Making existential meaning in transition to motherhood—A scoping review

Prinds, Christina; Hvidt, Niels Christian; Mogensen, Ole; Buus, Niels

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2013.06.021

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“…Furthermore, an eager wish to become a parent and undergo the transitional process was an expected outcome of adulthood and marriage (Batool & Visser, ; Cunningham & Cunningham, ; Dyer et al., ; Mogobe, ; Silva et al., ). This finding is consistent with other researchers’ statements of how motherhood is important as a transition in making existential meaning (Prinds, Hvidt, Mogensen, & Buus, ). Self‐identity based on men and women's assumptions of future parenthood faded away when individuals acknowledged themselves as being reproductively impaired (Seybold, ).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Spiritual aspects of living with infertility: A synthesis of qualitative studies

Romeiro

Caldeira

Brady

et al. 2017

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Spiritual aspects of living with infertility: A synthesis of qualitative studies

Romeiro

Caldeira

Brady

et al. 2017

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…A broad spectrum of 49 unique and specific participants’ human responses toward infertility has been identified and self‐perception was the domain that held most responses out of the three major themes. Indeed, results seem to be in line with the private and intimate nature of this health condition, regarding the defied dream of conceiving with love, bearing such wanted child, going through the singular and unique moment of birth, fulfilling wishes of motherhood and parenthood, and taking care of own children (Prinds et al., ). Furthermore, the negative predominance of patients’ answers has reinforced infertility as an adverse event and a major crisis, which exposes patients to deep vulnerability (Berger et al., ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 57%

The Human Responses and Nursing Diagnoses of Those Living With Infertility: A Qualitative Systematic Review

Romeiro

Caldeira

2018

Int J of Nursing Knowl

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OBJECTIVE To systematically retrieve, critique, and synthesize patients’ human responses about living with infertility and identify possible related nursing diagnoses according to NANDA‐I. METHODS Systematic review of qualitative nursing studies. FINDINGS A total of 39 papers were included, 49 human responses, and 77 potential infertility‐related nursing diagnoses were identified across three themes. Main foci matching nursing diagnosis were related to spiritual well‐being, spiritual distress, and resilience. CONCLUSIONS Patients respond to infertility in a variety of ways and this raises the need for a more effective, holistic, and accurate nursing diagnosis. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE The accuracy of the nursing diagnosis is critical in raising the quality of the nursing process and in meeting infertile patients’ circumstances and care expectations.

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“…The problem that this study addressed was twofold. First, because of the sense-based and embodied epistemic of beyond_words experiences are unconscious; they pose a challenge in translation to verbal expression and thus remain generally unarticulated by the mother (Crossley, 2009(Crossley, , 1991Lintott, 2011;Prinds et al, 2014). When becoming a mother, a woman encounters multiple dynamic rewarding, challenging, and transformative experiences that exist within interactive physiological, psychological, social, and spiritual domains.…”

Section: Contextual Descriptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The beyond_words phenomena are embedded within these domains and are representative expressions of the multidimensional experience of transitioning to motherhood. Based upon the contextual and conceptual evidence that these transitioning to motherhood phenomena can potentially exert a strong, insidious influence on the woman's self-image, affecting her relationship with her child and fam-ily across multiple domains; further investigation, articulation, and dissemination is warranted (Afoakwah et al, 2013;Nelson, 2006;Schmied & Lupton, 2001;Prinds et al, 2014).…”

Section: Contextual Descriptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rendering Beyond_words in Transitioning to Motherhood Through Visual and Dramatic Arts

Scotti

Gerber

2017

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The purpose of this doctoral dissertation research study was to use arts-based research methods to explore the beyond_words phenomena of first-time mothers who were in the process of transitioning to motherhood. The multidimensional embodied, emotional, and sensory experiences that accompany new motherhood can be overwhelming, be difficult to articulate verbally, and impact the perceptions of the new mother’s relationship to herself and her child (Crossley, 2009; Lintott & Sander-Staudt, 2011; Prinds et al., 2014).In order to honor and capture the emergent, vital, and multi-dimensional nature of beyond_words in transitioning to motherhood, in this study, arts-based research methods were used to explore and represent these phenomena, otherwise inexpressible in words. The arts-based results are presented as five portrait syntheses and a final synthesis play in four acts that bring to life and invite the viewer to live the mothers’ beyond_words experiences, while simultaneously positioning them within the wider context of current medical and health sciences research perspectives. The final synthesis, which is the featured dramatic play, aspires to give voice and aesthetic power to these mothers’ beyond_words transitioning to motherhood experiences. In the philosophical tradition of ABR (Leavy, 2009, 2015), this study marries the rigor of research with the aesthetic power of the visual and dramatic arts challenging existing assumptions, beliefs, and cultural stereotypes about motherhood and disseminating the results to relevant stakeholders.

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Making existential meaning in transition to motherhood—A scoping review

Cited by 101 publications

References 25 publications

Spiritual aspects of living with infertility: A synthesis of qualitative studies

Spiritual aspects of living with infertility: A synthesis of qualitative studies

The Human Responses and Nursing Diagnoses of Those Living With Infertility: A Qualitative Systematic Review

Rendering Beyond_words in Transitioning to Motherhood Through Visual and Dramatic Arts

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