Women's anticipation and experience of childbirth: The independence of fulfilment, unpleasantness and pain

Salmon, Peter; Miller, Rebecca; Drew, Nicholas

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8341.1990.tb01617.x

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“…Indeed, women's perception of pain during childbirth has been found to be unrelated to how they assess the experience as a whole, which can even be seen to be pleasurable or erotic (Bergum, 1989;Lundgren & Dahlberg, 1998;Niven, 1988;Rabuzzi, 1994;Salmon, Miller, & Drew, 1990;Waldenström, Bergman, & Vasell, 1996). Labour is therefore an internal experience and part of that experience is that the woman's body functions outside her control (England & Horowitz, 1998;Lundgren & Dahlberg, 1998;Simkin, 1992).…”

Section: Childbirth: Feeling Out Of Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of Childbirth experiences on women's sense of self: A review of the literature

Parratt

2002

The Australian Journal of Midwifery

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Section: Childbirth: Feeling Out Of Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of Childbirth experiences on women's sense of self: A review of the literature

Parratt

2002

The Australian Journal of Midwifery

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“…Fathers were contacted between 48 hours and 6 days after the baby's birth. The Experience of Childbirth questionnaire (Salmon & Drew, 1992;Salmon, Drew, & Miller, 1990), the Miller Behavioral Style Scale (Miller, 1987), and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (Cox, Holden, & Sagovsky, 1987) were given to participants while they were still on the postnatal unit and again 6 weeks later. Greenhalgh et al (2000) discovered that fathers use blunting (avoidance of the anxiety-producing situation), monitoring (a form of seeking information and responding with action), or a combination of both as coping techniques.…”

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Paternal Fears of Childbirth: A Literature Review

Hanson¹,

Hunter²,

Bormann³

et al. 2009

j perinat educ

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To date, most studies on paternal childbirth fears have been exploratory or descriptive, conducted outside of the United States, and focused mainly on White, first-time fathers. Identified fears include harm to the mother or newborn, partner pain, feelings of helplessness, lack of knowledge, and fear of high-risk intervention. Fathers often report that childbirth classes are not helpful and, in some cases, even increase their fears. Some fathers view birth as traumatic, changing their perception of and relationship with their partner. Fathers also voice the need for more information and for reassurance that they are doing the right things for their partner during childbirth. This article summarizes the research findings on paternal childbirth fears and recommends topics for future study.

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“…Pain is associated with a negative experience (Séguin et al 1989, Waldenström 1999, Mackey 1998, and post-partum mood (Reading & Cox 1985). On the other hand, Salmon et al (1990) found that the degree of pain could not alone define or exhaust the experience of childbirth. The complexities of pain during labour have been described by Waldenström et al (1996) Even if pain during childbirth is characterised as a very severe pain (Melzack 1993, Niven & Gijsbers 1984 it is not described as an entirely negative experience (Waldenström et al 1996).…”

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Releasing and relieving encounters: experiences of pregnancy and childbirth

Lundgren

2004

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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The experience of childbirth is an important life event for women, which may follow them throughout life. The overall aim of this thesis has been to describe and analyse these experiences from the women's perspective as well as the encounter between the woman and the midwife, and the possibility that a birth plan might improve women's experience of childbirth. The setting has been the ABC-centre (Alternative Birth Care), antenatal clinics and Sahlgrenska University hospital in Göteborg, and Karolinska hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. The studies have used both qualitative (phenomenological and hermeneutic) and quantitative approaches. The essential structure of the experiences of pregnancy and childbirth may be conceptualised under the heading 'releasing and relieving encounters', which for the woman constitutes an encounter with herself as well as with the midwife, and includes stillness as well as change. Stillness is expressed as being in the moment; exemplified as presence and being one's body. Change is expressed as transition; to the unknown and to motherhood. In the releasing and relieving encounter, for the midwife stillness and change equals being both anchored and a companion. To be a companion is to be an available person that listens to and follows the woman through the process of childbirth. To be anchored is to be the person that in the transition process respects the limits of the woman's ability as well as her own professional limits. The 'releasing and relieving encounter' is not improved for women by a birth plan. Instead, in some aspects, the relationship between the woman and her midwife during childbirth is reported as less satisfactory if preceded by a birth plan although some experiences of fear, pain and concerns for the child might be improved.

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Women's anticipation and experience of childbirth: The independence of fulfilment, unpleasantness and pain

Cited by 66 publications

References 6 publications

The impact of Childbirth experiences on women's sense of self: A review of the literature

The impact of Childbirth experiences on women's sense of self: A review of the literature

Paternal Fears of Childbirth: A Literature Review

Releasing and relieving encounters: experiences of pregnancy and childbirth

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