B A C K G R O U N D : Culture, beliefs and practices, mother’s employment, and increasing modernization are linked to breastfeeding. In Pakistan, some false beliefs and practices interfere with breastfeeding even among nurses. This led to the development of this study with the focus on nurses’ breastfeeding experiences since nurses constitute the major workforce in any health care setting and m...

BACKGROUND Febrile convulsion in children is a frightening experience for the mothers. This experience may have unknown aspects, which must be investigated in order to plan better support for the mothers and children. This study is conducted with the aim of exploring the experiences of mothers whose children suffer from febrile convulsion. METHODS This study was based on a qualitative content...

PURPOSE Chronic sorrow is a multidimensional concept experienced by mothers of children suffering with chronic conditions, e.g. cancer. Little is known about the concept of chronic sorrow and related issues/experiences among mothers of children with cancer living in Iran. This study aimed to explore the concept of chronic sorrow, based on the lived experiences of chronic sorrow experienced in a...

Background: Some mental health problems can have a strong influence on the sense of guilt and shame. Eating difficulties (ED) such as anorexic, bulimic or binge behaviours are likely to be related to a guilty conscience and being ashamed oneself. About 90% of those who suffer from ED are females of childbearing age, and many are mothers. Only a small percentage of women who suffer from ED actua...

a bstract   background: there are a few studies about commissioning mothers’ understanding from the surrogacy during 9 months of waiting for delivery in iran and other countries. this study was conducted with an aim to explore and explain the nature of concerns (experiences) of commissioning mothers. materials and methods:  a qualitative design with a conventional content analysis approach was ...

This research aimed to describe mothers' experiences, analyzing them in the light of the principles of the Kangaroo Mother Method (KMM), and discuss the mothers' contributions based on the meanings of these experiences for nursing actions. In data collection, a questionnaire was used that characterized the mothers' socioeconomic profile and, through focus groups, stories were obtained about the...

We longitudinally investigated parental language context and infants' language experiences in relation to Dominican American and Mexican American infants' vocabularies. Mothers provided information on parental language context, comprising measures of parents' language background (i.e., childhood language) and current language use during interviews at infants' birth. Infants' language experience...

Introduction:  Premature neonates admitted in NICU besides being separated from their mothers are prone to inevitably painful and stressful situations. Kangaroo care is the most effective method to get rid of this separation and its negative consequences. This study was performed to determine the experiences of mothers having premature neonates concerning Kangaroo care.   Material and Methods: ...