کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1085018 951336 2011 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
First-time fathers’ experiences of childbirth—A phenomenological study
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی زنان، زایمان و بهداشت زنان
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First-time fathers’ experiences of childbirth—A phenomenological study
چکیده انگلیسی

Objectiveto describe fathers' experiences during childbirth.Designqualitative method with phenomenological lifeworld approach. A re-enactment interview method, with open-ended questions analysed with a phenomenological method, was used.Participants and setting10 first-time fathers from two hospitals were interviewed four to six weeks after childbirth in Southwest Sweden during the autumn of 2008.Findingsthe essential meaning of first-time fathers' lived experience of childbirth was described as an interwoven process pendulating between euphoria and agony. The four themes constituting the essence was: ‘a process into the unknown’, ‘a mutually shared experience’, ‘to guard and support the woman’ and ‘in an exposed position with hidden strong emotions’.Key conclusionschildbirth was experienced as a mutually shared process for the couple. The fathers' high involvement in childbirth, in cooperation with the midwife, and being engaged in support and care for his partner in her suffering is fulfilling for both partners, although the experience of the woman's pain, fear of the unknown and the gendered preconceptions of masculine hegemony can be difficult to bear for the father-to-be.Implications for practicein order to maintain and strengthen childbirth as a mutually shared experience for the couple, the father needs to be recognised and supported as a parent-to-be. Midwives have to acknowledge fathers as valued participants and support their significant position.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Midwifery - Volume 27, Issue 6, December 2011, Pages 848–853
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