Motherhood is a physiological status in which certain behavioural patterns are exhibited. Maintenance of the life of the species in mammals is dependent upon the presentation of motherhood services in a certain period that the child is dependent on the mother. Absence of the mother causes some deficiencies in social, behavioural and cognitive abilities, an abnormal development of the stress res...

Among all motivations of women motherhood is the most universal and the strongest. Motherhood is a beautiful and joyous experience to a woman. The feeling of a life growing inside makes her ecstatic. The health of the mother during pregnancy is important to give birth to a healthy baby. Reproductive tract infections are common during pregnancy and vaginal candidiasis (moniliasis or thrush) is a...

Adolescent childbearing has undesirable consequences. Dropping out of school, high rates of abortion, maternal mortality and morbidity are noted consequences of adolescent pregnancy and childbearing. The objective of this study, which is based on the 2005 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey data, is to analyze the levels, trends and differentials of adolescent motherhood in Ethiopia. A mult...

background: osteoporosis is a serious public health. since the majority of bone mass occurs during adolescence, primary prevention  is important. probably mother’s participation in health education interventions leads to promote health behaviors in children. to assess a lifestyle modifcation intervention focused on mothers and students has an impact on osteoporosis preventive  behaviors in adol...

Motherhood is a social reality; the very intuition existed in society since time immemorial. It associated with women’s reproductivity and their socio-cultural life. determines woman’s status identity family outer world. This paper attempts to understand motherhood as both concept institution by locating how being constructed reality. Further, it discusses feminists respond idea of motherhood. ...

The objective of this study is to describe the understanding that sheltered female adolescents have regarding motherhood and analyze their experience of this process from their perspective, for the purpose of identifying a support structure for young sheltered mothers. This exploratory and qualitative study was performed at two municipal shelters in Rio de Janeiro. The data were collected throu...

Delayed First Birth and New Mothers’ Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Biological Fertility Shocks We investigate the impact of delaying the first birth on Italian mothers’ labor market outcomes around childbirth. The effect of postponing motherhood is identified using biological fertility shocks, namely the occurrence of miscarriages and stillbirths. Focusing on mothers’ behavior around fir...

The Grace Hopper conference celebrates all women in computer science. However, the many women who attend this conference fill more roles that just the role of a computer scientist. They are also mothers, grandmothers, sisters, wives, and daughters. In this proposal we discuss the important role of motherhood in particular reference to its impact on young computer science academics and beyond. I...

A puzzle has emerged from studies examining the wage effects of sexual orientation for women. Although lesbian and bisexual women face discrimination in the labor market, most studies of the wages of female full-time workers in same-sex couples versus those in different-sex couples find that the lesbians earn more, even controlling for differences in present labor market supply, education, year...