M, transformed me in the most fundamental ways, not ever imaginable. It propelled… Continue reading Motherhood, uncensored

About me

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aleksandrastaneva

Thanks for joining me! A few words about me. I am an academic and my research centers around women's health and women's studies and mental health, particularly maternal perinatal mental health, pregnancy, birth, trauma and postnatal depression; I also work in youth wellbeing and cancer projects; I write books (for children and story-tales for grown… Continue reading Thanks for checking out my online space