Maintaining power: Women's experiences from labour onset before admittance to maternity ward
| Autor: | Kristina Ziegert, Eva Sahlberg-Blom, Eva Nissen, Ing-Marie Carlsson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Postnatal Care Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Decision Making Latent phase Nursing Methodology Research Midwifery Nurse's Role Grounded theory Power (social and political) Young Adult Patient Admission Constructivist grounded theory Nursing Labor Stage Second Pregnancy Active phase Maternity and Midwifery Humans Medicine Labour onset Sweden Health Services Needs and Demand business.industry Obstetrics and Gynecology Patient Acceptance of Health Care Maintaining power Patient Satisfaction Women's Health Obstetric interventions Female Power Psychological business |
| Zdroj: | Midwifery. 28:86-92 |
| ISSN: | 0266-6138 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.midw.2010.11.011 |
| Popis: | Background in Sweden pregnant women are encouraged to remain at home until the active phase of labour. Recommendation is based on evidence, that women who seek care and are admitted in the latent phase of labour are subjected to more obstetric interventions and suffer more complications than women who remain at home until the active phase of labour. The aim of this study was to obtain a deeper understanding of how women, who remain at home until the active phase of labour, experience the period from labour onset until admission to labour ward. Method interviews were conducted with 19 women after they had given birth to their first child. A Constructivist Grounded theory method was used. Findings ‘Maintaining power' was identified as the core category, explaining the women's experience of having enough power, when the labour started. Four related categories: ‘to share the experience with another', ‘to listen to the rhythm of the body', ‘to distract oneself' and ‘to be encased in a glass vessel', explained how the women coped and thereby maintained power. Conclusions the first time mothers in this study, who managed to stay at home during the latent phase of labour, had a sense of power that was expressed as a driving force towards the birth, a bodily and mental strength and the right to decide over their own bodies. This implies that women who maintain power have the ability to make choices during the birth process. The professionals need to be sensitive, supportive and respectful to women's own preferences in the health-care encounter, to promote the existing power throughout the birthing process. |
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