My Birth Story is Like a Dream: A Childbirth Educator’s Childbirth

The Story of Childbirth

The recent report on maternal mortality in New York City made by the Committee on Public Health Relations of The New York Academy of Medicine clearly shows that the major attack on this problem must be one of education. Physicians and laity alike must be made aware of the difficulties associated with attempts to bring the benefits of present-day obstetrical science to all those upon whom the pr...

Effect of a Childbirth Psychoeducation Program on the Level of Fear of Childbirth in Primigravid Women

Background: Severe fear of childbirth (FOC) is the most important cause of elective and emergency cesarean section and results in an unpleasant experience among women. Implementing a psychoeducational program can promote mothers’ knowledge and reduce the FOC. Aim: the aim of this study was to determine the effect of childbirth psychoeducational program on the FOC intensity in primigravid women....

Calls to a home birth helpline: empowerment in childbirth.

In the UK a woman has the right to decide to give birth at home, irrespective of whether she is expecting her first or a subsequent child and of any perceived 'risk' factors. However, the rate of home births in the UK is very low (around 2%), varies widely across the country and many women do not know how to arrange midwifery cover. The Home Birth helpline is a UK-based voluntary organisation o...

Making childbirth a normal process.

Posttraumatic growth after childbirth 1 Running head: POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH AFTER CHILDBIRTH POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH AFTER CHILDBIRTH: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

A growing body of research has examined the potential for positive change following challenging and traumatic events, this is known as posttraumatic growth. Childbirth is a valuable opportunity to extend previous work on posttraumatic growth as it allows the role of different variables to be considered prospectively. The aim of the current study was to prospectively examine correlates of posttr...