Thomas Hilary
Department of Socialogy, University of Surrey, United Kingdom.
Health Care Women Int. 2004 Jan;25(1):76-87. doi: 10.1080/07399330490253256.
Within the social science literature on reproduction, relatively little attention has been paid to the areas of major illness during pregnancy and postnatal physical health. In this paper I present the results of a qualitative study of the postnatal health experiences of 15 women who had suffered a serious illness during pregnancy, the onset of which either predated or developed during pregnancy. Recently delivered women with continuing health problems face additional difficulties at a time when they are recovering from the physical and psychological processes of birth and are adjusting to the care of the new baby or grieving a loss. A few women in this study had experienced health problems that were resolved at or soon after the birth. Those with continuing or chronic illness described attempts to regain normality that involved both restoring bodily health and reestablishing their control over symptoms of the illness. Professional help with this process was often reported to be limited.
在社会科学领域关于生育的文献中，孕期重大疾病和产后身体健康方面受到的关注相对较少。在本文中，我呈现了一项定性研究的结果，该研究针对15名在孕期罹患重病的女性的产后健康经历展开，这些疾病的发作要么在怀孕之前，要么在孕期发展而来。近期分娩且仍有健康问题的女性，在正从分娩的生理和心理过程中恢复、适应对新婴儿的照料或因失去而悲痛的时期，面临着额外的困难。本研究中的一些女性经历的健康问题在分娩时或分娩后不久得到了解决。那些患有持续性或慢性疾病的女性描述了她们试图恢复正常生活的过程，这既包括恢复身体健康，也包括重新掌控疾病症状。她们常表示在这个过程中得到的专业帮助很有限。
