Add to ORKGObjective The home birth rate in Sweden is less than 1 in 1000, and home birth is not included within the health care system. This study describes women's experiences concerning reactions to their decision to give birth at home. Design and setting A nationwide survey (SHE – Swedish Homebirth Experience) in Sweden was conducted between 1992 and 2005 whereas 735 women had given birth to 1038 children. Of 1038 questionnaires 1025 were returned. Measurements In the questionnaires an open-ended question asked women to report their experience of reactions to their decision to give birth at home The question was answered by 594 women, and data were analysed using content analysis. Findings The analysis yielded one overarching theme; “...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
Being confronted with negative attitudes influences the self-concept of pregnant women. Few women in...
Objective: to illuminate the experiences of women who have given birth at home. Methods: a descripti...
Background: In Sweden and Norway planned home birth is not included in the health care system. In De...
Background: In Sweden and Norway planned home birth is not included in the health care system. In De...
Planning a home birth within a hospital birth-based culture presents possibilities and challenges f...
Background: Choice in childbirth, which also involves choice of place to give birth, is a fundamenta...
Background: Home birth is common in an international perspective but in the West it is a rare occurr...
Background: Home birth is common in an international perspective but in the West it is a rare occurr...
Background: Choice in childbirth, which also involves choice of place to give birth, is a fundamenta...
Background: Home birth is common in an international perspective but in the West it is a rare occur...
Within several years childbirth, from an intimate and family event, turned into a medical event, sub...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
Being confronted with negative attitudes influences the self-concept of pregnant women. Few women in...
Objective: to illuminate the experiences of women who have given birth at home. Methods: a descripti...
Background: In Sweden and Norway planned home birth is not included in the health care system. In De...
Background: In Sweden and Norway planned home birth is not included in the health care system. In De...
Planning a home birth within a hospital birth-based culture presents possibilities and challenges f...
Background: Choice in childbirth, which also involves choice of place to give birth, is a fundamenta...
Background: Home birth is common in an international perspective but in the West it is a rare occurr...
Background: Home birth is common in an international perspective but in the West it is a rare occurr...
Background: Choice in childbirth, which also involves choice of place to give birth, is a fundamenta...
Background: Home birth is common in an international perspective but in the West it is a rare occur...
Within several years childbirth, from an intimate and family event, turned into a medical event, sub...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...
Objective: it is a generally accepted idea that women who give birth at home are less fearful of giv...