Browsing by Subject "Perinatal grief"

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    Experiences of midwifery students in caring for pregnancy loss. A phenomenological study
    (Elsevier, 2025-01-21) López-Ibernón Marina; Conesa-Ferrer María-Belén; Jiménez-Ruiz Ismael; Molina -Rodríguez Alonso; Suárez-Cortés, María; Enfermería; Facultad de Enfermería
    Aim: To analyze the experiences of midwifery students in the care of pregnancy loss during their training. Background: The care of pregnancy losses requires the acquisition of very specific non-technical skills by midwifery students. The training received by students about gestational grief requires the use of different methodologies to obtain the required skills. The experiences of midwifery students with perinatal loss during their training highlight gaps in the development of non-technical skills needed to address such situations effectively Design: A qualitative study was conducted with an interpretative phenomenological approach. Methods: Individual, in-person semi-structured interviews were conducted in March 2024. The sample was composed of 9 midwifery students enrolled in their first and second academic years, who were being trained at a hospital in the south of Spain. An inductive analysis was performed through the identification of recurring patterns, ideas, and concepts in the data. After the construction of the categories, and their relationship between themselves, the results were returned to the participants and the results were confirmed. Results: Three main themes were identified: (1) Exposure to or Experiences of perinatal loss in practice, (2) Influence of the emotional impact on the development of skills, (3) Shortcomings in Formal Training and the Influence of Tutoring on Addressing Pregnancy Loss. Conclusions: The participants’ experiences reflect the awareness of the importance of perinatal loss in Western society. This awareness reveals the deficiencies in formal teaching, resulting in negative emotions and difficulties in the management of these situations in the students.
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    Impact of perinatal death on the social and family context of the parents
    (MDPI, 2020-05-14) Fernández Sola, Cayetano; Camacho Ávila, Marcos; Hernández Padilla, José Manuel; Fernández Medina, Isabel María; Jiménez López, Francisca Rosa; Hernández Sánchez, Encarnación; Conesa Ferrer, María Belén; Granero Molina, José; Enfermería
    Background: Perinatal death (PD) is a painful experience, with physical, psychological and social consequences in families. Each year, there are 2.7 million perinatal deaths in the world and about 2000 in Spain. The aim of this study was to explore, describe and understand the impact of perinatal death on parents’ social and family life. Methods: A qualitative study based on Gadamer’s hermeneutic phenomenology was used. In-depth interviews were conducted with 13 mothers and eight fathers who had su ered a perinatal death. Inductive analysis was used to find themes based on the data. Results: Seven sub-themes emerged, and they were grouped into two main themes: 1) perinatal death a ects family dynamics, and 2) the social environment of the parents is severely a ected after perinatal death. Conclusions: PD impacts the family dynamics of the parents and their family, social and work environments. Parents perceive that society trivializes their loss and disallows or delegitimizes their grief. Implications: Social care, health and education providers should pay attention to all family members who have su ered a PD. The recognition of the loss within the social and family environment would help the families to cope with their grief.
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    Sexuality and affectivity after a grieving process for an antenatal death: a qualitative study of fathers' experiences
    (SAGE Publications, 2023-02-27) Camacho Ávila, Marcos; Hernández Sánchez, Encarnación; Fernández Férez, Alba; Fernández Medina, Isabel María; Fernández Sola, Cayetano; Conesa Ferrer, María Belén; Ventura Miranda, María Isabel; Enfermería
    The loss of an infant at the prenatal stage is one of the most traumatic events parents can experience. Prenatal losses have several negative implications for parents’ physical, psychological, and social well-being, including intimacy and sexuality. Fathers who suffer from this experience have to cope not only with their grief, but also with the physical and emotional suffering of their partners. The social context gives the father a masculine role of strength, insensitivity, and protection of the mother, with the result that his pain and grief become invisible. The objective of this study is to understand fathers’ experience of affective-sexual relationships after a grieving process for an antenatal death; A qualitative study based on interviews with 11 fathers in Spain who have experienced an antenatal death was conducted. Data were analyzed with the help of ATLAS.ti software to discover emerging themes. 6 sub-themes were developed from the analysis, grouped into two main themes: the invisibility of grieving fathers and the relationships between the grieving parents are influenced by the death of their infants. The sexuality of fathers who suffer an antenatal death is altered. Gender stereotypes and the lack of social and professional awareness make their grief invisible. Fathers need to express their emotions to cope with their own grief and break the stereotypical gendered bereavement. In most cases, the couple’s relationship is altered, from a close union to a more distant relationship, in addition to a decrease in sexual desire and arousal. However, other fathers experienced greater closeness and intimacy in the couple. A communication based on sincerity, exposing their own grief, feelings, emotions and needs could help the couple’s relationship.