[Contemporary spouses and family childbirth]

Monika B Karauda1, Celina M Lepecka-Klusek, Marzena Z Bucholc

  • 1Z Instytutu Pielegniarstwa Państwowej Wyzszej Szkoły Zawodowej w Sanoku oraz.

Wiadomosci Lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960)
|March 7, 2007
PubMed

Contemporary science is aiming at restoring the childbirth its family character. However, realization of this undertaking demands care from parents' side, who should aim at gaining the highest quality of experiences connected with the childbirth. The aim of this work was to check whether contemporary spouses decide on the family childbirth in hospital, what are the conditions of such decisions and what are the women's experiences connected with giving the birth. 180 women have taken part in the research in their procreational age. Taking part in this research was voluntary and anonymous, the choice of fate. The results of this work showed that the majority (71.1%) of women had delivered the child in a traditional way, however the decision on the form of the delivery depended on their job activity and whether it was a planned pregnancy. In the opinion of women (72.8%) the delivery was a source of negative feelings, however it was the case in the majority of women who gave birth in a traditional way.

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