Ano at bakit, nanay?: A qualitative study on motherhood experiences of long-term contraceptive users and long-term non-contraceptive users

• Main Authors: Cua, Rhinna Charmainne U., Go, Ruth Abigail T., King, Nicole Steffani P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Motherhood; Mother and child; Parenting; Birth control; Contraception; Family > Economic aspects; Contraceptives; Contraceptive drugs > Side effects
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/8443
• Institution: De La Salle University

The researcher study examined and compared the motherhood experiences of mothers who are long-term contraceptive users and long-term non-contraceptive users. The points of comparison for the research study were: the reasons of the mothers for using and not using contraceptive, how the mothers' view and beliefs regarding motherhood and children affect their choice and the mothers' positive and negative experiences as an informal evaluation of caring for one's child. The sample was consisted of a total of twenty mothers. The study was descriptive-comparative in nature and used an in-depth semi-structured interview to gather significant data for the research study. Reasons for contraceptive use include economic-related reasons and economic difficulty while reasons for not using include fear of side effects, support in old age and accepting that mothering as a natural outcome of being married. For views and beliefs about motherhood of both groups, an ideal mother is someone who is hands-on, able to take the responsibility of nurturing a child well and was able to show mother's reflection to the child. With regard to principles of raising children, it has been found that mothers have great concern for their child and thus instill good values to them. Authoritative parenting style is what mothers of today use. Work and other external factors such as family and friends are affecting motherhood. When it comes to the positive experiences of the mothers, childbearing, child rearing are the key events that mothers cited. As for their negative experiences, disobedience, sibling fight and economic deprivation are three main points that mothers from both groups made. The two main groups were similar but there are substantial differences found in the subgroups of long-term non-contraceptive users, which is either for religious and non-religious reasons. These differences include the way mothers' value life and the role that religion plays in their lives. In general, one can see that the mothers' love and care for their children