Grand Multiparous Mothers' Embodied Experiences of Natural and Technological Altered Births.

In-depth interviews of a purposive sample ( = 14) of grand multipara mothers (five or more births) was conducted to investigate the mothers' embodied experiences of natural, technologically altered births and oxytocin inductions in U.S. hospitals from 1973 to 2007. A comprehensive secondary analysis of the lived experiences of natural birth and the high use of technology and oxytocin during birth, which was found in an original theme of a previous study, was explored. An overarching theme emerged of . Two patterns: and were uncovered. Childbirth educators, doulas, and nurses are an integral part of creating changes in hospital settings, which discourage nonmedically indicated inductions and encourages changes in hospitals.