Being pregnant means changes in the relationship and contact with parents. Contact with parents increases, especially with mothers that want to give the women support. Their mothers get a central role, become more important, and are often the first to know that their daughter is pregnant. The women who have close relationships with their mothers, refer to an increased intimacy and openness with their mothers. The women identify themselves with their mothers. They notice a shift in roles, from being their mother's daughter to becoming a mother. At the same time, as the closeness to the mother is increased, the women feel that having a baby is a part of the process of liberating themselves from their mothers and from their parents. The women experience that they mature as a woman and that they become respected as adult women by their mothers. Even if the relationship with their mother is complicated, it seems that the pregnancy often leads to changed and better relationships.
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