In the majority of abusive relationships, an unsupportive father withdraws from
the mother over the course of the pregnancy and is largely disconnected from his new family by the time the child is 3 months old.
Not exact matches
Fathers were much less likely to be involved after the birth if their baby's
mother lived with her parents during the
pregnancy — and
of course the very young
mothers were more likely to have been living with their own parents (or with one
of them): 63 %
of the youngest group
of mums lived «at home» while only 13 %
of those aged 22 or
over did so.
Midwives are trained professionals who,
over the
course of a woman's
pregnancy, create a relationship with the
mother, her partner and in some cases, the rest
of the family.
Researchers studied
mothers at 22 weeks
of pregnancy and then followed their children
over the
course of eight years.