Thesis (MPH.) --University of Limpopo, 2018 / Background: When pregnant women deliver fresh stillbirths, their expectations and happiness are heartlessly substituted by mourning for their loss. The consequences are psychosocial and physiological. Mothers begin to search for answers while feeling guilt and shame; some accept blame for their babies‟ death. Their experiences are determined by the care they received from healthcare workers during delivery and grieving period. They complain that doctors and nurses care about the fact that the baby has been delivered and do not care about the emotional trauma that the mother is experiencing. Objectives: To identify, explore and describe experiences of women who delivered fresh stillbirths at a public hospital. Methods: A qualitative and descriptive phenomenological study was conducted using an in-depth phenomenological interview technique to collect data. Due to data saturation, nine purposively selected mothers participated. Interviews were conducted in the local language, and field notes were also collected. Interview recordings were transcribed and translated and analysed using open coding thematic analysis. Results: Some women experienced feelings of guilt, sadness, hurt, sense of failure, shock and self-blame. Some needed counselling whereas others were doing fine without it. Some experienced lack of sympathy from healthcare workers. Conclusions: Giving birth to a stillborn baby is a painful experience for women and their families. Healthcare workers should care for such mothers after delivery. Keywords: Stillbirth; postnatal care, phenomenological study design, field notes / AMREF

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1993.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1993.

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Introduction: There is growing evidence that many parents with learning disabilities, when given adequate support, can parent successfully. Childbirth is a significant life event that marks a woman's transition to motherhood and is a time when parents first learn to nurture their children. Postnatal care aims to facilitate this learning experience as well as promote the emotional and physical well-being of both infant and mother. To date, no research has explored the support mothers with learning disabilities receive during the postnatal period. To fill this gap in the research and help inform service provision, this study aims to explore how mothers with learning disabilities experience postnatal care. Method: Semi-structured interviews were carried out with six mothers with learning disabilities. The data were collected and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Results: Mothers experiences of postnatal care were conceptualised within four superordinate themes: challenges of providing support, how support was delivered , learning to cope and challenges to building trust. All of these had accompanying subthemes. Discussion: The results are discussed in the context of relevant literature. Consistent with previous research which has been carried out with parents with learning disabilities, participants were found to be highly dependent on informal support. The participants acknowledged the value of professional input and their perceptions of how this support was delivered had important implications. Learning how to cope with the demands of their new role raised issues not dissimilar to those of parents without learning disabilities. Challenges, however, were faced in establishing trusting relationships with professionals. The findings were found to have implications for clinical practice which are described and suggestions for future research made. Conclusion: The findings suggest that participant informal supports play a key role during the initial stages of parenthood particularly with providing practical support in areas which present challenges. Professional input was valued when delivered according to the typical pathway of care post-birth. It is recommended that consideration is given to how the support is delivered to participants. This should essentially seek to empower parents rather than undermine them as how support was perceived by parents impacted on their subsequent engagement with professionals.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Full text release at OhioLINK's ETD Center delayed at author's request.

Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Kentucky University, 2007. / Made available through ProQuest. Publication number: AAT 1447087. ProQuest document ID: 1414126931. Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-40)

Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2008. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-109).

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M.Cur. / Few South African studies have been done with regard to private midwives and their clients. The practices of these midwives are overloaded, indicating a growing need for their services. An exploratory, contextual and descriptive study was undertaken to investigate some of the issues relating to the practice of the private midwife. This was done from the perspective ofthe women attending these practices. The aims of this study were to explore and describe how women experience the care they receive from their private midwives in Gauteng during antenatal visits, labour and postnatal contacts; to explore and describe the reasons for clients of private midwives in Gauteng to choose an independent midwife as birth attendant and to explore how these clients get to hear about their midwives. Eight women, attending a total of two different midwifery practices, were interviewed. The main categories that emerged from analysing the women's experience of private midwifery care were that the midwives were caring, family orientated, informative, knowledgeable, guiding and unintrusive. Time was both respected and given by the midwives. The midwives saw childbirth as a normal and natural process. The midwives empowered the women and left them in control oftheir childbirth. A mutual, intimate relationship was formed between the women and their midwives, which was based on trust and continuity of care. The women felt they were treated as unique individuals. One woman related some negative aspects ofthe care she received. A variety of reasons were given for choosing a private midwife as birth attendant. Some had specific wishes for their birth, such as a homebirth and knew that private midwives would grant them Other reasons included cost effectiveness, control over childbirth, one on one care, shorter waiting periods, longer consulting times and wanting an experienced birth attendant. Previous negative experience with staff at government hospitals and private gynaecologists; and hearing about positive experiences with private midwives also contributed to women opting for independent midwives. The women got to hear about their private midwives through their general practitioner, obstetrician, antenatal class instructor, friends, family members or health professional that delivered a previous baby. These research findings were supported by existing literature and recommendations were made to midwifery practice, education and research.