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Breathe A Breath: Dawn Of A New Beginning, Sushmitha R. Karkada Ms, Parvati Bhat Dr, Shashikala K. Bhat Dr, Judith A. Noronha Dr
Breathe A Breath: Dawn Of A New Beginning, Sushmitha R. Karkada Ms, Parvati Bhat Dr, Shashikala K. Bhat Dr, Judith A. Noronha Dr
Manipal Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences
Pregnancy is a special feeling and special time for the mother-to-be, where she should take special care for her body as every action of hers will affect her baby. Every woman experiences pregnancy differently with a mixture of stressful and joyful moments that come along with it. Childbirth is a life-changing event for the woman and her family. Women should be safe during labour and birth. The birthing environment influences the feeling of safety and satisfaction in childbirth. The paper presents a paradigm shift that envisions how childbirth methodology has advanced, with a view to bring about a stereotype shift …
Opening Up About Birth: An Autoethnographic Account Of Prolonged Labour, Petra B. Elias
Opening Up About Birth: An Autoethnographic Account Of Prolonged Labour, Petra B. Elias
The Qualitative Report
A woman’s first pregnancy can be both emotionally exciting and daunting. There are many changes to make, but there is little emotional support to adjust to the role, the focus being on the physical process which is most often managed medically (Spear, 2008; Zasloff, Schytt, & Waldenström, 2007) though warnings about what could occur are not routinely told (Kaitz, 2007, pp. 720-721). This paper presents an autoethnographic story of first time pregnancy and the unfolding labour. The methodology of autoethnography is a useful tool for conveying stories of lived experience at a level of detail often previously unrecorded, evoking for …