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Positive childbirth experience: a qualitative Study
Zahra Motaghi
Shahrood University of Medical Sciences
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Objective Women gain essential experiences during the labour process that the quality of these experiences impacts on the health of the mother and her child and the mother-child relationship. the aim of this study was to explore the meaning of a positive childbirth experience as expressed by women who had given birth in Iran. This is a qualitative study on conducted on a sample of 10 women aged 20- 38 with positive childbirth experience. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews were conducted during 72 hours to two months after childbirth. The sampling process was purposeful. Content analysis method was used for data analysis.
Results Interviews with the participants were analyzed, and conceptual codes were extracted and then coded into two themes and five subthemes. The theme includes: control and empowerment and subtheme includes preparation, coping, support, self-efficacy and self-esteem. positive childbirth experiences play a crucial role in women's empowerment and increase fertility rates and decrease cesarean delivery. Many factors play an important role in making childbirth experience that health care systems must consider during pregnancy and childbirth in their policies and guidelines.
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Positive childbirth experience: a qualitative Study
Zahra Motaghi
Shahrood University of Medical Sciences
Corresponding Author
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Objective Women gain essential experiences during the labour process that the quality of these experiences impacts on the health of the mother and her child and the mother-child relationship. the aim of this study was to explore the meaning of a positive childbirth experience as expressed by women who had given birth in Iran. This is a qualitative study on conducted on a sample of 10 women aged 20- 38 with positive childbirth experience. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews were conducted during 72 hours to two months after childbirth. The sampling process was purposeful. Content analysis method was used for data analysis.
Results Interviews with the participants were analyzed, and conceptual codes were extracted and then coded into two themes and five subthemes. The theme includes: control and empowerment and subtheme includes preparation, coping, support, self-efficacy and self-esteem. positive childbirth experiences play a crucial role in women's empowerment and increase fertility rates and decrease cesarean delivery. Many factors play an important role in making childbirth experience that health care systems must consider during pregnancy and childbirth in their policies and guidelines.