Cook Katie, Loomis Colleen
J Perinat Educ. 2012 Summer;21(3):158-68. doi: 10.1891/1058-1243.21.3.158.
Women's choice and control impact birthing experiences. This study used a qualitative, descriptive approach to explore how women develop their initial birth plan and how changes made to the plan affect overall birth experiences. Narrative, semistructured interviews were conducted with 15 women who had given birth in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, and data were analyzed using a phenomenological approach. Findings showed that women relied on many resources when planning a birth and that changes made to a woman's initial birth plan affected her recollection of the birth experience. Conclusions are that women's positive and negative recollections of their birth experiences are related more to feelings and exertion of choice and control than to specific details of the birth experience.
女性的选择和掌控会影响分娩体验。本研究采用定性描述性方法，探究女性如何制定最初的分娩计划，以及计划的变更如何影响整体分娩体验。对在加拿大安大略省滑铁卢地区分娩的15名女性进行了叙事性半结构化访谈，并采用现象学方法对数据进行了分析。研究结果表明，女性在计划分娩时会依赖多种资源，且最初分娩计划的变更会影响其对分娩经历的回忆。研究结论为，女性对分娩经历的正面和负面回忆更多地与选择和掌控的感受及努力有关，而非与分娩经历的具体细节有关。
