Jane Fisher|Karin Hammarberg|Gordon Baker
Antenatal mood and fetal attachment after assisted conception
University of Melbourne|University of Melbourne|Royal Women's Hospital
objectiveaustralian women conceiving art fourfold risk admission early parenting treatment programs compared conceiving spontaneously study aimed identify prevalence determinants antenatal mood disturbance risks early parenting difficulties assisted conceptiondesigna prospective longitudinal investigation conception 18 months postpartum using telephone interviews selfreport questionnairessettingmelbourne ivf royal womens hospital reproductive services victoria australiapatientsa consecutive cohort englishspeaking women ultrasoundconfirmed artconceived pregnanciesmain outcome measuresstandardized psychometric measures mood quality marital relationship mothertofetus emotional attachment personalityinterventionsnoneresultsof 288 women confirmed pregnancies 239 contactable 183 77 recruited 95 completed early late pregnancy assessments participants socioeconomically advantaged good pregnancy health exceptional marital relationships normal personality styles intense affectionate attachment fetus 5 clinically significant mood disturbance late pregnancyconclusionsthere low rates antenatal mood disturbance risk factors postpartum depression pregnancy motherhood might idealized art conception preparation realities infant care might insufficient australian women conceiving art fourfold risk admission early parenting treatment programs compared conceiving spontaneously study aimed identify prevalence determinants antenatal mood disturbance risks early parenting difficulties assisted conception prospective longitudinal investigation conception 18 months postpartum using telephone interviews selfreport questionnaires melbourne ivf royal womens hospital reproductive services victoria australia consecutive cohort englishspeaking women ultrasoundconfirmed artconceived pregnancies standardized psychometric measures mood quality marital relationship mothertofetus emotional attachment personality none 288 women confirmed pregnancies 239 contactable 183 77 recruited 95 completed early late pregnancy assessments participants socioeconomically advantaged good pregnancy health exceptional marital relationships normal personality styles intense affectionate attachment fetus 5 clinically significant mood disturbance late pregnancy low rates antenatal mood disturbance risk factors postpartum depression pregnancy motherhood might idealized art conception preparation realities infant care might insufficient