Before and after: expectations and experiences of mothers concerning labour / O antes e o depois: expectativas e experiências de mães sobre o parto

Labour represents an important event in a woman's life, having a deep impact on the physical, emotional and social domains. It is anticipated during pregnancy, in the woman's fantasies and will be relived in the mother's memories. The present longitudinal study investigated the expect...

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Main Authors: Rita de Cássia Sobreira Lopes, Tagma Schneider Donelli, Carolina Mousquer Lima, Cesar A. Piccinini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2005-01-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722005000200013&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt
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spelling doaj-31a9a0013c7f454a8069fd0782085ea52020-11-24T23:55:18ZengSpringerOpenPsicologia: Reflexão e Crítica0102-79721678-71532005-01-01182247254Before and after: expectations and experiences of mothers concerning labour / O antes e o depois: expectativas e experiências de mães sobre o partoRita de Cássia Sobreira LopesTagma Schneider DonelliCarolina Mousquer LimaCesar A. PiccininiLabour represents an important event in a woman's life, having a deep impact on the physical, emotional and social domains. It is anticipated during pregnancy, in the woman's fantasies and will be relived in the mother's memories. The present longitudinal study investigated the expectations and the later report of the labour experience of 28 primiparous women, aged 20 to 37. Individual interviews were carried out during the 3rd trimester of pregnancy and 3 months after labour. Qualitative content analysis indicated that mothers reported, during pregnancy, both positive and negative expectations regarding herself and the baby during labour. As far as labour experience is concerned, there was a trend towards polarization, with some mothers reporting only positive feelings whereas others reported only negative ones. Supporting the initial expectation of the study, the results show that labour is an event which encompasses the whole process of pregnancy and postpartum having a deep impact on the mother's history.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722005000200013&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=ptPregnancylabourmotherhood
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author Rita de Cássia Sobreira Lopes
Tagma Schneider Donelli
Carolina Mousquer Lima
Cesar A. Piccinini
spellingShingle Rita de Cássia Sobreira Lopes
Tagma Schneider Donelli
Carolina Mousquer Lima
Cesar A. Piccinini
Before and after: expectations and experiences of mothers concerning labour / O antes e o depois: expectativas e experiências de mães sobre o parto
Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
Pregnancy
labour
motherhood
author_facet Rita de Cássia Sobreira Lopes
Tagma Schneider Donelli
Carolina Mousquer Lima
Cesar A. Piccinini
author_sort Rita de Cássia Sobreira Lopes
title Before and after: expectations and experiences of mothers concerning labour / O antes e o depois: expectativas e experiências de mães sobre o parto
title_short Before and after: expectations and experiences of mothers concerning labour / O antes e o depois: expectativas e experiências de mães sobre o parto
title_full Before and after: expectations and experiences of mothers concerning labour / O antes e o depois: expectativas e experiências de mães sobre o parto
title_fullStr Before and after: expectations and experiences of mothers concerning labour / O antes e o depois: expectativas e experiências de mães sobre o parto
title_full_unstemmed Before and after: expectations and experiences of mothers concerning labour / O antes e o depois: expectativas e experiências de mães sobre o parto
title_sort before and after: expectations and experiences of mothers concerning labour / o antes e o depois: expectativas e experiências de mães sobre o parto
publisher SpringerOpen
series Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
issn 0102-7972
1678-7153
publishDate 2005-01-01
description Labour represents an important event in a woman's life, having a deep impact on the physical, emotional and social domains. It is anticipated during pregnancy, in the woman's fantasies and will be relived in the mother's memories. The present longitudinal study investigated the expectations and the later report of the labour experience of 28 primiparous women, aged 20 to 37. Individual interviews were carried out during the 3rd trimester of pregnancy and 3 months after labour. Qualitative content analysis indicated that mothers reported, during pregnancy, both positive and negative expectations regarding herself and the baby during labour. As far as labour experience is concerned, there was a trend towards polarization, with some mothers reporting only positive feelings whereas others reported only negative ones. Supporting the initial expectation of the study, the results show that labour is an event which encompasses the whole process of pregnancy and postpartum having a deep impact on the mother's history.
topic Pregnancy
labour
motherhood
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722005000200013&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt
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