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- Title
Psychological correlates of prenatal attachment in women who conceived after in vitro fertilization and women who conceived naturally.
- Authors
Hjelmstedt, Anna; Widström, Ann-Marie; Collins, Aila
- Abstract
Investigators have pointed out that long-awaited pregnancies, such as those after in vitro fertilization (IVF), are emotionally vulnerable. In addition, higher pregnancy-related distress has been found among women pregnant after in vitro fertilization compared with women with "naturally" achieved pregnancy. The aim of this study was to compare prenatal attachment among IVF mothers and control mothers (women who conceived naturally), and to study relationships between prenatal attachment and psychosocial variables.
- Publication
Birth (Berkeley, Calif.), 2006, Vol 33, Issue 4, p303
- ISSN
0730-7659
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1523-536X.2006.00123.x