This quasi-experimental research investigates developmental regulation around a critical life-span transition, the "biological clock" for childbearing. The action-phase model of developmental regulation proposes contrasting control orientations in individuals approaching versus those having passed a developmental deadline. Individuals in an urgency phase close to the deadline should be invested...

the purpose of the study is to show in which trimester of pregnancy is fatigue more common among working women, and whether or not there is any relationship between fatigue rate and educational level, income, etc. this is a longitudinal study. from the total number of patients who came to zeinab university hospital, 100 completed a demographics 50 item questionnaire and the numerical rating sca...

This discussion paper takes as its starting point the marginal existence of men in seemingly mono-gendered arena childbearing, both midwives and service users. It seeks to explore how their problematic presence can be accommodated rejected within limits existing language which manifests itself most rigidly word ‘midwife’. I argue that ‘midwife’ has multiple meanings are mobilized different situ...

In this paper, we use survey (n = 87) and interview (n = 30) data to investigate orientations towards future childbearing among people receiving antiretroviral treatment and their family members in western Uganda. We investigate how reproductive options are perceived, by those receiving treatment and those closest to them, and consider what these perceptions suggest about the existence of an "u...

To understand the consequences of adolescent pregnancy and childbearing on siblings, a study compares 309 younger brothers and sisters of pregnant, parenting and never-pregnant teenagers. Compared with the younger siblings of never-pregnant teenagers, the younger sisters of pregnant teenagers see school and career as less important, are more accepting of adolescent childbearing, perceive younge...

CONTEXT High unintended pregnancy rates, and inconsistencies between reported pregnancy intentions and contraceptive behaviors, have been well documented among young U.S. women. Women's beliefs about the benefits of childbearing and motherhood may be related to the apparent disconnect between pregnancy intentions and reproductive outcomes. METHODS Perceived benefits of childbearing and feelin...