Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-qxdb6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-26T23:04:35.748Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Maternal Reactions to the Birth of Triplets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

M. Robin ,
M. Bydlowski ,
F. Cahen  and
D. Josse
M. Robin*
Affiliation:
Inserm Unit 187, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
M. Bydlowski
Affiliation:
Inserm Unit 187, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
F. Cahen
Affiliation:
Inserm Unit 187, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
D. Josse
Affiliation:
Inserm Unit 187, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
*
Unité INSERM 187, Hôpital Tarnier, 89 Rue d'Assas, F-75006 Paris, France

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

This study examines the reactions of 14 women to the birth of triplets. Home interviews and observations were conducted at 4 months and 1 year after the birth. The findings indicate that the triplet situation constitutes a real source of psychological stress for the women in this study. Reactions depend on two factors: individual makeup, in that some women become depressed whereas others develop defenses, and amount of support from family and friends. These variables, along with mothers' ability to overcome phantasms of abnormality generated by the exceptionality of a multiple maternity, serve to define a set of predictors of good/poor prognosis for the establishment of triplet-mother relationships.

Keywords

TripletsMother's reactionMother-infant relationship
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 41 - 51
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1991

References

REFERENCES

1.Botting, BJ, MacFarlane, AJ, Price, FV (1990): Three, Four or More. A Study of Triplet and Higher Order Births. London: HMSO.Google Scholar
2.Goshen-Gottstein, ER (1980): The mothering of twins, triplets and quadruplets. Psychiatry 43:189–204.Google Scholar
3.Robin, M (1988): Les naissances multiples: Aspects psychologiques et sociaux. In Relier, JP (ed): Progrès en Néonatologie, 8. Paris: S Karger Ed, pp 257–264.Google Scholar
4.Robin, M, Josse, D (1989): Conduite de la recherche dans les families. Exemple des naissances multiples. In Lebovici, Set al (eds): Evaluation des Interactions Précoces, Paris, Genève: Eshel, Médecine et Hygiène, pp 379–394.Google Scholar
5.Robin, M, Bydlowski, M, Chen, F, Josse, D (in press): Aspect psychologique des naissances triples: De la grossesse à l'établissement des premières relations. In: Papiernik, E, Pons, JC (eds): Les Grossesses Multiples. Paris: Doin.Google Scholar
6.Robin, M. Bydlowski, M, Pons, JC (1991): A psychological approach to multiple pregnancy: A mother-triplet follow-up. In Keith, LG, Papiernik, E (eds): Obstetrical Management of Multiple Births. New York: Pergamon Press (in press).Google Scholar