QUALITATIVE STUDY TO EXPLORE CHILDBIRTH EXPERIENCES AMONG PRIMIPAROUS MOTHERS IN SELECTED COMMUNITY HEALTHCENTRE, UTTAR PRADESH
- Ph.D. Scholar Swami Rama Himalayan University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun.
- Principal, Amrita College Nursing, Amrita Viswavidyapeetham, Delhi NCR Campus, Faridabad, Haryana, India (Former Professor, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun).
- Professor, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Himalayan Hospital, Jolly Grant, Dehradun.
Abstract
Aim:This study aimed to explore the childbirth experiences of primipara mothers in selected community health centre of Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Design: Qualitative exploratory study.
Methods: The study was conducted among 10 primiparous women using semi structured interviews on 3rd day of delivery.
Results: Data analysis led into two themes and seven sub- themes. The themes include low self-esteem and unrealistic childbirth expectations. Low self esteem theme consisted of self-blame, poor self-confidence, ambivalent feelings, novel experience and the theme of unrealistic childbirth expectations the subtheme are unfamiliar environment, pain, medical intervention. Womens low childbirth self-efficacy can be the result of negative childbirth experience. Therefore, it seems that providing positive childbirth experience plays an important role in improving womens self-efficacy and self-esteem, which requires cooperation and effort at the level of the individual, family, education system and health care system.
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Lekha Bist, Lekha Viswanath and Ruchira Nautiyal (2023); QUALITATIVE STUDY TO EXPLORE CHILDBIRTH EXPERIENCES AMONG PRIMIPAROUS MOTHERS IN SELECTED COMMUNITY HEALTHCENTRE, UTTAR PRADESH, International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 11 (04), 700-705, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/16716
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