Assess the mother’s feelings towards her baby among the primi mothers in a selected hospital, at Puducherry

Abstract

In the days and weeks after giving birth mothers may feel emotional highs and lows. A new mother now has responsibility for a tiny human life, which is totally and utterly dependent on them. A mom is someone who is there for their baby, who loves them, no matter what it comes. Mom is ready to lay down their life for their child. It is a selfless sacrifice and a mon is not a mom just giving birth to the baby, but a mom can be a mom to any child even if it is not her own child.

Objectives: To explore the primi mothers feelings for their relation to the baby, Methodology: A quantitative research approach and descriptive, non-experimental design was used for this study among the primi mothers in a selected hospital, Puducherry. A total number of 30 samples were selected by the convenient sampling technique. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire using mother to infant feeling scale.

Findings: The level of score for mother’s feelings for their relation to baby among primi mothers 25(83%) mother showed good feelings towards their baby whereas 5(17%) mothers had bad feelings, it may be due to the sex of the baby and long duration stay in the hospital due to mother or baby’s sickness. There is a significant association between sex of the baby, type of family, duration of hospital stay and residence.

Conclusion: From the findings of the present study it was concluded that the level of the score for mother’s feelings for their relation to baby among primi mothers was good as all mothers want their baby and that’s what they were called as a mother.