Maternal Identity Development Education on Maternity Role Attainment and My Baby Perception of Primiparas

PURPOSE: There are no interventional study results directed at maternal identity development education, including all stages of maternity role attainment, for expectant mothers with healthy babies. This research was conducted to assess the effect of maternal identity development education on the maternity role attainment and my baby perception of primigravidas. METHODS: The research was carried out by using pretest-posttest quasi-experimental model with control group. A total of 120 mothers and their babies participated in this study. In the collection of the data, Personal Information Form, Semantic Differentation Scale-Myself as Mother and My Baby and the Pharis Self-Confidence Scale were used. RESULTS: It was detected that the training of identification development given for the mothers increased score averages taken from the scales of Myself as Mother, My Baby and the Pharis Self-Confidence Scale; this increase was statistically significant. There was a significant positive correlation between the Pharis Self-Confidence Scale post-test score averages and scales of Myself as Mother and My Baby. CONCLUSIONS: Nurses should offer maternal identity development education, support the baby perception process in the early postnatal stages, and help develop the self-confidence of the mother in order for mothers to develop successful motherhood behaviors. Maternal identity development education should be routinely offered to all expectant mothers by specialized nurses, not just to primigravidas. There is a requirement for similar studies to be conducted on broader populations related to the subject.

Labour pain and the development of mother-infant interaction in Turkish mothers

To examine whether the intensity of the labor pain has an effect on the development of the mother-infant interaction in Turkish mothers. The research was carried out as a descriptive study in a university hospital with an obstetric and gynecology clinic in Erzurum, Turkey. Data were collected between October-December 2006. In this time interval, it was observed and 225 mothers were interviewed having an infant and meeting the research criteria in this obstetric and gynecology clinic. The average scores of mother-infant interaction were statistically significant according to mothers' ages; p-value 0.005 [p<0.05], education level; p-value 0.000 [p<0.001] and labor duration p-value is 0.017 [p<0.05]. Labor type didn't effect the mother-infant interaction; p-value 0.539 [p>0.05]. The difference between starting period for breast-feeding and interaction scores was statistically significant; p-value 0.000 [p<0.001]. Labor pain intensity didn't affect significantly mother-infant interaction; p-value 0.437 [p>0.05], However, when labour pain intensity increased, interaction scores decreased. According to these results, it seems to be important that during antenatal examinations, training programmes about mother-infant interaction for mothers who are older, multigravid, and have lower education level should be implemented. It is also suggested that painless labour technics should be used