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Acknowledgements

 

I would like acknowledge the following people for their support in this project:

 

My husband and partner, for his continued encouragement and valued input as I ventured into my first graduate school course and undertook this project

 

B. Stephen Carpenter, II, PhD, for the new knowledge I have gained of informal learning in his course and his support and guidance in this project

 

All members of the /r/babybumps and /r/birthstories community for their feedback and contributions

 

All participants in the pre/post surveys and story contributors to /r/birthstories for their honesty and willingness to share their experiences

 

My three-year-old son, for providing me with the joy of childbirth and motherhood; and my still-growing daughter for giving me the opportunity to experience it all once again in the near future.