“I just feel like I am broken. I am the worst pregnant woman ever”: A qualitative exploration of the “at odds” experience of women's antenatal distress

A A Staneva; Fiona E Bogossian; A Morawska; A Wittkowski

doi:10.1080/07399332.2017.1297448

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“I just feel like I am broken. I am the worst pregnant woman ever”: A qualitative exploration of the “at odds” experience of women's antenatal distress

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“I just feel like I am broken. I am the worst pregnant woman ever”: A qualitative exploration of the “at odds” experience of women's antenatal distress

A A Staneva, Fiona E Bogossian, A Morawska and A Wittkowski

Health Care for Women International, Vol.38(6), pp.658-686

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2017.1297448

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Advances in perinatal mental health research have provided valuable insights around risk factors for the overall development of maternal distress. However, there is still a limited understanding of the experience of women struggling emotionally during pregnancy. We explored how women view, experience, and interpret psychological distress antenatally. Eighteen Australian women participated in in-depth interviews that were analyzed thematically within a critical realist theoretical framework. We present and situate the current findings within the dominant discourse of the good mother, which arguably promotes guilt and stigma and results in women self-labeling as bad mothers. © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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Title: “I just feel like I am broken. I am the worst pregnant woman ever”: A qualitative exploration of the “at odds” experience of women's antenatal distress
Authors: A A Staneva (Author) - University of Queensland
Fiona E Bogossian (Author) - University of Queensland
A Morawska (Author) - University of Queensland
A Wittkowski (Author) - University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Publication details: Health Care for Women International, Vol.38(6), pp.658-686
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc.
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2017.1297448
ISSN: 0739-9332
Organisation Unit: School of Health; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450800802621
Output Type: Journal article

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