ArticleScandinavian journal of caring sciences2025
The Meaning of Becoming a Mother. A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Study.
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- Digital and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation interventions for perinatal depression and anxiety: a systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Tracing the developmental arc of matrescence: a phenomenological study of urban Indian mothers.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Reconstruction of Identity and Meaning in the Postpartum Period: Women's Experiences of Social Vulnerability and Existential Transition-A Phenomenological Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Resilience among women survivors of intimate partner violence: Coping, meaning-making, and well-being.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- What It Means to Become a Father.American journal of men's healthArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimThe transition to motherhood is a life-changing period with dilemmas relating to meaning and relationships. These experiences are described as individual and can be related to existential questions and relationships with family and others, as well as whether healthcare professionals, when meeting with becoming mothers, miss promoting existential aspects. This study aimed to illuminate the meaning of becoming a mother during the transition to motherhood. METHODOLOGICAL
designThe study used an explorative design with a phenomenological hermeneutic approach. Data were collected through open-ended interviews with 22 mothers, eight of whom were pregnant at the time of the interview.
resultsThe meaning of becoming a mother was experienced as being profoundly touched and changed. By a sense of belonging and being present in the moment, mothers open up to the possibility of being profoundly emotionally affected, which is understood as essential to their meaning of becoming a mother.
conclusionThis study reveals that mothers experience intense emotions that can make them vulnerable and open to change, which seems to promote their development of themselves.
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