Abstract
Purpose
To give an account of the child care experience of mothers with twins during the one month period after discharge.
Objective and Method
The research objective is four mothers that gave birth to twins at hospital A from late June 2005 to early July, that were released together with their children that didn't have congenital malformations or other disorders, and that could participate in research for a one month period after discharge.
The research method looked back on the child care of twins during a one month period after discharge, and consisted of a half structured interview regarding events that were impressionable and feelings and experiences that occurred at that time. Acquired data was recorded word by word, and information in line with the disposition of context was analyzed.
Results
Two of the research participant mothers suffered from unexpected occurrences such as mastitis (breast inflammation), and were experiencing the characteristics of twins such as crying at the same time and they vomiting at different times. The multipara were feeling the difference in breast feeding methods and their body conditions felt bad in comparison to the prior births and childcare.
Also, the four research participant mothers spoke of their child care experience during the one month period after discharge, and the words and actions that reflected their positive and negative feelings towards child care were monitored.
As for the mothers with twins, spoke about the experience of being able to breastfeed directly in accordance with the realization of the growth of two people, and the words and actions that reflected their positive and negative feelings were monitored. They spoke from their experiences of unexpected occurrences, etc. that they couldn't predict while hospitalized, and their feelings such as "worry" and "anxiety." Of the participants in this research, they thought it was "a pity" because they couldn't make time for themselves or pay enough attention to the babies due to two people crying at the same time. During the homecoming, the mothers thought about their lives after returning home one month after discharge, and words and actions that reflected their positive and negative feelings of things that they couldn't imagine were monitored.
Conclusion
During the one month period after the discharge of the mothers with twins, the feelings were made clear concerning child care experiences that could correspond to seeing the growth of two people, anxiety towards occurrences that couldn't be predicted, and childcare that couldn't be imagined. Including the families, information provisions so that the twins specific lifestyle can be imagined and necessity of continuous assistance from the maternity nurses during hospitalization were both suggested.
