Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxv
5. Chapter 1. The Ubiquity of Maternal Ambivalence 1
6. Chapter 2. Motherlove: The Power of Maternal Desire 22
7. Chapter 3. The Subtle Ambivalence of the Too-Good Mother 38
8. Chapter 4. “Before the Beginning”: Women’s Fears of Monstrous Births 51
9. Chapter 5. Women’s Reproductive Fears: More Clinical Examples 73
10. Chapter 6. Rachel’s Story: Internalized Ambivalence and the Dangers of Hidden Guilt 89
11. Chapter 7. Whose Fault Is It? The Externalization of Ambivalence 105
12. Chapter 8. When Fears Are Realized 141
13. Chapter 9. From the Child’s Point of View 154
14. Chapter 10. Vampyric Mothering: From Stage Moms to Invasive Moms 165
15. Chapter 11. The Darkest Side of Motherhood: Child Murder 185
16. Chapter 12. What Happens Later: The Fate of Maternal Ambivalence 210
17. Chapter 13. What’s a Mother to Do? 225
18. NOTES 245
19. BIBLIOGRAPHY 251
20. INDEX 255