New Mothers: A Case Study

The birth of a child can be a stressful change to a new mother as she is learning her new role of caretaker. Often new mothers do not realize the impact that having a child can have on their social life, their psychological well-being, and emotional changes they will go through as well (Deniz & Avaz, 2014; Razurel, Kaiser, Sellenet, &Epiney, 2013). Most of new mothers will feel overwhelmed, undereducated, and even feel incompetent when it comes to caring for their infants at some point in the postpartum period (Deniz& Avaz, 2014). These feelings of being an inadequate mother can often cause stress and anxiety (Deniz & Avaz, 2014). Other stresses can be dealing with medical personnel on a more regular basis, breastfeeding, baby care, and at times a constantly crying infant (Razurel, Kaiser, Sellenet, &Epiney, 2013). The birth of a child can also cause changes in the family dynamic (Deniz & Avaz, 2014). Sometimes the order of the partners will change, the expectations of each parent, as well as their …show more content…
The women in the experimental group would be assigned to a social support team who would meet at the hospital three times a week for eight weeks. The control group would not be assigned to a community support team, but this does not mean they would be without support from family or their partner. After the eight weeks were completed, the women would come in for an interview and be evaluated on their stress level. The independent variable is the support that some of the women received from their team and the dependent variable is the stress level of the women. The limitations with the research would be that people may not give honest answers in the interview after the research is conducted because some women do not want to be seen as an inadequate mother. The findings may not be generalized to all women. The research may be biased due to those women who chose to