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becoming a mother  

Definition

  • Becoming a mother is simultaneously one of humankind's simplest and most complex identity development tasks. From a physical and social perspective, motherhood begins when a woman has a child. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Becoming a Mother]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-LS5JP2SZ-2

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