Third Trimester of Pregnancy: Expectations and Emotions Concerning the Childbirth

Olivares, Alberto Ignácio Olivares; Bonito, Jorge; Silva, R.

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“…In what refers to expectations about childbirth, the participants expressed they wished to have an experience with minimal pain. As in other studies, the prediction of pain caused by the expectation of the unknown triggers high levels of anxiety and fear (Fenwick et al, 2015;Gibson, 2014;Lydon, et al, 1996;Pedreira & Leal, 2015). However, the possibilities of a caesarian section and/or of measures for reducing pain were seen as helpful, not threatening.…”

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“…These expectations can be either positive or negative. According to the literature in general, expectations about childbirth are positive (Pedreira & Leal, 2015;Peñacoba-Puente, Carmona-Monge, Marín-Morales, & Gallardo, 2016), though may become slightly more negative at the end of gestation, specifically at the level of personal control (the fear of losing it) and circumstances of childbirth (mother and baby's health). The desire for a quick and easy delivery, although painful, with little medical intervention, emerges (Pedreira & Leal, 2015).…”

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The Subjective Experience of Pregnancy and the Ex-pectations of Childbirth on a Medicalized World: a Qualitative Study

Brites

Nunes

Pires

et al. 2020

Psychologist Practice & Research

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Background: To become a mother represents, for many women, a challenging existential process. Women have to deal with countless changes and adaptations, which can be experienced as sources of imbalance but also as moments of personal enrichment. Currently, this process is influenced by the medicalization of pregnancy and childbirth, which may have positive or negative consequences to the individual experiences of pregnancy and childbirth.Goals: This study aimed to deepen the understanding of the experience of pregnancy and expectations regarding childbirth in a group of women, in a context where pregnancy and childbirth are increasingly medicalized processes.Methods: In this qualitative study, we used semi-structured interviews to collect data regarding the experience of pregnancy and regarding expectations about childbirth in a sample of women (n = 37), recruited in health care centres or obstetric clinics by research assistants. The individual interviews took place at their homes. Data resulting from these interviews, focusing on the relationship with the health team, the partner and the unborn baby, and on the moment of childbirth, were analysed using ALCESTE software. Two senior researchers, psychologists, conducted the content analysis. Investigator triangulation was achieved through independent content analysis by each researcher and subsequent discussion and consensual interpretation.Results: Thirty-seven pregnant women were interviewed. Four classes emerged from the analysis: "Expectations about childbirth and baby health", “Significant relational experiences of the past”, "Mother-baby relationship process" and “Health care in pregnancy". Results emphasize the desire of future mothers to have a quick childbirth, without stress and with minimal suffering and anxiety. Despite these worries, women described a positive subjective experience of pregnancy and a feeling of security related to the knowledge they attribute to health professionals. Discussion: “Medicalization” seems to be perceived as positive and securing, with no mention to a sense of disempowerment or loss of control. Therefore, the existence of spaces for sharing disturbing experiences and expectations of childbirth is prophylactic,contributing to the creation of conditions that foster positive expectations and mitigate fears related to childbirth.

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The Subjective Experience of Pregnancy and the Ex-pectations of Childbirth on a Medicalized World: a Qualitative Study

Brites

Nunes

Pires

et al. 2020

Psychologist Practice & Research

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“…A principal forma de garantir a qualidade de vida das pessoas é cuidar integralmente do indivíduo na sua condição física, psíquica e social. (Olivares et al, 2015).…”

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Avaliação do ambiente acadêmico e qualidade de vida dos estudantes de Medicina do ciclo básico da Universidade de Uberaba

Silva

Garcia

Araújo

et al. 2021

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O curso de medicina exige preparo intelectual e emocional. Ao ingressar no curso é necessária dedicação, intensa carga de trabalho e inúmeras horas de estudo, além da intensa cobrança. O objetivo deste estudo é compreender o ambiente acadêmico e qualidade de vida dos estudantes de medicina do ciclo básico da Universidade de Uberaba. Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo prospectivo de caráter descritivo observacional transversal. Foram selecionados alunos do ciclo básico do curso de medicina da Universidade de Uberaba por amostragem probabilística aleatória simples. A percepção a respeito do ambiente de ensino foi analisado através do questionário DREEM. A qualidade de vida dos estudantes foi avaliada pelo questionário WHOQOL-BREF. Responderam a pesquisa 218 (77,3%) alunos, sendo 63,8% mulheres e 36,2% homens. O questionário socioeconômico mostrou que 60,6% dos alunos têm idade entre 16 e 20 anos e 39,9% moram com os pais. Apenas 13,8% fazem acompanhamento psicológico. Pelo questionário DREEM a percepção dos discentes foi mais positiva nos domínios aprendizado, professores, acadêmicos, atmosfera e sociais. O questionário WHOQOL-BREF avaliou quatro domínios. O domínio físico apresentou média de 3,43, psicológico de 21,31, social de 3,79 e ambiental de 3,84. A percepção dos discentes em relação ao ambiente acadêmico foi mais positiva do que negativa, mas necessitando de melhorias. A qualidade de vida dos estudantes foi considerada positiva quanto aos aspectos físicos e ambiental, e apontada como negativa nas questões físicas e psicológicas. Estudos mais abrangentes poderiam contribuir para o aprimoramento de intervenções com intuito de melhorar o ambiente educacional.

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“…Since the beginning of pregnancy, women experience intense emotions about herself and the baby, thus the gestation represents a complex period, in which physical, social and psychic factors interact. Expectations related to the child also build up, then it initiates the dialectic between the internal baby as external subject, that is, between the child with the characteristics that the mother expects and the child as it is (1)(2) .…”

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“…This occurrence had international repercussion (7) . In this period, many pregnant women or that planned to get pregnant went through fear and worry against the possibility of a microcephaly diagnosis on their child (2)(3) .…”

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Mothers’ experiences of children with microcephaly

Costa¹,

Bonfim²,

Magalhães³

et al. 2018

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Objective: to comprehend the mothers' experiences that had children diagnosed with microcephaly. Methods: qualitative study carried out in an assistance Reference Center for microcephaly. It was included 18 mothers of children with microcephaly. Data collect was performed through semi structured interview whose data were submitted to Contend Analysis. Results: the way the diagnostic of microcephaly was informed and the partner abandonment constituted negatives experiences. The mothers needed dispense integral care that brought intense changes with social repercussions. The participants showed worry with development of children, fear of falling ill/die, and be unable to care for the child. Conclusion: it was unveiled feelings of shock, sadness, revolt, blame and impotence after diagnostic, devaluation and rejection by partners and concern regarding growth, development and future of children.

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Third Trimester of Pregnancy: Expectations and Emotions Concerning the Childbirth

Cited by 6 publications

References 27 publications

The Subjective Experience of Pregnancy and the Ex-pectations of Childbirth on a Medicalized World: a Qualitative Study

The Subjective Experience of Pregnancy and the Ex-pectations of Childbirth on a Medicalized World: a Qualitative Study

Avaliação do ambiente acadêmico e qualidade de vida dos estudantes de Medicina do ciclo básico da Universidade de Uberaba

Mothers’ experiences of children with microcephaly

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