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Transition to parenthood: consequences on health and well-being. A qualitative study
1Nursing School, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
Objective:
Parenthood is one of the most dramatic developmental transitions in the family life cycle. It requires profound changes in lifestyle, roles and relationships, can increase stress levels and affects both men and women's quality of life. This study aimed to explore the effects on the health and well-being of parents during the first six months of transition to the parental role.
Method:
A qualitative study using the grounded theory approach. Data collection was from semi-structured interviews (total of 60 interviews). The constant comparative method was used and theoretical sampling in the process of data collection and analysis, and the study was undertaken in a simultaneous and cyclical way. Five fathers and five mothers (couples) participated.
Results:
The category "living on the edge of one's capacities" was described, which is composed of the subcategories "feeling exhaustion", "perceiving exhaustion in the mother", "overflowing emotions" and "feeling less exhaustion", to explain the impact that the birth of a child had on the parents' lives, when taking on all the tasks and responsibilities of parenthood.
Conclusions:
Adapting to parenthood is not easy, linear or fast. It involves numerous situations that generate stress and emotional disturbance, linked to tiredness, sleep disturbance, work overload and readjustments of the dynamics of life, which especially affect the mother. Antenatal and postnatal preparation for this impact should, therefore, be encouraged and effective, as a focus of nursing intervention.
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