In their open-ended answers, many participants spoke about not
wanting to feel isolated or alone, and shared how they wanted to be
connected to real people going through similar experiences. We linked
this desire for emotional support with the idea of community. While only
10 women chose emotional support as their primary motivation for
joining the group, more than three quarters of the women included at
least one answer that we thought discussed community. Mariah Leach
This article is based on a presentation I gave at the virtual
American College of Rheumatology Annual meeting on November 8, 2020. This article shares some of the conclusions we've drawn from the open-ended answers of our survey.
See Part 1 of this presentation: Survey Shows Moms with Chronic Illness Need More Support From Their Doctors.
The Role of the Mamas Facing Forward Facebook Group in the Chronic Illness Community
Mamas Facing Forward
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