I’m trying to conduct a research about early motherhood, but almost all what I found is focused on contraception, abortion or sexual-affective education. What about the teenage mothers themselves? Maybe a qualitative perspective about how do they feel, what do they think about early motherhood and what do they think about governmental support.
here are some areas if you have any interest in them
Compared with mothers in older age groups, teenage mothers are at greater risk of having medical complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Reasons for this include:
delay in finding out they are pregnant, which can result in little, late or no antenatal (pregnancy) care
not knowing how to access healthcare services for early antenatal information and care
experiencing premature (early) labour (where the baby is born earlier than 27 weeks gestation), which can result in long-term medical and physical complications for the baby
poor eating habits during pregnancy, including not taking folate supplements in the very early stage of pregnancy (to help prevent certain foetal developmental conditions) or not having enough iron, resulting in anaemia
emotional immaturity, resulting in high levels of emotional distress.
Deborah Davis edited a book of narratives from teen moms a few years ago. Also sociologists Heather Dillaway and Sarah Jean Brubaker have written about their research on teens' preferences regarding pain relief in childbirth
Thank you for your answers.
I've already noticed that most popular themes are related (if not to the affective-sexual education) to health aspects, but what about adolescents as persons with life projects? or how do they really live pregnancy? (as Christine Morton refered: researches about narratives from teen moms). As the OMS stated last year, there is a huge link between early pregnancies and poverty. Teen mothers without resources understand motherhood as an alternative to their limited opportunities.
As Attia said, health risks linked to early childbearing had been widely studied and proved , but what about governmental responses?
You can look at the age at marriage and the cultural understanding of marriage and also its correlation with other variables like education, income. You can also try to look at the environmental and cultural factors of marriage like forced marriage, migration etc.
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