Non-pharmacological pain affecting methods during a childbirth and their use.

Non-pharmacologic methods of influencing pains in the course of delivery and their use Non-pharmacological methods of influencing pains during delivery are such methods in which no medical substance is used. Recently, delivery is claimed not to be entirely safe without medical assistance. Healthy women bear pains of a physiological delivery well, and for that reason it is not necessary to alleviate them artificially. It is sufficient to encourage the woman in labour and create a friendly environment. It is the birth pains that expectant mothers are afraid of, and that is why it is necessary to inform expectant mothers about ways of alleviating birth pains in antenatal courses as well as in the delivery room. Midwives and physicians should offer and provide expectant mothers with non-pharmacological methods of influencing pains during delivery, meet their wishes and requirements concerning pain management and the course of delivery. To obtain information for my thesis, I used a combination of the quantitative and qualitative investigation by means of a questionnaire and conversation. The collection of data was conducted in the District Hospital in Příbram, a.s. The questionnaire was intended for clients after a vaginal delivery in the confinement department. The questionnaire was anonymous and consisted of 26 closed and half-open questions. The semi-structured conversation was conducted with five midwives of the delivery room and contained 30 questions. The questions were open. I set up three objectives, two hypotheses and two research questions in my Bachelor{\crq}s thesis. It has resulted from the survey that all objectives have been fulfilled, both hypotheses confirmed and research answered. This bachelor{\crq}s thesis could be beneficial for medical staffs and the management of the delivery room of the District Hospital in Příbram, a.s., for the orientation in which non-pharmacological methods of influencing pains during delivery expectant mothers are interested, further for enlarging the knowledge of medical staffs non-pharmacological methods of influencing pains during delivery. This bachelor{\crq}s thesis can also be beneficial for medical students of delivery assistance interested in non-pharmacological methods of influencing pains during delivery. Nowadays there is increasing interest in non-pharmacological methods of influencing pains, and therefore it is suitable to make them available. Nowadays, expectant mothers have a possibility of choice how to alleviate delivery pains, and thus keep only pleasant recollections of the delivery. Mothers should leave the delivery room with their babies with the feeling of good care and helpful and empathic staff