A somewhat paradoxic aspect of childbirth is the association of this physiologic process with
acute pain. The experience of pain during labor is the result of complex processing of …

Background This review is one in a series of Cochrane reviews investigating pain
management for childbirth. These reviews all contribute to an overview of systematic reviews …

This classic book, first published in 1992 and again in 2003, has inspired three generations
of childbearing people, birth activists and researchers, and birth practitioners—midwives …

Background: The increased acceptance of the prevalence of trauma in human experience
as well as its psychological consequences has led to revisions of diagnostic criteria for the …

In this secondary analysis, the relationship between self-efficacy for labor and childbirth
fears in healthy nulliparous women was investigated during the third trimester of pregnancy …

Objective: to explore, describe and understand the expectations during pregnancy and
subsequent experiences of childbirth in primiparae. Design: a qualitative study using a …

Objectives: to examine the effectiveness of a birth ball exercise programme during childbirth
by measuring childbirth self-efficacy and childbirth pain. In addition, it tested the mediating …

Abstract The Childbirth Self‐Efficacy Inventory (CBSEI) is a self‐report instrument that
measures outcome expectancies and self‐efficacy expectancies for coping with an …

Objectives To assess the effects of nonpharmacologic approaches to pain relief during
labor, according to their endogenous mechanism of action, on obstetric interventions …

Background The fulfilment of expectations, labour pain, personal control and self-efficacy
determine the postpartum evaluation of birth. However, researchers have seldom …