Ongoing relationships with a personal focus: mothers' perceptions of birth centre versus hospital care

Coyle, Karen; Hauck, Yvonne; Percival, Patricia; Kristjanson, Linda J.

doi:10.1054/midw.2001.0258

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“…More than 80% of the women who received care in a birth centre highly valued the facilities, the moment (on time) of arrival and departure and the continuity in the birth centre. This is in line with what several other international studies have found (Waldenström and Nilsson, 1993;Coyle et al 2001aCoyle et al , 2001b.…”

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“…A randomized, controlled trial in Sweden showed that low-risk women giving birth in a birth centre expressed greater satisfaction with care than women who gave birth in a hospital (Waldenström and Nilsson, 1993). A study in Australia showed that a birth centre setting ensured that women received personalised, genuine care that transcended the entire childbearing continuum (Coyle et al, 2001b). Differences in philosophy between hospital and birth centre settings is seen as an important component of care experiences (Coyle et al, 2001a).…”

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Experiences of women who planned birth in a birth centre compared to alternative planned places of birth. Results of the Dutch Birth Centre Study

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confidence: 99%

Experiences of women who planned birth in a birth centre compared to alternative planned places of birth. Results of the Dutch Birth Centre Study

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“…Satisfaction with the relaxing birth center environment was a theme in 3 qualitative studies . Women were also pleased with the birth center physiologic approach to care in comparison with previous hospital experiences …”

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Maternal Outcomes in Birth Centers: An Integrative Review of the Literature

Alliman¹,

Phillippi²

2016

J Midwife Womens Health

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Introduction:The birth center, a relatively recent innovation in maternity care, is an increasingly popular location of birth. The purpose of this integrative literature review is to assess the research on maternal outcomes from birth center care. Methods:Using methods by Whittemore and Knafl, we conducted an integrative review of studies of birth centers published in English since 1980. Twenty-three quantitative sources and 9 qualitative sources describing maternal outcomes of birth center care were reviewed and synthesized.Results: Outcomes for women receiving birth care were positive. Spontaneous vaginal birth rates and perineal integrity were higher for women beginning care in a birth center compared to women in hospital care. Rates of cesarean birth were also lower for women planning birth center care. Transfer rates are difficult to compare across studies, but antepartum transfer rates ranged from 13% to 27.2%. Intrapartum transfer rates ranged from 11.6% to 37.4%, and from 11.6% to 16.5% in studies published from 2011 to 2013. Nulliparous women had higher rates of transfer than multiparous women. Few severe maternal outcomes and no maternal deaths were reported in any studies. Women were satisfied with the comprehensive, personalized care that they received from birth centers.Discussion: Quantitative studies reviewed included more than 84,300 women. The heterogeneity of the studies and variations of practice limit generalization of findings. However, even with multisite studies enrolling a variety of birth centers and practice changes over time, the consistency of positive outcomes supports this model of care. Policy makers in the United States should consider supporting the birth center model as a means of improving maternal outcomes.

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“…While interactions with caregivers were a momentary interlude in the women's lives, these interactions were influential, they enhanced or marred the women's experiences of pregnancy, childbirth and early motherhood (Benoit 1987, McCrea 1993, Berg et al 1996, Halldoorsdottir and Karlsdottir 1996, Harcombe 1999, Siddiqui 1999, Walsh 1999, Coyle et al 2001, Hunter 2001, Hunter 2002, Pratt 2002, Freeman 2006, Hunter 2006, Lundgren and Berg 2007, Hunter et al 2008). Caregivers were instrumental in shaping the women's expectation and experiences of motherhood during pregnancy and in the early motherhood period 270 but in late motherhood 271 it was the interactions with other mothers, particularly their own mothers; that were instrumental in shaping the women's experiences.…”

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(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

Lawler

Begley

Lalor

2015

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim This paper presents a substantive theory that explains the transition to motherhood for women with a disability. Background Over the last thirty years, interest in exploring women's experiences of motherhood has increased. Extant theories on transition to motherhood originate, primarily, from the perspective and experiences of non‐disabled women with few exploring the phenomenon from the perspective and experiences of women with a disability. Those that do tend to focus on issues of accessibility, profiling the challenges that women with a disability encounter while accessing maternity services, attaining a maternal role and fulfilling the requirements of that role. Little is known about the experiences of women with a disability and their transition to motherhood and even less about the relationship of this process on the self. Design The study was conducted using a Strauss and Corbin approach to grounded theory. Method Individual interviews (n = 22) were conducted over 4 years (2008–2012). Women were interviewed during pregnancy and in the postnatal period. All interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, imported into Nvivo 8 and analysed using the constant comparative method. Findings The substantive theory that emerged from the study provides a conceptual framework clinicians can reference when counselling, assisting and facilitating women with a disability during their preparation for and transition to motherhood. Conclusion The substantive theory presented in this paper will increase clinicians' understanding of the process involved in the transition to motherhood for women with a disability.

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Ongoing relationships with a personal focus: mothers' perceptions of birth centre versus hospital care

Cited by 34 publications

References 21 publications

Experiences of women who planned birth in a birth centre compared to alternative planned places of birth. Results of the Dutch Birth Centre Study

Experiences of women who planned birth in a birth centre compared to alternative planned places of birth. Results of the Dutch Birth Centre Study

Maternal Outcomes in Birth Centers: An Integrative Review of the Literature

(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

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