Navigating Pregnancy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Social Support in Communicated Narrative Sense-making

Charvat, Emily; Horstman, Haley Kranstuber; Jordan, Ellen; Leverenz, Alaina; Okafor, Blessing Ekene

doi:10.1080/15267431.2021.1932503

Cited by 16 publications

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“…Peer support was instead mainly sought through online platforms (e.g., Facebook groups), which can represent both important sources of information and meaningful means for sharing negative perinatal experiences, especially during the pandemic. These observations are in line with Charvat et al [36] , who highlighted the important role of online peer support groups in providing social support during pregnancy in the pandemic. Specifically, our participants used such online peer support groups as a source of emotional and informational support, especially to share their experience with people who they thought could understand them, due to the fact that they were facing the same situation.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…One of the main issues was the discontinuity in intrapartum care, which filled the perinatal period with uncertainties and negative emotions. In this situation, a crucial factor was represented by the presence or absence of social support, sought in loved ones, health professionals, and peer groups, in line with several studies on the same subject [13] , [36] . In general, we could conclude that the lack of social support was related to a more stressful perinatal experience, which suggests the importance of paying attention to its decrease during the pandemic [40] .…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 65%

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Exploring the psychosocial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s perinatal experiences and wellbeing: A qualitative study

Mari

Capasso

Caso

2023

Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 65%

Exploring the psychosocial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s perinatal experiences and wellbeing: A qualitative study

Mari

Capasso

Caso

2023

Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare

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“…Finally, we set up a final codebook and re-examined all participant responses using that codebook and had a final meeting to ensure consensus about the code names, descriptions, and exemplars. More than one theme could be present within each participant’s reflection of their “ mom rage” experience (Charvat et al, 2021 ).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“A Fire in my Belly:” Conceptualizing U.S. Women’s Experiences of “Mom Rage”

2023

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“Mom rage” is a term growing in popularity that refers to the anger or rage that women experience as they make their way through motherhood. This study focuses on the maternal anger experiences of 65 mothers in the U.S. to explore how women describe and come to understand their experiences with “mom rage.” Mothers in the study shared both their perceptions of “mom rage” experiences and their understanding of the personal and social implications of their anger. Findings demonstrated that women framed their experiences of “mom rage” in five ways: losing control, visualizing harm, expressing anger (with two sub-themes physical and emotional), reacting physiologically , and experiencing catharsis . Two additional themes highlighted how women’s understanding of their “mom rage” experiences were grounded in identifying contributors to their mom rage episodes and evaluations of their mom rage experience . Study findings provide insight into the emotional complexities of navigating motherhood in the U.S. Implications for destigmatizing and supporting women through motherhood, as well as limitations and directions for future research, are discussed.

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“…[we] feel like even though he's being born in this super crazy time and he doesn't necessarily get to meet people in person, that they are excited about him and want to support us" (52).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Women who were able to establish pregnancy and mother's groups during the pandemic were grateful that they had these supports. Alternatively, women created or sought support through online social media platforms (55,59,75,84), to share a sense of camaraderie that they were not alone in their experiences (52,62). In these forums, women shared information about COVID-19 developments, updates to hospital policies, and utilised others as sounding boards for advice.…”

Section: Theme 2: Navigating Changing Health Policiesmentioning

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Women’s experiences of the indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in high-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis

Tan

Blair

Homer

et al. 2023

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Background Pregnant and postpartum women’s experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the impact of COVID-19 on perinatal health, has been well-documented across high-income countries. Increased anxiety and fear, isolation, as well as a disrupted pregnancy and postnatal period are widely described in many studies. The aim of this study was to explore, describe and synthesise studies that addressed the experiences of pregnant and postpartum women in high-income countries during the first two years of the pandemic. Methods A qualitative evidence synthesis (QES) was undertaken. Five electronic databases were searched from January 2020 – January 2022. Primary qualitative studies of women’s experiences during the pandemic were included. Two independent reviewers extracted the data using a thematic synthesis approach and NVivo 20 software. The GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) was used to assess confidence in review findings. Results Sixty-eight studies were eligible and subjected to a sampling framework to ensure data richness. In total, 36 sampled studies contributed to the development of themes, sub-themes and review findings. There were six over-arching themes: (1) dealing with public health restrictions; (2) navigating changing health policies; (3) adapting to alternative ways of receiving social support; (4) dealing with impacts on their own mental health; (5) managing the new and changing information; and (6) being resilient and optimistic. Seventeen review findings were developed under these themes with high to moderate confidence according to the GRADE-CERQual assessment. Conclusions This review has provided a cohesive and transparent documentation of pregnant and postpartum women’s experiences during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings from the QES offer different strategies for practice and policy makers to better support women, babies and their families in future emergency responses.

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Navigating Pregnancy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Social Support in Communicated Narrative Sense-making

Cited by 16 publications

References 49 publications

Exploring the psychosocial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s perinatal experiences and wellbeing: A qualitative study

Exploring the psychosocial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s perinatal experiences and wellbeing: A qualitative study

“A Fire in my Belly:” Conceptualizing U.S. Women’s Experiences of “Mom Rage”

Women’s experiences of the indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in high-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis

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