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Transition to parenthood: the needs of parents in pregnancy and early parenthood.

Toity T Deave, Debbie D Johnson, and Jenny J Ingram

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2008) PMID 18664251 PMCID 2519055

Pregnancy and the transition to parenthood are major adjustment periods within a family. Existing studies have asked parents, retrospectively, about their experience of antenatal education, mainly focusing on women. We sought to address this gap by asking first-time mothers and their partners about how they could be better supported during the antenatal period, particularly in relation to the transition to parenthood and parenting skills.

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-8-30
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