The Experiences of Supportive and Participative Needs of Couples in the First Experience of Child Bearing: A Qualitative Study with Phenomenology Approach

The birth of the first child is one of the most important events in the couple's life that changes most parents deeply.The present study tries to describe the couples’ experiences during child bearing stage in association with their acceptance and role participation. This research is a qualitative study and collected a sample of 14 members of couples in the early stage of child bearing based on the purpose of the study and went through deep interviews. In this study, the Colaizzi method has been used for the information analysis. The reliability and validity of the present study mainly stem from four axes of real value, applicability, consistency and based on the fact. The interview transcripts have been analyzed with three main themes: acceptance, role participation, and social support. Three essential elements were found including “acceptance, role participation, and social support” as important in order to maintain life family strength during first experience of child bearing in marital life. There fore, health system providers are suggested to use this information to deal with the challenges they face in child bearing stage to improve preparation of young couples.