background & aim: despite the advantages of natural childbirth and complications associated with cesarean section, rate of cesarean delivery has increased dramatically in recent years. therefore, appropriate training is essential to reducing this trend. this study aimed to evaluate the effects of training about the benefits of natural childbirth on the attitude and intention to select the mode ...

The article considers financial, social, and personal reasons for childlessness by choice among young Chinese analyzes the consequences of such a decision. Voluntary is new phenomenon China that became more present even after abolition one-child policy an increase in promotion early marriages childbirth. Traditional family values gradually ceased importance society. Resembling developed Western...

To explore and describe norms concerning maternity, femininity cisgender in lesbian bisexual women transgender people (LBT) assigned female at birth, with an expressed fear of childbirth (FOC). Semi-structured interviews were conducted self-identified LBT FOC. 17 participated. 15 had FOC, two non-afraid partners. Participants described how their FOC was related to ideals “the primal woman”, inc...

We designed and implemented a new model of care, Enhanced Antenatal Care (EAC), which offers combined approach to midwifery-led care with six one-to-one visits four group sessions. To assess EAC in terms women’s satisfaction autonomy decision-making, its effectiveness lowering childbirth fear. This was quasi-experimental controlled trial comparing 32 nulliparous women who received (n = 32) usua...

The article discusses the fear of pregnancy and childbirth as a multidimensional subjective phenomenon. It is noted that phenomenon associated not only with period expectation child (or) preparation for childbirth, but also existential experience arises in subject outside partnership context procreation, which recorded from fertile age. However, contributes to understanding concretisation this ...