Phyllis Chesler, Ph.D.
With Child
A Diary of Motherhood
An Intimate Account of Pregnancy,
Childbirth, and Motherhood

"Phyllis Chesler has written a brave book about one woman's journey into motherhood." — Erica Jong

Phyllis Chesler decided to have a baby at the age of thirty-seven. She made the choice carefully, with a husband determined to share equally, a career to provide for the family, and a supportive network of friends. Or so she thought. She expected motherhood to be rewarded and respected and was dismayed with the reality: women with children are more often punished and trivialized.

With Child affirms the importance of motherhood while acknowledging the high cost of wanting it all. Beginning with her pregnancy and ending with her son's first birthday, Chesler describes the sweet ironies of motherhood; her infant son's ability to teach her; her uneasy understanding of her own mother; her dramatic swings between feelings of power and fear, invincibility and vulnerability, profound love and oppressive resentment; her need to protect some part of herself for herself.

Acclaimed psychologist and feminist Phyllis Chesler, Ph.D., has published eight books. She is a professor of psychology and women's studies and editor-at-large of On the Issues magazine.

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