Worcester Research and Publications

SEARCH EPRINTS:

USER PANEL:

Registered Users - Log in using your University of Worcester ID and Password to submit items to the repository.

ABOUT THE COLLECTION:

WRaP is a collection of research papers and university publications. It presents the academic and creative work of the university. You are welcome to look for and obtain items of interest and make contact with the authors and creators.

CONTACT DETAILS:

All correspondence about WRaP should be sent to the Repository Manager.

Women's Experiences of Following Advice to Stay at Home in Early Labour

Lists

Tools

Nolan, Mary and Smith, Julie (2010) Women's Experiences of Following Advice to Stay at Home in Early Labour. British Journal of Midwifery, 18 (5). pp. 286-292. ISSN 0969-4900

Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)

Official URL: http://www.intermid.co.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/library/ar...

Abstract

The aim was to explore women's experiences of staying at home following advice from an obstetric triage unit. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with eight women who contacted a triage unit in early labour and were advised to remain at home; interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. Four themes were identified: reassurance (the need to have labour validated by health professionals); uncertainty about early labour; pressure from women's families to go to hospital; and seeking permission to come in. The overall theme reflected women's sense that advice to stay at home was a professional rather than a woman-centred response to early labour. Advice from midwives to stay at home in early labour may be insufficient to reassure women who lack trust in their own ability to interpret what is happening in labour, and who depend on health professionals. Until women's own faith in their ability to labour and give birth can be restored, women may feel obliged to stay at home in early labour, rather than feeling comfortable to do so.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Staff and students at the University of Worcester can access the full-text via the Summon service. External users should check availability with their local library or Interlibrary Requests Service.
Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords:	home births, early labour
Subjects:	R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
Divisions:	College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Nursing and Midwifery
Related URLs:	http://summon.worc.ac.uk/ Publisher
Depositing User:	Mary Nolan
Date Deposited:	29 Oct 2013 11:07
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2020 17:00
URI:	https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/2650

Actions (login required)

View Item

Altmetric

CORE (COnnecting REpositories)

© University of Worcester Henwick Grove, WR2 6AJ Tel: 01905 855000 | Materials in WRaP are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. By using WRaP you agree to abide by UK copyright laws.

Worcester Research and Publications is powered by EPrints 3 which is developed by the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. More information and software credits.