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https://doi.org/10.24552/00002148 ©青森県立保健大学

 

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Primigravidas’feelings as parents following hospitalization for threatened premature labor

 

Kazuko Miyaguchi

Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital

（Recieved April 17, 2019; Accepted October 30, 2019）

 

ABSTRACT
［Objective］To explore the parental thoughts of women during their first pregnancy with experience being hospitalized for threatened premature labor （TPL）.
［Methods］Semi-structured interviews were conducted with pregnant women at 34 weeks gestation or later who had been hospitalized for TPL and subsequently discharged. Responses were qualitatively  and inductively analyzed.

［Results］The narratives of three participants were analyzed, thereby 10 categories being generated:  “Becoming anxious about the possibility of losing one’s child when unexpected TPL occurred,” “Wor- rying about one’s lack of knowledge of TPL symptoms so as to protect one’s child,” “Believing that  the best thing as a parent can do is to follow the instructions of medical professionals,” “Struggling  with inpatient hospitalization, with trying to understand that one has to face this because it is what  a parent can do,” “Believing in one’s own endurance based on the belief that resting is a parent’s  role,” “Wishing to keep one’s fetus within the uterus until 37 weeks gestation,” “Passing the time  without thinking of the future or bad things,” “Realizing the difficulty to be a mother through one’s  own hardship,” “Feeling regretful that one couldnot do enough for one’s child after experiencing TPL,”  and “Feeling bad for placing a burden on one’s family while being grateful to them.”

［Conclusions］Pregnant women who experienced TPL felt anxiety over the possibility of losing their  child as a result of premature labor and believed they had not sufficiently fulfilled their role as a par- ent to their child. On the other hand, these women believed saving their child’s life to be a greater  priority than their own stress and needs; they wished to endure together with their fetus until 37  weeks gestation in order to continue their pregnancy. The desire of pregnant women who experience  TPL to protect their child appeared to boost their growth as a parent.

 

Aomori J. Health Welfare, 1; 20-28: 2019