Woollett A, Dosanjh-Matwala N
Midwifery. 1990 Dec;6(4):178-84. doi: 10.1016/s0266-6138(05)80112-3.
Thirty-two Asian women living in East London were interviewed about their experiences of childbirth. A significant part of their accounts concerned their experiences in the postnatal wards. They reported fewer difficulties with infant feeding than their non-Asian counterparts in other studies, but there were indications of similar tensions between mothers and staff about how much responsibility mothers should take for their baby's care. Asian women raised several additional issues. Some centred on communication difficulties for Asian women who did not speak fluent English. Others point to their different ideologies around the care of the mother and baby and the nature of early mother-infant relations. Asian women viewed the opportunity to rest and recover postnatally as more central to their postnatal care than they considered hospitals did. Women had less to say and seemed less familiar with the discourse on bonding, and were less preoccupied with the establishment of close mother-infant relationship. The implications for ideas about 'normal' maternal behaviour and the quality of care are discussed.
对居住在东伦敦的32名亚洲女性进行了关于她们分娩经历的访谈。她们讲述的内容很大一部分涉及产后病房的经历。与其他研究中的非亚洲女性相比，她们报告在母乳喂养方面遇到的困难较少，但在母亲对婴儿护理应承担多少责任的问题上，母亲与医护人员之间似乎也存在类似的紧张关系。亚洲女性还提出了几个其他问题。一些问题集中在英语不流利的亚洲女性所面临的沟通困难上。另一些问题则指向她们在母婴护理以及早期母婴关系本质方面不同的观念。亚洲女性认为产后休息和恢复的机会对她们的产后护理比医院认为的更为重要。女性对此谈论较少，似乎对母婴情感联结的话题不太熟悉，也不太关注建立亲密的母婴关系。本文讨论了这些情况对“正常”母亲行为观念及护理质量的影响。
