Question

Keeping it together and falling apart: Women’s dynamic experience of birth.

what is the purpose of the study

what is the approach used to stu the problem of interest

which data collection method is used in this study

Answer 1

Giving birth to a child is the pivotal time in the life of a mother and her family.The health of the mother and the child largely determines the future health of the family.Keeping it together and falling apart is the study done on women preparing for child birth.

Purpose :

The purpose of the study is to explore the complexity of women's birth experiences and how these components help in women's well-being in labor.

Approach used for this study

Four characteristics was supported in this phenomenon: Confidence, Comfort,Agency and connection.

1. Confidence: It is in believeing one's physical ability to give birth.
2. Comfort: Comfort measures are required in managing pain and difficult emotions.
3. Agency: Hospital routines or any caregiven practices that supports in labor.
4. Connection: IN labor women wants a human connection.

Data collection method used:

Qualitative approach with phenomenonagical approach was done

Eight women from different ethnical goup was taken and interviewed twice after a healthy child birth. The first inetrview was done between 3 to 12 week post-partum. And the second inetrview was done between 10 to 22 weeks post-partum. The data was collected about their journey of the child birth.