Social Media, Power, and the Future of VBAC

Romano, Amy M.; Gerber, Hilary; Andrews, Desirre

doi:10.1624/105812410x514431

Cited by 15 publications

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“…Traditional power systems in maternity care tend to make women passive recipients of care, however there is evidence that women can use social media to become more active participants in their care (Romano, Gerber, & Andrews, 2010). Women in our study talked about how they used social media to combat their sense of isolation created by their decision to opt for a vaginal breech birth.…”

Section: The Power Of Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 94%

“…These approaches can impact on women's choices for birth (Coxon, Sandall, & Fulop, 2014;Dahlen & Homer, 2011;Davis-Floyd, 2003;Fenwick, Gamble, & Hauck, 2007;Lagan, Sinclair, & Kernohan, 2011;Munro, Kornelsen, & Hutton, 2009;Romano, Gerber, & Andrews, 2010). Social endorsements of childbirth intervention have become prevalent, where moral terms are used to characterise interventions as 'good' and 'necessary', while giving women the choice to challenge this status quo by optimising opportunities for normal birth are often viewed negatively (Coxon et al, 2012).…”

Section: Childbirth As a Risky Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How do social discourses of risk impact on women’s choices for vaginal breech birth? A qualitative study of women’s experiences

Petrovska

Watts

Sheehan

et al. 2016

Health, Risk & Society

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In this article, we aim to explore the impact of social discourses of risk around childbirth on the decisions made for birth by women who planned to have a breech baby late in pregnancy. This article uses data from a qualitative descriptive study in New South Wales, Australia in 2013. In the study we talked to 22 women about their decision making process for planned a vaginal breech birth and the impact of social discourses of risk on this decision. Twelve of these women had a vaginal birth and the other 10 had a caesarean section. In this article we note that the mothers' talked about their option in a social setting in which the dominant discourse focussed on the riskiness of breech birth and the vulnerability of female bodies that required medical surveillance, supervision and intervention to ensure a safe delivery. Thus for these mothers their pregnancy was seen through the societal lens of risk and medicalisation with surgical intervention through a caesarean section, the optimum outcome. Women could resist this dominant discourse but such resistance required both justification and action, for example the women who wanted a vaginal birth often had to resist the pressure for their families to have a Caesarean section. We identified four related strands in women's talk about resisting the dominate discourse: acknowledgment that they would be considered irrational for wanting a vagina birth; having confidence in and believing that their body could give birth vaginally, 4 convincing significant others that a vaginal birth was possible and desirable and looking for sources of support, for example form new on-line social networks

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Section: The Power Of Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Childbirth As a Risky Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

How do social discourses of risk impact on women’s choices for vaginal breech birth? A qualitative study of women’s experiences

Petrovska

Watts

Sheehan

et al. 2016

Health, Risk & Society

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“…Let them know the advantages and risks, so they can manage themselves in pregnancy more better. Now, more pregnant women gained information and experiences what they concerned from social media, it was convenient and low-cost [26]. Shorten [27] thought construct website about vaginal delivery after cesarean section actively at the premise of protect personal privacy and the security, help pregnant women choose reasonable mode of delivery preliminarily.…”

Section: The Favorable Factors To Vaginal Delivery After Cesarean Secmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Clinical Analysis of Vaginal Delivery After Cesarean Section, and Favorable factors for Vaginal Delivery

Liu¹

2018

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The different modes of delivery and outcomes of mother and child in pregnant women who had prior cesarean section, and analysed favorable factors of vaginal delivery. Summarized characteristics related to vaginal delivery after cesarean section, in order to guide the clinic, decrease the rate of cesarean section, and promote natural childbirth. We designed an prospective study of pregnant women had single prior cesarean section (segmental transverse uterine scar), singleton, cephalic presentation, and full-term pregnancy, the total number was 379. Observed the mode of delivery and analysed the beneficial factors of vaginal delivery. Baseline maternal data and perinatal outcomes were recorded for a descriptive, and multivariate analysis. A p value＜0.05 was considered significant. In this study, 87 cases pregnant women had trial of labor, 64 cases were vaginal delivery finally, the success rate was 73.56% (64/87). The maternal age, BMI index in pre-pregnancy and pregnancy, and blood loss were all smaller in women who had vaginal delivery than re-cesarean section (p＜0.05). The gestational weeks, cervical maturity, and interval time from the prior cesarean section were larger in women had vaginal delivery (p＜0.05). Multivariate analysis showed maternal age, BMI index in pre-pregnancy, cervical maturity and psychology were related to vaginal delivery. VBAC is feasible and safe. Most women had previous cesarean section refuse to trial of labor, often to choose re-cesarean section. So control the first indication of cesarean section is rather important in China. Attention women's weight before pregnant and psychology in pregnancy are significant. A management system of vaginal birth after cesarean were established, which to guide pregnant women more better and strengthen the education. In the meantime, have a good relationship and the trust between doctors and patients, pay attention to humanistic care, create a safe and comfortable environment to delivery should not be ignored.

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“…Previous research shows that women access social media to gather information and interact with other women who have had or are planning a VBB (Homer et al 2015). This method of information gathering is frequently used by pregnant women for decision-making about birth (Dahlen & Homer 2011;Lagan, Sinclair & Kernohan 2011;Munro, Kornelsen & Hutton 2009;Romano, Gerber & Andrews 2010). It was therefore decided to use social media to distribute this survey.…”

Section: Data Collectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Stress, anger, fear and injustice’: An international qualitative survey of women's experiences planning a vaginal breech birth

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Social Media, Power, and the Future of VBAC

Cited by 15 publications

References 9 publications

How do social discourses of risk impact on women’s choices for vaginal breech birth? A qualitative study of women’s experiences

How do social discourses of risk impact on women’s choices for vaginal breech birth? A qualitative study of women’s experiences

The Clinical Analysis of Vaginal Delivery After Cesarean Section, and Favorable factors for Vaginal Delivery

‘Stress, anger, fear and injustice’: An international qualitative survey of women's experiences planning a vaginal breech birth

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