Sweeney Siobhan, O'Connell Rhona
Health Service Executive (HSE) South, Ireland.
University College Cork, Ireland.
Women Birth. 2015 Jun;28(2):148-53. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2014.12.001. Epub 2015 Jan 6.
In Ireland, planned home birth is seen as an alternative but safe choice of maternity care. Women's experience of home birth is reported as positive but little is known about fathers' thoughts and feelings about planned home birth.
The aim of the study was to explore fathers' experience of planned home birth.
Hermeneutic phenomenology was selected to explore the experiences of eight fathers whose partners had a recent planned home birth. Data were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA).
Themes identified were 'negotiating the decision', 'ownership of the birth' and 'changed way of being'. Fathers overcame their initial reservations about home birth before the decision to plan a home birth was agreed. They were actively involved with their partner in labour which gave themselves a sense of ownership of the experience and a valued post-birth intimacy. Their belief in natural birth was reaffirmed and the experience gave them a new perspective on life.
When men have a positive experience of childbirth they benefit personally and emotionally. This experience can strengthen their relationship with their partner and the family. Midwives are ideally placed to involve fathers actively in birth either in a home or hospital setting.
在爱尔兰，计划在家分娩被视为一种替代性的但安全的孕产护理选择。据报道，女性在家分娩的体验是积极的，但对于准父亲们对计划在家分娩的想法和感受却知之甚少。
本研究的目的是探索准父亲们对计划在家分娩的体验。
选择诠释现象学来探索八位伴侣近期计划在家分娩的准父亲的体验。使用诠释现象学分析（IPA）对数据进行分析。
确定的主题为“协商决定”“分娩的主人翁感”和“存在方式的改变”。在同意计划在家分娩的决定之前，准父亲们克服了他们最初对在家分娩的保留意见。他们在分娩过程中积极陪伴伴侣，这给了他们一种体验的主人翁感以及产后珍贵的亲密感。他们对自然分娩的信念得到了重申，并且这次经历给了他们一个新的人生观。
当男性有积极的分娩体验时，他们在个人和情感方面都会受益。这种体验可以加强他们与伴侣以及家庭的关系。助产士处于理想的位置，可以让准父亲们在家庭或医院环境中积极参与分娩过程。
