Abstract
In psychology, study of the self or person has been organized by assumptions regarding the self's boundedness, singularity, and integration. These assumptions are supported by phenomenological analyses of the self-body relationship, but are challenged by recent critics who suggest the self is better characterized by non-integration and decentered agency. A descriptive account of pregnancy experience and its effects on the body and self suggests the need for a re-evaluation of selfhood claims, particularly those related to singularity and boundedness, and raises the need for a context-based, plurality model for personal identity.