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The Impact of Choice and Control on Women's Childbirth Experiences
- Source :
- The Journal of Perinatal Education, Vol. 21, No 3 (2012) pp. 158-168
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Women’s choice and control impact birthing experiences. This study used a qualitative, descriptive approach to explore how women develop their initial birth plan and how changes made to the plan affect overall birth experiences. Narrative, semistructured interviews were conducted with 15 women who had given birth in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, and data were analyzed using a phenomenological approach. Findings showed that women relied on many resources when planning a birth and that changes made to a woman’s initial birth plan affected her recollection of the birth experience. Conclusions are that women’s positive and negative recollections of their birth experiences are related more to feelings and exertion of choice and control than to specific details of the birth experience.
- Subjects :
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Control (management)
Birth plan
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Affect (psychology)
Pediatrics
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Developmental psychology
Feeling
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Maternity and Midwifery
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Childbirth
Medicine
Narrative
Descriptive research
business
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10581243
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Perinatal Education, Vol. 21, No 3 (2012) pp. 158-168
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....433352f1a32fccd6d38ebf2a44a94773