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Este estudo analisa a experiência da maternidade tardia (35+ anos) e as suas implicações na fase avançada de vida, nomeadamente nas trajetórias pessoais e familiares. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo com 15 díades compostas por mães tardias,
atualmente idosas, e seus últimos filhos. Os resultados remetem para os riscos de saúde, distress emocional e julgamentos sociais da gestação tardia. Ao nível familiar destaca-se a presença de desafios da sobreposição de etapas distintas do ciclo de vida (cuidar de filhos pequenos e adolescentes vs. gestão da meia-idade)
e, hoje, da (in)capacidade de cuidar dos netos. Os filhos evidenciam preocupações com a prestação de cuidados dos pais, tarefa que por ocorrer precocemente nas suas trajetórias desenvolvimentais, se pauta por dificuldades acrescidas.
This study focuses on the experience of late motherhood (35+ years) and its implications in the phase of advanced age, particularly in personal and family trajectories. It is a qualitative study of 15 dyads composed by older women who were late mothers and their last children. Results highlight the presence of several health risks, emotional distress and social judgments of late pregnancy. About family dynamics, challenges were mentioned by the overlapping of distinct stages of the life cycle (caring for small and teenage children vs. demands of middle age), and, currently, by the (in)capacity to take care of grandchildren. Children experienced several concerns related to their parent’s caregiving, a demanding task that is perceived as happening too early in their developmental trajectories.
This study focuses on the experience of late motherhood (35+ years) and its implications in the phase of advanced age, particularly in personal and family trajectories. It is a qualitative study of 15 dyads composed by older women who were late mothers and their last children. Results highlight the presence of several health risks, emotional distress and social judgments of late pregnancy. About family dynamics, challenges were mentioned by the overlapping of distinct stages of the life cycle (caring for small and teenage children vs. demands of middle age), and, currently, by the (in)capacity to take care of grandchildren. Children experienced several concerns related to their parent’s caregiving, a demanding task that is perceived as happening too early in their developmental trajectories.
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Envelhecimento Mulheres Gravidez tardia Relações Pais-Filho Cuidadores Aging Women Late pregnancy Parent-Child Relations Caregivers