Becoming Occluded: The Transition to Motherhood of Women with Postnatal Depression

Homewood, Ellen; Tweed, Alison; Cree, Michelle; Crossley, Jon

doi:10.1080/14780880802473860

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“…Gradually, these women began to find themselves and their confidence again through a 're-emergence of 'self''. Homewood et al (2009) describe this re-emergence as a process of 'individuation'; they began to see themselves as separate from their children, through a 're-connecting of self'. The participants began to engage in old hobbies or take up new ones as their children became older and less dependent on them, which enabled them to feel like they were getting an element of 'self' back.…”

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An Exploration of the Ways in Which Feelings of “Maternal Ambivalence” Affect Some Women

Chapman

Gubi

2019

Illness, Crisis & Loss

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This study explores the ways in which feelings of 'maternal ambivalence' affect women. Through semi-structured interviews, four women spoke about their experiences that led to ambivalent feelings about their motherhood. The data gathered from these interviews was analysed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. This research found that these women experienced a loss of independence, relationships and confidence when they became mothers. Together, these losses felt like a loss of 'self' which led to many unexpected and unwanted feelings. They were shocked and confused when they experienced feelings of resentment towards themselves, others and their children. They also experienced unexpected feelings of boredom and anxiety in relation to mothering. However, with time and perspective, these women experienced a re-emergence of 'self' through their ability to begin to balance parts of 'self' and accept their ambivalent feelings towards motherhood.

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An Exploration of the Ways in Which Feelings of “Maternal Ambivalence” Affect Some Women

Chapman

Gubi

2019

Illness, Crisis & Loss

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“…Tangney & Dearing 2002) as potentially more problematic as it can involve secrecy, inferiority, inhibition and a debilitating focus on a damaged and incapable self. It is noteworthy that recent research on the transition to motherhood has highlighted that difficulties with breastfeeding may be a contributing factor to post-natal depression, particularly where it is at odds with women's prior positive expectations (Shakespeare et al 2004;Homewood et al 2009).…”

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‘It should be the most natural thing in the world’: exploring first‐time mothers' breastfeeding difficulties in the UK using audio‐diaries and interviews

Williamson¹,

Leeming²,

Lyttle³

et al. 2011

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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Breastfeeding is a practice which is promoted and scrutinised in the UK and internationally. In this paper we use interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore the experiences of eight, British, first-time mothers who struggled with breastfeeding in the early postpartum period. Participants kept audio diary accounts of their infant feeding experiences across a seven day period immediately following the birth of their infant and took part in related semistructured interviews a few days after completion of the diary. The overarching theme identified was of a tension between the participants' lived, embodied experience of struggling to breastfeed and the cultural construction of breastfeeding as 'natural' and trouble-free. Participants reported particular difficulties interpreting the pain they experienced during feeds, and their emerging maternal identities were threatened, often fluctuating considerably from feed to feed. We discuss some of the implications for breastfeeding promotion and argue for greater awareness and understanding of breastfeeding difficulties, so that breastfeeding women are less likely to interpret these as a personal shortcoming in a manner which disempowers them. We also advocate the need to address proximal and distal influences around the breastfeeding dyad and in particular to consider the broader cultural context in the United Kingdom where breastfeeding is routinely 2 promoted yet often constructed as a shameful act if performed in the public arena.

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“…medical perspectives have explored physical complications during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatally, such as gestational diabetes, birth defects and breastfeeding issues (Barbosa, Chaud, & gomes, 2008;rumbold & Crowther, 2002;ryan & runswick-Cole, 2008). psychology-and psychiatry-based research, on the other hand, focuses more so on exploring the emotional impact of becoming a mother on a woman's psyche, with much of the research within these perspectives studying women who suffer from post-natal depression (pnd;hannan, 2015;homewood, tweed, Cree, & Crossley, 2009). social-science-based research focuses more so on how motherhood is a diverse phenomenon across differing cultures (oakley, 1980), with feminist research in particular exploring how a woman's role as a mother is influenced by the patriarchy and impacts not only her power position but also her place in the home and her place in wider society (hollway, 2016).…”

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Becoming Mum: Exploring the Emergence and Formulation of a Mother’s Identity During the Transition into Motherhood

Reveley¹

2019

Childbearing and the Changing Nature of Parenthood: The Contexts, Actors, and Experiences of Having Children

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Becoming Occluded: The Transition to Motherhood of Women with Postnatal Depression

Cited by 21 publications

References 38 publications

An Exploration of the Ways in Which Feelings of “Maternal Ambivalence” Affect Some Women

An Exploration of the Ways in Which Feelings of “Maternal Ambivalence” Affect Some Women

‘It should be the most natural thing in the world’: exploring first‐time mothers' breastfeeding difficulties in the UK using audio‐diaries and interviews

Becoming Mum: Exploring the Emergence and Formulation of a Mother’s Identity During the Transition into Motherhood

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