Adjusting to new identities: Adjusting to new
identities meant the adolescent mother changed herself
from a female adolescent to be a maternal identity after
giving birth and while engaged in childrearing and
schooling. The participants defined a mother as a woman
who sacrificed, gave love and warmth, and took
responsibility to nurture her child. They sensed feeling love and attachment with the child. They
stated that they transformed not only from adolescence
to adulthood but also pregnancy to motherhood. The
participants used the strategies of learning and adapting
the mind to be a new mother. They learned the maternal
role from their mother or mother-in-law. After the
participants obtained competency in the care-taking
tasks and expresses gratification involved in the maternal
role, they could achieve their maternal identity,