"Renewed" "older" motherhood/mothering: a qualitative exploration
Rachel Jarvie1, Gayle Letherby, Elizabeth Stenhouse
1a Faculty of Health, Education and Society , Plymouth University , Plymouth , UK.
Abstract:
This UK-based qualitative study explored multiparous women's experiences of being "older" mothers. Respondents were "renewed mothers" who had a child/children relatively early in their reproductive careers and then again after 35 years of age. Key themes arising from the empirical data were: instrumental role of male partners in post-35 mothering, purported "renewal" of self in the face of menopause/diminution of mothering, caring for teenagers and babies/toddlers simultaneously, and subjection to criticisms of "wrong-aged" motherhood. Experiences of "renewed" "older" mothers suggest significant hard work is necessitated both in terms of mothering and presentation of self as an appropriate mother.
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