Exploring Women's Personal Experiences of Giving Birth in Gonabad City: A Qualitative Study

Abstract

Background:Women’s health is an important task in society. The aim of this qualitative study that used a phenomenological approach was to explain women’s personal experiences of giving birth in Gonabad city that had positive experiences of giving birth in order to establish quality cares and the related factors of midwifery cares for this physiological phenomenon.Methods:The participants were 21 primiparae women who gave a normal and or uncomplicated giving birth in the hospital of Gonabad University of medical sciences. Based on a purposeful approach in-depth interviews were continued to reach data saturation. The data were collected through open and semi-structured interactional in-depth interviews with all the participants. All the interviews were taped, transcribed and then analyzed through a qualitative content analysis method to identify the concepts and themes.Findings:Some categories were emerged. A quiet and safe environment was the most urgent need of the most women giving birth. Unnecessary routine interventions that are performed on all women regardless of their needs and should be avoided were considered such as: “absolute rest, establishing vein, frequent vaginal examinations, fasting and early Amniotomy”. All the women wanted to take part actively in their giving birth, because they believed it could affect their giving birth.Conclusion:We hope that the women’s experiences of giving birth will be a pleasant and enjoyable experience for all the mothers giving birth.

Examining the experience of childbirth and its predictors among women who have recently given birth

“…Providing a specific environment for every woman in labour to enjoy a quiet place without noise and with mild colours and respecting the privacy of patients can have a considerable role in the satisfaction of mothers and desirable experience of childbirth (Oyira et al., 2016). Providing a secure and appropriate environment for childbirth, support of women by midwifery personnel, giving the real explanation of childbirth process in a simple language and avoiding unnecessary interventions that are provided to all women regardless of their needs can be effective in creating a positive experience of childbirth (Askari, Atarodi, Torabi, & Moshki, 2014).…”

Meta-Synthesis of the Needs of Women Cared for by Midwives During Childbirth in Hospitals

“…In all of the included studies, researchers aimed to explore or provide a description of women's experiences, needs, or perceptions of their intrapartum care provided by midwives (see Supplemental Table S1). The studies were conducted in Europe (Fraser, 1999;Karlstrom et al, 2015;Lavender et al, 1999;McNeils, 2013), the Middle East (Aktas & Aydin, 2019;Askari et al, 2014;Deliktas Demirci et al, 2019;Iravani et al, 2015), Asia (Anwar et al, 2014;Khresheh et al, 2019;Kuo et al, 2010), and Africa (Afaya et al, 2017;Chadwick et al, 2014).…”

“…Research aims and methods were appropriate in most studies. Recruitment strategies were unclear in four studies (Askari et al, 2014;Karlstrom et al, 2015;Lavender et al, 1999;McNeils, 2013), whereas researchers clearly reported data collection methods for most studies. Not all researchers clarified whether they critically examined their own roles, potential biases, and influences in formulating research questions and collecting data.…”

“…During labor, caloric intake and hydration are necessary for women to maintain their strength. Participants in three studies reported a lack of food and water and as a result felt weakened and exhausted (Aktas & Aydin, 2019;Anwar et al, 2014;Askari et al, 2014). Findings showed that hunger and thirst reduced participants' strength and made labor more difficult to bear (Aktas & Aydin, 2019).…”

Moral Suffering in Assistance to Childbirth: Situations Present in the Work of Nurses of Obstetric Centers and Maternities

“…In this sense, the quality of prenatal care is a criterion sine qua non, because it will provide the basis for the woman to decide on her body, agree or disagree with the procedures recommended during the delivery and childbirth care, and even, on the way of delivery. 42 Moreover, adequate prenatal care has the potential to destabilize inappropriate discourse on safe, convenient, and aseptic cesarean culture and the cultural discourse of normal birth that involves risks is painful and time-consuming, 33 that the dissemination of scientific knowledge and strategies, programs and public policies of health directed towards the puerperal pregnancy cycle are shown to be antagonistic.…”