THE PHENOMENON OF BIRTH - IMPLICATIONS ON THE COUPLE'S RELATIONSHIP
THE PHENOMENON OF BIRTH - IMPLICATIONS ON THE COUPLE'S RELATIONSHIP

Summary/Abstract: Birth is a time when a woman's body undergoes significant changes. Although these changes such as weight gain or changes in physical appearance in general can be considered natural stages of pregnancy, many women have difficulty accepting these body changes. A major problem in our culture today is that women give up their own body rights and birth experience, perhaps for the simple reason that they are not aware of what they have given up. Women often give up their own autonomy, their right to make their own decisions about birth, as well as the possibility of a conscious birth, or the transformation of birth into an experience. Through this study we tried to highlight the role of birth on body image and on the couple's life. Thus, the mental structures detached during pregnancy and the adaptation to a new lifestyle that emerged with birth have an important role in women's lives. In addition, the interdependence between birth and emotions will give the couple another dimension, especially in terms of partner experiences. We observed through the analyzed studies that the implications of birth on body image have a significant impact, especially in view of the fact that emotional and cognitive manifestations contribute to the creation of a certain body image and, obviously, influence the couple's life. Consequently, the birth-couple life binomial gives new dimensions to a couple's life in terms of perceptions and emotions.

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