“…Further to our analytical inspirations and the literature reviewed here, experiences of paradox (or related concepts of ambivalence and dilemma) have been found in studies on other kinds of children’s illness (e.g., Jones, Parker-Raley, & Barczyk, 2011; Rallison & Raffin-Bouchal, 2013), on congenital anomalies in general (Rempel, 2005), as well as in studies on acquired cardiovascular disease in adults such as heart failure (e.g., Hellesø, Eines, & Fagermoen, 2012; Overgaard, Grufstedt Kjeldgaard, & Egerod, 2012). Particularly on CHDs, authors of a previous study found fathers of newly diagnosed infants with CHDs to experience “conflicting responses,” as they are both happy and sad, want and fear attachment, need control while losing it, and struggle to support others by hiding their own emotions (Clark & Miles, 1999).…”