How Do Women Who Plan Home Birth Prepare for Childbirth?

Lothian, Judith A.

doi:10.1624/105812410x514459

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“…The previous statements made during the interviews reverberate throughout literature on home birthing (Goer et al, 2007;Lothian, 2010;Ngomane and Mulaudzi, 2010). Hodges (2009) explains that unethical services provided by health care workers often go unnoticed but lead to the mistrust of health care workers.…”

Section: Avoiding Pharmacological Pain Reliefmentioning

confidence: 93%

A Qualitative Examination of Factors that Influence Birthing Options for African American Women

Farrish

Robertson

2012

Critical Sociology

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This article examines the factors that influenced the birthing decisions of a group of African American women from regions throughout the United States who selected to give birth at home. Using the Afrocentric and Africentric social science models developed by Asante and Akbar, respectively, 25 African American women were interviewed to discern why they chose to give birth at home and eschew traditional Western medical birthing practices. The women asserted that (1) a desire for control, (2) avoiding pharmacological pain relief, and (3) dissatisfaction with the medical aspects of intrapartum care were all central in their decision-making process. Finally, the participants also alluded to a desire to utilize indigenous African birthing methods and to reconnect with more indigenous African cultural practices.

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Section: Avoiding Pharmacological Pain Reliefmentioning

confidence: 93%

A Qualitative Examination of Factors that Influence Birthing Options for African American Women

Farrish

Robertson

2012

Critical Sociology

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“…Her stories are not frightening but confidence building and, it is hoped, inspiring. Interestingly, one finding of my research on home birth was that women who chose home birth had mothers who had natural childbirths and told positive stories about their births (Lothian, 2010). My own daughter has had four home births, and all six of her babies were caught by midwives.…”

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Giving Birth: “We Just Don’t Talk About It”

Lothian¹,

Grauer²

2012

J Perinat Educ

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In this column, Alyson Grauer, a young woman recently embarking on her postuniversity career, shares her experiences with friends who do not talk about childbirth. She contrasts their fear and their unwillingness to talk and learn about birth with her own experience being the daughter of a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and doula. Grauer's experiences provide a backdrop for a deeper understanding of young adults' beliefs about childbirth. Judith Lothian provides insight related to when and why women and men stopped talking about birth and the implications for childbirth education.

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“…Some women choose to birth at home because of their concern that they won't be able to have the birth they want in the hospital (Lothian, 2010). A study of these women by Lothian (2010) found that they invested much time in preparing for their births.…”

Section: History Of the Birth Planmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A study of these women by Lothian (2010) found that they invested much time in preparing for their births. By the time the baby was born, they felt confi dent in their ability to give birth naturally; Carlton et al (2009) have shown that adequate investment in preparation for birth is key to having an unmedicated birth.…”

Section: History Of the Birth Planmentioning

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Birth Plans

White-Corey

2013

McN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

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Although some nurses and physicians might suggest that women who write birth plans are at greater risk of a cesarean birth, research has not supported this myth. The research studies on this topic have suggested, actually, that women who write birth plans do not have higher cesarean rates or worse obstetric outcomes. Birth plans have been shown to inform and empower women, and lead to more satisfaction with their birth experiences. The purpose of this article is to present the existing evidence on perinatal outcomes in women with birth plans and to explore the phenomenon of divergent perceptions among care givers.

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How Do Women Who Plan Home Birth Prepare for Childbirth?

Cited by 18 publications

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A Qualitative Examination of Factors that Influence Birthing Options for African American Women

A Qualitative Examination of Factors that Influence Birthing Options for African American Women

Giving Birth: “We Just Don’t Talk About It”

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