Journeying through labour and delivery: perceptions of women who have given birth
MidwiferyPublished 1 June 1996
Sigríður Halldórsdóttir, Sigfríður Inga Karlsdóttir
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The lived experience of giving birth is a powerful life experience which is coloured by circumstances and expectations of the woman, her sense of self during the journey, the journey itself, as well as the first sensitive hours of motherhood.
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The study has the potential of increasing the knowledge and understanding of giving birth as a life experience, and therefore, has implications for midwives/nurse, as well as for women and their supporters.
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