Give birth to a female child: A qualitative study exploring mothers' experiences of multiple female childbirths in Jordan

Give birth to a female child: A qualitative study exploring mothers' experiences of multiple female childbirths in Jordan | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Give birth to a female child: A qualitative study exploring mothers' experiences of multiple female childbirths in Jordan haifa Eid This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3939365/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Background: Childbirth experiences were distinctive, exceptional feelings, reactions to postpartum women. Major difficulty facing maternal, such as Gender is the main social determinants, female gender is socially and culturally shaped by the roles and responsibilities. Aims: To clarify the experience of Jordanian mothers, who given birth to daughters ‘multiple female childbirth’. Also, to understand childbirth experiences and their meaning is important in projecting individualized care for mothers. Also, to investigate meaningful childbirth experiences among postpartum mothers. Methodology: Phenomenology approach design. The target population for this study is Jordanian mothers who have multiple female childbirth. A convenience purposive method was selected to recruit participants who met the criteria. The sample size will be between 10-12 participants and the researcher stopped collecting data and conducting interviews when no new themes or data emerged following data analysis, Data analysis using Colaizzi’s (1978) method. Results: According to analysis of one story describing postpartum mother the result demonstrated that are two themes. The first theme: Challenges faced by woman regarding psych-emotional health, and the second theme: lack of family and spousal coping methods that described the essence of mother experience for multiple female childbirth. The findings from the interview have emerged, as themes broken into sub-themes and codes. Obstetrics & Gynecology Psychiatry Childbirth Experience Postpartum Baby gender Gender disappointment Sex selection Jordan. Full Text Additional Declarations The authors declare no competing interests. Supplementary Files analysisfig1.pdf Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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