'Doing Motherhood': Some experiences of mothers with physical disabilities

Grue, Lars; Lærum, Kristin Tafjord

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“…4 When compared to 2009 statistics, this number represents a slight decrease but nonetheless Ireland continues to record the highest number of births in the European Union (Eurostat 2012). Just like any other women in Irish society, women with a disability 5 have similar desires and expectations regarding motherhood (Kallianes and Rubenfeld 1997, Thomas 1997, Thomas and Curtis 1997, Thomas 1998, Faber 2000, Grue and Tafjord-Laérum 2002, McKeever et al 2003, Prilleltensky 2003, McFarlene 2004, McKay-Moffat and Cunningham 2006, Smeltzer 2007, Malacrida 2009, Begley et al 2010. Becoming a mother is, for many of these women, a symbolic act providing them with a sense of normality; it signifies a capturing of a gender or recapturing of a lost gender, where motherhood and the social status of mother, and not their disability becomes their defining characteristic (Kallianes and Rubenfeld 1997, Grue and Tafjord-Laérum 2002, Prilleltensky 2003, Prilleltensky 2004a, Lee and Oh 2005, Walsh-Gallagher et al 2012).…”

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(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

Lawler

Begley

Lalor

2015

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim This paper presents a substantive theory that explains the transition to motherhood for women with a disability. Background Over the last thirty years, interest in exploring women's experiences of motherhood has increased. Extant theories on transition to motherhood originate, primarily, from the perspective and experiences of non‐disabled women with few exploring the phenomenon from the perspective and experiences of women with a disability. Those that do tend to focus on issues of accessibility, profiling the challenges that women with a disability encounter while accessing maternity services, attaining a maternal role and fulfilling the requirements of that role. Little is known about the experiences of women with a disability and their transition to motherhood and even less about the relationship of this process on the self. Design The study was conducted using a Strauss and Corbin approach to grounded theory. Method Individual interviews (n = 22) were conducted over 4 years (2008–2012). Women were interviewed during pregnancy and in the postnatal period. All interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, imported into Nvivo 8 and analysed using the constant comparative method. Findings The substantive theory that emerged from the study provides a conceptual framework clinicians can reference when counselling, assisting and facilitating women with a disability during their preparation for and transition to motherhood. Conclusion The substantive theory presented in this paper will increase clinicians' understanding of the process involved in the transition to motherhood for women with a disability.

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(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

Lawler

Begley

Lalor

2015

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Pregnancy, childbirth, parenting and motherhood in women with SCIs have all been researched from medical [2][3][4][5][6] and psychosocial [7][8][9][10] perspectives. In addition, health-care providers' knowledge 11 and accessibility as well as the availability of services [12][13][14][15] have been assessed.…”

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Medical complications during pregnancy and childbirth in women with SCI in Switzerland

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Study design: A retrospective interview study of mothers with spinal cord injuries (SCIs) who gave birth over the last 15 years. Objectives: To identify the medical complications of women with SCIs during pregnancy and childbirth in Switzerland and to describe how they dealt with these complications. Settings: Swiss Paraplegic Research in Nottwil, the University of Lausanne and participants' homes. Methods: Data were collected by self-reported questionnaires and descriptive analysis was conducted. Results: Seventeen women with SCIs who gave birth to 23 children were included. Thirteen of the women were paraplegics and four were tetraplegics. All of them practiced an independent bladder management. Three women changed their bladder management techniques during pregnancy. Five women reported an increased bladder evacuation frequency during pregnancy, and six women reported a new onset or increase in incontinence. We observed no significant increase in bowel dysfunction or skin breakdown due to their pregnancies. Ten women were hospitalised during the course of their pregnancies. Aside from urinary tract infections/ pyelonephritis, women were hospitalised for falls, hypertension, pneumonia, preeclampsia, pre-term labour or tachycardia. Conclusion:The results of our study clearly demonstrated that, although medical complications are not infrequent during pregnancy in women with SCIs, pregnancy and delivery in this group of women are possible without posing intolerable risks to the mothers or the children. Urological problems seemed to be the most frequent complication during pregnancy.

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“…Norą turėti vaikų tyrimo dalyviai sieja su savirealizacija, tęstinumu ("savęs palikt"), savo vertės pajautimu. Galima daryti prielaidą, kad neįgalūs vyrai, panašiai kaip ir neįgalios moterys, tėvystę suvokia kaip priemonę pasipriešinti jų redukavimui tik iki neįgaliojo vaidmens (Magnus 2004;Hermes 1998Hermes , 2004Grue, Tafjord, 2002) Daugumos tyrime dalyvavusių vyrų internalizuotas normatyvinis šeimos įsivaizdavimas, kai suvokiama, kad šeimoje būtinai turi augti vaikai -"šeima be vaikų nelabai" (Linas, 22) -taip pat skatina jų norą susilaukti vaikų. Normatyvinis šeimos modelis priimtinas tiek jaunesniems, tiek vyresniems tyrime dalyvavusiems vyrams, daugumą jų šį modelį iškelia kaip prioritetą kitų šeimos formų atžvilgiu.…”

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Judėjimo negalią turinčių jaunų vyrų prokreaciniai lūkesčiai ir tėvystės vizijos1

Šėporaitytė-Vismantė¹

2015

STEPP

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ĮvadasNors mokslinės studijos rodo, kad nei vyrai, nei moterys nedominuoja priimdami prokreacinius sprendimus patys vieni (Rosina, Testa, 2009; Miller ir kt., 2010; Bauer, Kneip, 2012 iš Schytt, 2014, gimstamumas vis dar pirmiausia yra siejamas su moterimis. Moterų pasirinkimai prokreacijos srityje yra suvokiami kaip lemiantys, o vyrų pozicija dažniausiai lieka nežinoma (Thomson, Lee, 2011; Roberts ir kt., 2011). Stiprus noras turėti vaikų suvokiamas kaip išimtinai moteriška emocija ar jausmas, apie kurį vyrams nėra įprasta kalbėti. Kai kurie tyrėjai stiprų vyrų norą turėti 1 Mokslinis tyrimas finansuojamas Lietuvos mokslo tarybos lėšomis, projektas "Jaunų vyrų prokreaciniai tapatumai: kultūrinės normos, individualūs lūkesčiai ir patirtys" (Nr. MIP 005/2013).

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'Doing Motherhood': Some experiences of mothers with physical disabilities

Cited by 109 publications

References 9 publications

(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

Medical complications during pregnancy and childbirth in women with SCI in Switzerland

Judėjimo negalią turinčių jaunų vyrų prokreaciniai lūkesčiai ir tėvystės vizijos1

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