Abstract

How a woman experiences birth is influenced by how she is treated, and who has power and control in the birthing environment. Focus on 'delivery' of an infant disregards the transformative event for the woman, with poorer physical and psychological outcomes. New evidence is needed to understand how to prevent trauma and improve maternal wellbeing.This paper presents a feminist methodology to view the lived experience of caesarean birth. Feminist birthing theories integrated with a phenomenological perspective provide insight for those working in maternity care and create a novel framework for researchers considering the position of women in a medicalised healthcare system. Feminist phenomenology with a theoretical feminist overlay refreshes the methodological framework for a new understanding of how this perinatal event impacts women.

RAS ID

71465

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

5-2-2024

Volume

32

Issue

5

School

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License

Publisher

MA Healthcare Ltd.

Comments

Deys, L. J., Wilson, V., Bayes, S., & Meedya, S. (2024). Using a novel approach to explore women's caesarean birth experience. British Journal of Midwifery, 32(5), 258-263. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2024.32.5.258

Share

 
COinS
 

Link to publisher version (DOI)

10.12968/bjom.2024.32.5.258