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Becoming a mother — an analysis of women's experience of early motherhood

Barclay, Lesley, Everitt, Louise, Rogan, Frances, Schmied, Virginia, Wyllie, Aileen·1997·Journal of Advanced Nursing
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.t01-1-1997025719.x
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This paper presents the results of a qualitative study conducted by midwife researchers into women's experience of new motherhood. Data were collected using focus groups involving 55 first‐time mothers and analysed using grounded theory method. The analysis produced six categories: ‘realizing’, ‘unready’, ‘drained’, ‘aloneness’, ‘loss’ and ‘working it out’. The core category, ‘becoming a mother’, integrates all other categories and encapsulates the process of change experienced by women. Also explained are factors mediating the often distressing experience of becoming a mother. The analysis provides a conceptualization of early motherhood enabling the development of strategies for midwives, nurses and others helping women negotiate this challenge.

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  1. Crouch M., 1993, New Motherhood: Cultural and Personal Transitions
  2. Glaser B., 1978, Theoretical Sensitivity
  3. Richards L., 1985, Having Families
  4. Wearing B., 1984, The Ideology of Motherhood

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Authors
Barclay, L., Everitt, L., Rogan, F., Schmied, V., & Wyllie, A.
Affiliations
  • University of Technology Sydney (AU)
  • St George Hospital (AU)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1997-04
Volume
25
Issue
4
Pages
719-728
ISSN
  • 0309-2402 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-2648
DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.t01-1-1997025719.x
OpenAlex
W1990811317
Cited by
324
References
37
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FWCI
5.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 4106 d)
Locations
  • Journal of Advanced Nursing (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
Keywords
early motherhood, primiparous women, maternal experience, transition to motherhood, maternal distress, maternal exhaustion, loss, midwifery practice
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Fatigue, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Mother-Child Relations, Mothers, New South Wales, Psychological Theory, Social Isolation, Social Support, Focus Groups

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