The Lived Experiences of Adolescent Mothers: Intended or Unintended Repeat Pregnancy
Keywords:
decision making, repeat pregnancy, Young mothers, intentionAbstract
Purpose: To explore the insights of young mothers regarding their decision making toward their repeat pregnancy.
Design and Methods: A qualitative research using phenomenological approached with a purposive sample of young mothers with a repeat pregnancy (n = 8), using semi-structured interviews to elicit rich qualitative data, using content and thematic analysis was conducted. Research ethics was approved by an institutional review board in human subjects, informed consent was obtained in all key informants.
Results: There were eight participants in this study. The six of the young mothers indicated that their repeat pregnancies were unintended, whereas they did not want to abort their baby. Rest of them stated that it was intentional situations because of their partner want to have a baby. An important finding in this study was that although the young mothers did not intend to get pregnant, they likewise did not intend to prevent having a second child. A “missed” pill was showed in common issue of young mothers with repeat pregnancy. In terms of decision making about sexual activity – mothers addressed that sexual activity is the spontaneous behavior in their spousal life and that it lacks concern about the consequences. Additionally, the lack of the ownership of the responsibility for birth control among their partners in the role of family planning, so that the birth control then goes along with adolescent mothers. Additionally, women stated that having the second baby will be more tried and become more life-changing in terms of no longer enjoy their adolescent lifestyles.
Conclusion: Antepartum, postpartum care units nurses and associated should to educate the young mothers in terms of prevention or postponement a repeat pregnancy in the adolescent ages, as well as to design an implementation or provide access to a birth control information base on the unique needs, which including their partner in order to taking a crucial role in delaying repeat pregnancy.
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