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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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Authors: Barclay, L., Everitt, L., Rogan, F., Schmied, V., & Wyllie, A.
Affiliations: University of Technology Sydney (AU)
St George Hospital (AU)
ORCID: Barclay, Lesley
Schmied, Virginia
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
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 18
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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