Using a novel approach to explore women's caesarean birth experience
Journal article
Deys, Linda, Wilson, Valerie, Bayes, Sara Jayne and Meedya, Shahla. (2024). Using a novel approach to explore women's caesarean birth experience. British Journal of Midwifery. 32(5), pp. 258-263. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2024.32.5.258
Authors | Deys, Linda, Wilson, Valerie, Bayes, Sara Jayne and Meedya, Shahla |
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Abstract | How a woman experiences birth is influenced by how she is treated, and who has power and control in the birthing environment. Focus on ‘delivery’ of an infant disregards the transformative event for the woman, with poorer physical and psychological outcomes. New evidence is needed to understand how to prevent trauma and improve maternal wellbeing. This paper presents a feminist methodology to view the lived experience of caesarean birth. Feminist birthing theories integrated with a phenomenological perspective provide insight for those working in maternity care and create a novel framework for researchers considering the position of women in a medicalised healthcare system. Feminist phenomenology with a theoretical feminist overlay refreshes the methodological framework for a new understanding of how this perinatal event impacts women. |
Keywords | Birth experience; Caesarean section; Feminism; Midwifery ; Phenomenology; Women |
Year | 01 Jan 2024 |
Journal | British Journal of Midwifery |
Journal citation | 32 (5), pp. 258-263 |
Publisher | MA Healthcare Ltd |
ISSN | 0969-4900 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2024.32.5.258 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12968/bjom.2024.32.5.258 |
Open access | Open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 258-263 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 03 Sep 2024 |
Additional information | Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). |
This is an Open Access article published by MA Healthcare Ltd and distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. | |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90x98/using-a-novel-approach-to-explore-women-s-caesarean-birth-experience
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