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What Is My Role? A Qualitative Study of Labor, Birth, and Postpartum Experiences of Partners
Beatriz Pereda-Goikoetxea1, Montserrat Fiaño-Santos2, Sonia Tomas-Riscado2
1Faculty of Medicine and Nursing. Department of Nursing II, University of the Basque Country (EHU), San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain.
Abstract:
This study explores partners' roles during labor, birth, and the postpartum period, and the factors influencing their performance. A qualitative interpretive phenomenological approach was adopted to explore participants' lived experiences. A total of 31 partners participated in semi-structured face-to-face interviews using open-ended questions. The roles performed by partners can be grouped into a single role: comprehensive caregiver of the birthing woman and the newborn, encompassing physical, emotional, and social care. Facilitators included effective communication, access to information, a sense of involvement, and prior experience, whereas barriers comprised insufficient support, exclusion, uncertainty, and undervaluation of their role. This dynamic role evolves through sociocultural expectations, feedback with professionals, and institutional policies, highlighting the importance of supporting partners to strengthen family-centred care.
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