Crowther Susan, Smythe Elizabeth, Spence Deb
AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand.
School of Health Care Practice, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand.
Midwifery. 2015 Apr;31(4):451-7. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2014.11.005. Epub 2014 Nov 13.
there is something extraordinary in the lived experience of being there at the time of birth. Yet the meaning and significance of this special time, named Kairos time in this paper, have received little attention.
to describe the lived-experience of Kairos time at birth and surface its meaning.
this is an interpretive hermeneutic phenomenology study informed by the writings of Heidegger and Gadamer. 14 in-depth interviews with mothers, birth partners, midwives and obstetricians were transcribed and stories from the data were hermeneutically analysed.
there is a time, like no other, at the moment of birth that is widely known and valued. This paper reveals and names this phenomenon Kairos time. This is a felt-time that is lineal, process and cyclic time and more. Kairos time describes an existential temporal experience that is rich in significant sacred meaning; a time of emergent insight rarely spoken about in practice yet touches everyone present. The notion of Kairos time in relation to the moment of birth is introduced as a reminder of something significant that matters.
Kairos time is revealed as a moment in and beyond time. It has a temporal enigmatic mystery involving spiritual connectedness. Kairos time is a time of knowing and remembrance of our shared natality. In this time life is disclosed as extraordinary and beyond everyday personal and professional concerns. It is all this and more.
Kairos time at birth is precious and powerful yet vulnerable. It needs to be safeguarded to ensure its presence continues to emerge. This means maternity care providers and others at birth need to shelter and protect Kairos time from the sometimes harsh realities of birth and the potentially insensitive ways of being there at the moments of birth. Those who find themselves at birth need to pause and allow the profundity of its meaning to surface and inspire their actions.
在出生时刻的亲身经历有着某种非凡之处。然而,这个被本文称为凯洛斯时刻(Kairos time)的特殊时刻的意义和重要性却很少受到关注。
描述出生时凯洛斯时刻的亲身经历并揭示其意义。
这是一项基于海德格尔和伽达默尔著作的解释性诠释现象学研究。对14位母亲、分娩陪伴者、助产士和产科医生进行了深度访谈并转录,对数据中的故事进行了诠释分析。
在出生时刻,存在着一个独一无二、广为人知且备受珍视的时刻。本文揭示并命名了这一现象为凯洛斯时刻。这是一种能被感知的时间,它既是线性的、过程性的和循环的时间,又不止于此。凯洛斯时刻描述了一种存在主义的时间体验,蕴含着丰富而重大的神圣意义;这是一个在实践中很少被提及但却触动在场每个人的顿悟时刻。引入与出生时刻相关的凯洛斯时刻这一概念,是为了提醒人们某件重要之事。
凯洛斯时刻被揭示为一个超越时间的时刻。它有着一种涉及精神联系的时间之谜。凯洛斯时刻是一个知晓并铭记我们共同诞生的时刻。在这个时刻,生命被揭示为非凡的,超越了日常的个人和职业关注。它远不止于此。
出生时的凯洛斯时刻珍贵而强大,但却很脆弱。需要加以保护,以确保它继续得以呈现。这意味着产科护理人员和其他在分娩现场的人需要庇护并保护凯洛斯时刻,使其免受分娩时有时残酷的现实以及分娩时刻可能麻木不仁的在场方式的影响。那些身处分娩现场的人需要停下来,让其深刻的意义得以浮现并激励他们的行动。