Desperately seeking parenthood: neonatal nurses reflect on parental anguish

Abstract

Delayed child bearing has an impact on fertility, with maternal age having the most impact on the ability to conceive. Babies conceived through IVF technologies have a higher risk of genetic abnormalities and being born prematurely, and this will impact on the neonatal intensive care availability. Extreme prematurity and IVF can significantly impact on the baby's outcome. Witnessing parental anguish can be a major source of stress for the neonatal nurses. Neonatal nurses need to develop strategies not only to help the parents but also to prevent the parents' overwhelming sadness from affecting their ability to function in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Injustices Implied in the Assisted Reproductive Technologies Market

“…Green et al therefore highly recommended educational campaigns to encourage women not to delay childbearing, thus avoiding the difficulties associated with ART, such as the inability to bear children or risking the higher probability of having a child with disabilities due to ART (Green et al 2015(Green et al , 1892. It has been proposed that public health campaigns be conducted to educate women about the risks of delayed childbearing while putting in place policies that would facilitate women pursuing academic or professional careers to consider childbearing at a younger age (Lemoine and Ravitsky 2015, 37).…”

“…Some authors insist that most of the factors discussed above fall within the narrative of biopolitics as described by Foucault:since the post-war period of the twentieth century, reproduction has been subject to ever-increasing technologization and a correlative commercialization, both of which take place against a backdrop of the expansion of neoliberalism and the dismantling of the welfare state (Mills 2017, 283).…”

“…This is so true that some IVF companies have also been seen listed on the stock exchange (Mills 2017, 283). In Foucauldian terms, there is a privileging of one group over another, creating a flow of power centered on the body, what he would call “biopower,” and which continues to shape our society: industrial capitalism, sovereignty, law and coercion (Sarojini, Marwah and Shenoi 2011, 1).…”

Neonatal nurses’ response to a hypothetical premature birth situation: What if it was my baby?

“…16 Three further papers include caring for parents whose belief in a miracle was all consuming, 17 how neonatal nurses manage the uncertainty associated with caring for extremely premature babies 18 and the difficulties neonatal nurses face in trying to reconcile hurting with caring, when they inflict pain on extremely premature babies as part of their treatment. 19 The myth of the miracle baby has been challenged in another paper, 20 the anguish and desperation to become parents has been explored, 21 as has the quality of life of extremely premature infant survivors. 22 The focus of this article is the quantitative and qualitative data that explore the neonatal nurses' perception of why they feel that, hypothetically, they would not want their own extremely premature baby resuscitated and treated if they found themselves in the same position as the parents of an extremely premature infant.…”

O Narrativas Sobre O Impacto Das Técnicas De Reprodução Assistida Na Experiência Da Gestação

“…Em uma recente revisão sistemática da literatura, Gourounti (2016) identificou que estudos com mulheres que conceberam com o auxílio das TRA têm consistentemente concordado que estas apresentariam maiores níveis de ansiedade em relação à gestação, ou seja, uma maior preocupação com a continuidade da gravidez. Essa maior preocupação identificada nas mães que conceberam via TRA pode se mostrar relacionada às maiores chances de complicações presentes em gestações concebidas dessa maneira (Gourounti, 2016), assim como ao fato de essas gestações serem vistas como especialmente preciosas (De Pascalis et al, 2012;Green, Darbyshire, Adams, & Jackson, 2015). A partir de um estudo realizado em Portugal, Rocha (2015) sugeriu que essas mulheres tendem a se mostrar mais preocupadas em serem "boas mães".…”