Childbirth and the first encounter with a newborn after assisted conception: Findings from the Parental Age and Transition to Parenthood Australia (PATPA) Study
Justin FisherKarin HammarbergKaren WynterCatherine McMahonFrances GibsonJacky BoivinD. M. SaundersTessa Berg
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Abstract We examined the psychosocial adjustment of 35 Portuguese couples who conceived through Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) and 31 couples with a spontaneous conception during their transition to parenthood (pregnancy and 4 months postpartum). Couples completed self‐report questionnaires regarding their perceptions of pregnancy and parenthood, psychological distress, quality of life, marital relationship, and parenting stress. Compared with parents who conceived spontaneously, parents who conceived through ART perceived pregnancy as being more risky and demanding, reported a decrease in their psychological quality of life, and ART fathers only perceived themselves as being more competent than fathers who conceived spontaneously. Healthcare professionals should be aware of need of couples in their efforts to adapt to the individual and relational challenges associated with the transition to parenthood. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 33:207–220, 2010
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Social contextual circumstances have an influence on parental transition, and social support has been shown to facilitate the transition to parenthood, among other states. Further knowledge is, however, needed to explore how partners of pregnant women use their social networks during pregnancy. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore how partners of pregnant women use their social networks when preparing for childbirth and parenting. Within this study, a social network is defined as social connections such as family, friends and significant others. In total, 14 partners (expectant fathers and co-mothers) were interviewed. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. EQUATOR Network guidelines and the COREQ checklist were applied. The analysis resulted in one theme of meaning: Partners use their social networks to receive social support, which facilitates understanding about how to prepare for childbirth and parenthood, which was described through three sub-themes. The results highlight the importance of social networks for partners when preparing for childbirth and parenthood. Professionals should aim to strengthen and extend partners’ social networks and access to social support. This could be done not only to support partners to attend parental classes, but also to participate socially as well as engage with other expectant parents within the classes.
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Preface 1. The transition to parenthood 2. Attachment in childhood and beyond 3. The study 4. The couples 5. Pregnancy and plans for birth 6. Couples' experiences of birth and new parenthood 7. How does new parenthood affect couples? 8. Dealing with depression 9. Men, women, and household work The diaries 10. Couples' changing attachment relationships 11. Six months into parenting 12. New parenthood in perspective.
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Contents Trials and Triumphs in the Transition to Parenthood * Another Perspective on the Trials and Triumphs in the Transition to Parenthood * The Value of Children and the Transition to Parenthood * Childbirth in Cross-Cultural Perspective * Dietary Habits in Transition to Parenthood: Dietary Habits Before Pregnancy, During Pregnancy, and in Young Families * Strain in the Transition to Parenthood * Who Does What When Partners Become Parents: Implications for Men, Women, and Marriage * Marital Change Across the Transition to Parenthood * Changes in Parent-Child Relationships With the Birth of the Second Child * Changes in Attitudes, Beliefs, and Expectations Associated With the Transition to Parenthood * The Influence of Kin on the Transition to Parenthood * Disappointment: When Things Go Wrong in the Transition to Parenthood * Transition to Adoptive Parenthood * Normal Parents: Institutions and the Transition to Parenthood * Parenthood and Adult Development * Family Transition to Parenthood: Emerging Concepts for Sexual Health * The Challenge of Working With New Fathers: Implications for Support Providers * And Baby Makes Three: An Examination and Application of Georg Simmel's Socialization of the Spirit Theory
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