A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON UNDERSTANDING FEAR AND APPREHENSIONS EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN WITH MISCARRIAGES
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0021-06-12
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Pregnancy is an important life experience, and the loss of a pregnancy can have
negative psychological consequences. Despite advances in our understanding of grieving
following perinatal loss, there has been relatively little research particularly addressing
bereavement following miscarriages. The goal of this study was to learn more about a group
of Pakistani women's miscarriage experience. Semi-structured interviews with 3 women who
had miscarriages, were used to use an interpretive phenomenology technique. In depth
interviews and stories helped to gain a better understanding on the care that women received
in the hospital. The data was analysed and interpreted using an Interpretative
Phenomenological Analysis. Women's miscarriage experiences are characterised by a loss of
hope. Three themes were explored in this study: 1) Dealing with the loss of hope, 2)
regaining emotional equilibrium, and 3) recognising the need for intervention. Miscarriage is
an inevitable event that has to be addressed right away. According to the findings, women
gain from support from their husband, family, friends, and health care providers during and
after a miscarriage. This study emphasizes the problems that women face as a result of
miscarriage. Health practitioners must provide greater in-depth information and empathic
treatment to women. The need of better understanding the emotional affects, behaviors, and
coping techniques that women find to be significant in the field of social work is important
because of the widespread nature of miscarriage. Professionals in the medical field must be
trained to provide emotionally sympathetic treatment to these women.
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Pregnancy, dealing with loss, miscarriages, emotional affects, behaviors, coping, lived experience