Abstract
Objective: to describe first-time-expectants fathers’ experiences of pregnancy.
Design: an inductive method using narrative interview form and qualitative content text analysis. The text of the transcripts was coded and categorised.
Settings and participants: seven first-time-expectant fathers living in a multicultural industrial town in southern Sweden were interviewed individually when their partner was in the 38th to 39th week of pregnancy.
Measurements and findings: all the fathers-to-be experienced some psychological, social and/or physical change during the pregnancy. The main category, was ‘time of transition’. Eight categories were found under this. They were: ‘feelings of unreality, ‘insufficiency and inadequacy’, ‘exclusion’, ‘reality’, ‘social changes’, ‘physical changes’, ‘responsibility, and development’.
Key conclusion: the fathers’-to-be special needs for support and encouragement during pregnancy may be as important as those of the mothers’-to-be. The caregiver needs to be as aware of and sensitive to these needs. However, before any interventions can be recommended more research is needed.
Design: an inductive method using narrative interview form and qualitative content text analysis. The text of the transcripts was coded and categorised.
Settings and participants: seven first-time-expectant fathers living in a multicultural industrial town in southern Sweden were interviewed individually when their partner was in the 38th to 39th week of pregnancy.
Measurements and findings: all the fathers-to-be experienced some psychological, social and/or physical change during the pregnancy. The main category, was ‘time of transition’. Eight categories were found under this. They were: ‘feelings of unreality, ‘insufficiency and inadequacy’, ‘exclusion’, ‘reality’, ‘social changes’, ‘physical changes’, ‘responsibility, and development’.
Key conclusion: the fathers’-to-be special needs for support and encouragement during pregnancy may be as important as those of the mothers’-to-be. The caregiver needs to be as aware of and sensitive to these needs. However, before any interventions can be recommended more research is needed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 96-105 |
| Journal | Midwifery |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Bibliographical note
The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.The record was previously connected to the following departments: Division of Nursing (Closed 2012) (013065000)
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Nursing