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1. Introduction Rachel Colls & Abi McNiven  Part I: Planning/preparing  2. ‘"You will live to regret it" Familial sentimentality and the affective construction of the biological clock’ Merav Amir  3. One of the greatest fears among women is the fear of failing at being a mother Sabine Dressler  4. "Children, children everywhere not a single for me": Adoption as an unpopular option for Bangladeshi childless women Papreen Nahar  Part II: Birthing as event  5. Giving Birth to the Clock Katharine McKinnon  6. Waiting and watching, a welcome and a lament: a narrative tryptic of ambivalence at the birth of a daughter/granddaughter/niece Kate Powis, Georgia Butler and Maeve Butler  7. Telling Stories of Birth across the Decades Cecilia Colloseus  Part III: The ‘postnatal’  8. Perambulator Clare Quallmann  9. Getting better? The complex temporalities of experiencing and recovering from post-natal depression Jen Lea  10. Mamamilk: a visual exploration of becoming a mother Abigail Hunt  11. The Politics of Potential in Khayelitsha, South Africa Michelle Pentecost  12. Friday Records: A Document of Maternity Leave Lena Simic  Part IV: Mothering as enduring  13. Intergenerational Echoes: Fraught Temporalities and Pregnancy Loss Abi McNiven  14. Presence through absence: Experiences of motherhood through political action in Argentina Natashe Lemos Dekker  15. The Art of Reminiscing Ruchika Singh  16. Mothering and Mentoring: Transnational Dialogues Ragnhild Lund and Anindita Datta