Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction 1
4. PART I. Conception and (In)fertility
5. 1. On Preconception, the Beginning of the Life Cycle of Early Motherhood 23
6. 2. A State of Mind? Fertility Treatment(s) and Expertise 32
7. PART II. Pregnancy and Birth
8. 3. Red Underwear, Genes, and Monstrosity: Pregnancy and Social Media Surveillance 57
9. 4. “You Women Will Have to Fight for It”: Twilight Sleep and Transactional Childbirth Expertise in Twentieth-Century America 80
10. PART III. The Postpartum Period: The “Fourth Trimester”
11. 5. “One of the Most Curious Charities in the World”: Infant Incubation as Sideshow and/or Medical Specialty 101
12. 6. Not Just Baby Blues: Historical Realities and Social Media Accounts of Postpartum Care Today 123
13. PART IV. Infant Loss and Early Childhood
14. 7. Memento Mori in the Victorian Era and on Social Media: The “Right” (Way) to Grieve 149
15. 8. “Better Babies”: Early Twentieth-Century Scientific Babyhood and Constructions of Twenty-First- Century Infancy on Instagram 172
16. Conclusion 199
17. Methodological Appendix 213
18. Acknowledgments 221
19. Notes 223
20. Master Reference List 231
21. Selected Bibliography 237
22. Index 251
23. ABOUT THE AUTHORS 259