Subjective experience of motherhood in adult women who were mother in their adolescence

Objetivos: Conocer las experiencias de maternidad en mujeres peruanas adultas del nivel socioeconómico medio-alto que fueron madres en su adolescencia. Material y método: Estudio cualitativo desarrollado con 9 mujeres peruanas adultas que fueron madres en su adolescencia y cuyas edades estuvieron comprendidas entre los 42 a 46 años. Se aplicó la estrategia de la entrevista no estructurada y la información recolectada fue analizada utilizando la técnica del análisis temático. Resultados: Los principales hallazgos revelan que las participantes construyen en la actualidad una imagen de madres resilientes, protectoras y valientes. Esto se ha logrado, según refieren, porque en el proceso del embarazo y la crianza de sus hijos vivenciaron acontecimientos que cambiaron su vida: se casaron, dejaron de estudiar y tuvieron que asumir, en algunos casos, el rol de la figura paterna. Por otra parte, las mujeres reconocen que pensamientos y emociones como la inseguridad, desconfianza y tristeza han estado presentes en el inicio de su maternidad y fueron importantes para afrontar el cuidado de sus hijos. Conclusiones: Ser madre en la adolescencia, aún en contextos socioeconómicos medio y alto, está sujeta a dificultades personales y familiares. A pesar de estas circunstancias, las mujeres que participaron en el estudio han enfrentado la maternidad en su adolescencia y construyeron una figura de madres resilientes. En el inicio de la maternidad se reconocen pensamientos y emociones que fueron afrontándose en la medida que se construía el vínculo del cuidado con sus hijos.Aim: Become aware of the maternity experiences of Peruvian adult women of the medium-high socioeconomic level who become mothers in their adolescence. Material y method: Qualitative research conducted on 9 Peruvian adult women who became mothers in their adolescence whose age ranged from 42 to 46 years. The unstructured interview strategy was applied, and the findings were analyzed using the thematic analysis technique. Results: The main findings reveal that the participants currently build an image of resilient, protective and courageous mothers. This has been achieved, according to them, because during pregnancy and their offspring upbringing they experienced events that changed their lives: they got married as well as the need to interrupt their studies and assume in some of the cases the role of both parents in the absence of a father figure. Otherwise, women identify that thoughts and emotions such as insecurity, mistrust and sadness had been since the beginning of their maternity and were important to cope with the care of their children. Conclusions: Even in medium and high socioeconomic contexts, being a mother in adolescence mean to confront emotional, family and professional difficulties. Despite the circumstances, the women who participated in the study had been coping with maternity in their adolescence and they built a resilient mother figure. At the beginning of their maternity thoughts and emotions were recognized as women had been coping with it while they were building a family bond care with their children.Tesi