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Interview With a Pregnant Woman

Cresswell (2002) defines the interview as a method of qualitative research that seeks to describe central themes and meanings of various human phenomena and experience. The purpose of the interview presented in this paper was to discover and describe the experience of pregnancy by a 22 year old married woman. The paper presents the findings observed in the interview and ends with a series of conclusions and personal reflections on the interview method.

The Interviewee and the Nature of the Interview

Mrs. R was a 22 year old Hispanic female who was four months pregnant with her first child. She had been married for two years during which time she and her husband had tried to have a baby but did not succeed until four months ago. The interview with Mrs. R was conducted in her home which was where she said she felt most comfortable answering the questions. It was important to interview Mrs. R. in the most comfortable setting possible because, as pointed out by Weiss (1995), if the interviewee feels comfortable, he or she is more likely to disclose information, even information which the interviewee feels some initial reluctance to state. The interview itself took approximately one-half hour to complete and consisted of a series of open-ended questions about Mrs. R.'s pregnancy experience.

The first series of questions asked of Mrs. R. centered around the nature of the pregnancy (which was definitely planned) and health risks. The interviewee's responses to these questions indicated that she did not check to see if she had rubella immunity before getting pregnant. She first determined her pregnancy through a home pregnancy kit, then immediately went to her doctor and has had regular check-ups ever since. The text stressed the importance of regular observation and check-ups for pregnant women in order to ensure both the mother and the baby's health. Mrs. R. does, in fact, understand this and is doing what is required in this re...

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