Current state of feelings and of child care of fathers who have twin, requested support

Abstract

Purpose
In the present study, the focus is applied to twin in multi embryo, and it actually attaches and feelings and the child care of father are understood, after that, it aims to clarify the support requested from father's aspect.
Subject and method
Half structural interview method was done for father who brought up the twin for months of 4,5 after one's birth. The detailed minutes of acquired data was analyzed in the qualitative induction.
Results
Three categories of {feelings when hearing the twin for the first time}, {feelings at the birth period from the pregnancy period}, and {feelings when meeting for the first time} are extracted from the pregnancy period as father's feelings at the birth period, and nine subcategories to be positional have been extracted respectively. Six categories of {happiness of the child care}, {Of a child is taken care very much}, {tiredness of the child care}, {uneasy child care and stress}, {It is puzzled}, and {worry of the child care} have been extracted as feelings of father who can put the child care period. Moreover, the subcategory of 15 has been extracted. Five categories of {reason to work on the child care}, {attitude by the child care and device}, {action method to worry and uneasiness}, {wife and husband's mutual coverages}, and {use situation of the child-rearing manual and the child care magazine} are extracted as a current state of the child care of father, and the subcategory of 17 has been extracted respectively. Three categories of {polite action on a family in hospital}, {device to the legend for which the object hoped}, and {device of the dissemination for the child care support system enhancement} were clarified as necessary support to father. Moreover, the subcategory of 13 has been extracted respectively.
Conclusion
On the other hand, negative feelings such as serious of the child care and puzzled were expressed though father felt the happiness of the child care. Feelings and the current state of twin father were especially understood as necessary support to father, and the importance of nursing that considered the legend, transmission, and the offer was suggested in polite correspondence.