Showing papers in "Women and Birth in 2021"

TL;DR: Women’s expectations and concerns regarding childbirth changed significantly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, and women with a history of psychological disorders need particular attention.

TL;DR: The results of the study show that coronavirus pandemic has a significant potential for creating anxiety, adversity and fear, which has a negative emotional effect on pregnant people.

TL;DR: An overview of important considerations for supporting the emotional, mental and physical health needs of maternity care providers in the context of the unprecedented crisis that COVID-19 presents is provided.

TL;DR: Women pregnant during the Pandemic reported lower perceived social support, including support from a significant other, friends and family, than women pregnant before the pandemic, and there were no significant differences in stress in health behaviours.

TL;DR: The major themes identified in this study offer insight to organisations to develop woman-centred care during the pandemic and optimise the psycho-social wellbeing of pregnant women.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between perceived social support and both anxiety and depression in UK-based pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic, and found that negative social support was significantly negatively related to depression, anxiety, loneliness and repetitive negative thinking.

TL;DR: Antenatal education can reduce maternal stress, improve self-efficacy, lower the caesarean birth rate, and decrease the use of epidural anaesthesia; however, there is limited evidence of its effects on maternal or foetal physical outcomes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a global online survey of health workers to assess the provision of maternal and newborn healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic, and found that the measures taken during the crisis had the capacity to disrupt the provision and continued promotion of respectful maternity care globally.

TL;DR: Examining COVID-19-related risk perceptions, knowledge, and information sources among prenatal and postnatal Chinese women during the initial phase of the CO VID-19 pandemic offers valuable insights to healthcare professionals, including midwives, who serve on the frontline and provide care to pregnant women.

TL;DR: Existing literature highlights how birth trauma is strongly influenced by negative health care provider interactions and dysfunctional operation of the maternity care system which contributes to women's trauma.

TL;DR: The results of this study show some of the challenges for midwives during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing the value of a good communication, emotional support, and stress management, to provide woman-centred care.

TL;DR: A database of Australian and international recommendations relating to antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care of women during the COVID-19 pandemic is developed, in order to identify inconsistencies in clinical guidance.

TL;DR: Two out of three women perceive having suffered Obstetric violence during childbirth, and practices such as skin-to-skin contact, and the use of respected birth plans were protective factors against obstetric violence.

TL;DR: It is suggested that factors for PTSD may differ from those that influence birth experiences and should be examined separately, and an enhanced understanding of the range of experiences is required to support women's rights in achieving a positive birth.

TL;DR: The Persuasive System Design model combined with end-user engagement can feasibly inform the development of an acceptable and usable mobile health application for breastfeeding based on a proven clinical intervention.

TL;DR: The imminent retirement of a large proportion of the workforce will see a decline in the number of registered midwives in the coming years, and additional retirement due to workforce dis-satisfaction may exacerbate this shortfall.

TL;DR: The results showed that women who received care from a known midwife in labour were more likely to have a positive birth experience, and pointed out the benefits of a less medicalized birth as important for a good birth experience.

TL;DR: A significant improvement in knowledge and health literacy was found across the 10 studies, however the two studies which measured health literacy only assessed health literacy at a single time-point, and more research is needed to properly assess the effect of health literacy interventions on pregnancy outcomes.

TL;DR: Women with planned and unplanned pregnancies reported variable preconception health behaviour uptake and limited healthcare engagement, suggesting population-based and targeted approaches reaching pregnancy planners and non-planners are required.

TL;DR: Privately practising midwives were resourceful, sought out information and were prepared for the response to planning for the COVID-19 pandemic, but support from the hospital sector was not always present.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the causes underlying mistreatment of women during childbirth by health care providers in India, where evidence of disrespect and abuse has been reported, and the intersectionality of factors associated with mistreatment during childbirth operate at individual, infrastructural, social and policy levels for both women and nurse-midwives, and these factors could exacerbate existing gender-based inequalities.

TL;DR: Health professionals can play an important role postnatally in helping first time mothers to cope, develop confidence and to thrive, by taking every opportunity to give appropriate and personalised appraisal, informational and emotional social support alongside clinical care.

TL;DR: A meta-synthesis provides a new way to describe the process of moving from fear to "Ownership of childbirth" and provides evidence to inform the development of future interventions for FOC and highlight the need for further qualitative research globally.

TL;DR: There is an urgent need to expand homebirth options in Australia and humanise mainstream maternity care and a potential rise in freebirth may be the consequences of inaction.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the influence and meaning of the birth environment for nulliparous women giving birth in either one of two differently designed birthing rooms at a hospital-based labour ward.

TL;DR: Spiritual midwifing is a relational approach to birth care that recognises and honours the existential significance and meaningfulness of childbirth.

TL;DR: Challenges confirm an international commonality that women encounter during public breastfeeding suggesting a multilayered approach addressing community and societal behaviours is required.

TL;DR: Some women who want to breastfeed can experience feelings of aversion while breastfeeding, and the feelings of 'aversion' while breastfeeding can inhibit women from achieving their personal breastfeeding goals.

TL;DR: This study is the first to report findings on EAC and suggests that this novel model may be beneficial in terms of providing education and support, as well as lowering childbirth fear.