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The experience of birth and early mothering after assisted conception

There is emerging evidence that after infertility and assisted conception women are at increased risk of early parenting difficulties. The aims of this study were to characterize postpartum psychological functioning of women conceiving through assisted reproductive technology (ART) and to identify factors that may be associated with early parenting difficulties defined as: postpartum psychological distress, low maternal confidence and admission to residential early parenting services. (For complete abstract open document)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/245504
CreatorsHammarberg, Karin
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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