An expression of love – midwives’ experiences in the encounter with lesbian women and their partners

Spidsberg, Bente Dahl; Sørlie, Venke

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05780.x

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“…Professionals working with families in different contexts as well as heterosexually identified lay people have been interviewed and surveyed about their attitudes towards or reflections on same-sex parenting (e.g. Averett & Hegde, 2012;Becker & Todd, 2013;Chapman, Watkins, Zappia, Combs & Shields, 2012;Choi, Thul, Berenhaut, Suerken & Norris, 2006;Spidsberg & Sørlie 2012;Hegde, Averett, Parker White & Deese, 2013;Herbstrith, Tobin, Hesson-McInnis, & Schneider, 2013;Hollekim et al 2012;Morse, McLaren & McLachlan, 2007;Nicol, Chapman, Watkins, Young & Shields, 2013). Policy documents and juridical decisions may also serve as valuable data sources (e.g.…”

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Pride and Prejudice : Lesbian Families in Contemporary Sweden

Malmquist

2015

Linköping Studies in Behavioural Science

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To my children, Emil, Nils, Myran and Tove Färgen på barns ögon kommer från arvet, glittret i barns ögon kommer från miljön.The colour of children's eyes comes from nature, the sparkle in children's eyes comes from nurture. AbstractOptions and possibilities for lesbian parents have changed fundamentally since the turn of the millennium. A legal change in 2003 enabled a same-sex couple to share legal parenthood of the same child. An additional legal change, in 2005, gave lesbian couples access to fertility treatment within public healthcare in Sweden. The present thesis focuses on families where two women share legal parenthood of their children. It aims to provide knowledge about lesbian parenting couples and their children, and to focus on the interplay between family members within lesbian families, and between family members and their surroundings. Furthermore, the thesis aims to visualize and analyse notions of heteronormativity and homonormativity in contemporary Sweden. The thesis draws on interviews with 118 parents in 61 families, and 12 children in 11 families. The participants' stories, descriptions, reflections and discourses have been analysed using discursive psychology and thematic analysis.The thesis includes five empirical papers. Paper I focuses on encounters with healthcare professionals prior to and during pregnancy, at childbirth and during the early stages of parenthood. Paper II deals with the participants' experiences of second-parent adoption processes. Paper III focuses on equality in parenting relations. Paper IV focuses on encounters with fertility clinics within public healthcare. Paper V highlights the children's reflections and shows how the children talk about fathers and donors.

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Pride and Prejudice : Lesbian Families in Contemporary Sweden

Malmquist

2015

Linköping Studies in Behavioural Science

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“…It was important for midwives to acknowledge their own attitudes and culturally sensitive nonverbal communication, as well as considering the co-mother's needs and role as different compared to those of fathers. Although caring for lesbian couples was seen as unproblematic, midwives described experiences of ambivalence or anxiety in the encounter and they had noticed that some couples had negative experiences with maternity care [40]. The theme is also gaining grounds in Slovenia.…”

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Towards Unprejudiced Midwifery Care — Midwifery Students’ Views on Homosexuality

Domajnko¹

2015

Sexology in Midwifery

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“…As the last step, a critical comprehension was developed. The text was read as a whole, taking into account the authors’ preunderstanding, naive reading, structural analysis, previous research and relevant theory [20,21]. The critical comprehension is presented in the Discussion section.…”

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“…The interpretations were compared to strengthen the credibility of the analysis. A text may have more than one possible interpretation and the interpretation presented here should be looked upon as one of several possible ways to understand the hospice nurses’ experiences [19,21]. All authors critically reviewed and discussed the interpretation of the results.…”

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The power of consoling presence - hospice nurses’ lived experience with spiritual and existential care for the dying

Tornøe

Danbolt

Kvigne³

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BMC Nurs

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BackgroundBeing with dying people is an integral part of nursing, yet many nurses feel unprepared to accompany people through the process of dying, reporting a lack of skills in psychosocial and spiritual care, resulting in high levels of moral distress, grief and burnout. The aim of this study is to describe the meaning of hospice nurses’ lived experience with alleviating dying patients’ spiritual and existential suffering.MethodsThis is a qualitative study.Hospice nurses were interviewed individually and asked to narrate about their experiences with giving spiritual and existential care to terminally ill hospice patients. Data analysis was conducted using phenomenological hermeneutical method.ResultsThe key spiritual and existential care themes identified, were sensing existential and spiritual distress, tuning inn and opening up, sensing the atmosphere in the room, being moved and touched, and consoling through silence, conversation and religious consolation.ConclusionsConsoling existential and spiritual distress is a deeply personal and relational practice. Nurses have a potential to alleviate existential and spiritual suffering through consoling presence. By connecting deeply with patients and their families, nurses have the possibility to affirm the patients’ strength and facilitate their courage to live a meaningful life and die a dignified death.

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An expression of love – midwives’ experiences in the encounter with lesbian women and their partners

Abstract: Studies are required to map content, consequences and coping strategies regarding the ambivalent or uncertain caring situations and to assess a co-mother's particular role and needs during pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period to provide tailored care for lesbian couples.

Cited by 24 publications

References 34 publications

Pride and Prejudice : Lesbian Families in Contemporary Sweden

Pride and Prejudice : Lesbian Families in Contemporary Sweden

Towards Unprejudiced Midwifery Care — Midwifery Students’ Views on Homosexuality

The power of consoling presence - hospice nurses’ lived experience with spiritual and existential care for the dying

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