Change, Challenges, and Marital Satisfaction Transition to Parenthood among Iranian Women

The birth of a child creates a significant change in the family system and reset the system family. This study examined mother’s perceptions of everyday marital change across the transition to parenthood. What challenges and changes women experience the transition to parenthood? The method of this research was phenomenological and qualitative method. 30 women were selected by purpose-based way. For data gathering, we used supervisors and participants review criteria. The findings showed that mothers faced with the challenges of changing views about self and former lifestyle, inactivity and loss of professional identity, loss of interest in sexual intimacy, traditional beliefs about baby sexuality, Overwhelming focus on children, little time or resources to do a little business partner role, increased stress and depression, increasing the need for organizing, having a common time limit of couple relationships, Strengthen the relationship between mother and child, restriction of freedom and a sense of inequality, lack of co-management in children and egalitarianism in the role, the role of anxiety in determining the boundaries of the system.10 women decreased marital satisfaction during transition to parenthood and marital satisfaction of 3 women didn’t no change.17 women increased marital satisfaction in transition to parenthood. We concluded Women be faced with major challenges in transition to parenthood, in many cases, health education interventions should be done with family. Health professionals should have special attention to the transition to parenthood.