What is it about?
This article explains strategies mothers recommend to maintain feelings of wellness.
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Why is it important?
It is a health-focused view of coping and not using a deficit or illness approach. Discovery of a successful strategy lead to a mother feeling greater confidence in the efficacy of her selected method, calmer, and in greater control.
Perspectives
Becoming a new mother doesn't come with an instruction book! However, I've been privileged to be provided with a group of well mothers' insider perspectives of methods recommended to help feel in control. In order to achieve a true sense of increasing control over her own health, it is recommended a mother prioritize her own personal needs in addition to meeting the needs of others.
Dr Janet L Currie
University of Technology Sydney
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This page is a summary of: Managing Motherhood: Strategies Used by New Mothers to Maintain Perceptions of Wellness, Health Care For Women International, June 2009, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/07399330902928873.
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