Surgical birth: Interpretations of cesarean delivery among private hospital patients and nursing staff

Differences in the Valuation of Birth Outcomes Among Pregnant Women, Mothers, and Obstetricians

“…Pregnant women and mothers in our study attached surprisingly less importance to the mode of delivery than did the obstetricians. To some extent this is consistent with research in other countries that found the avoidance of forceps or cesarean section to be relatively unimportant to mothers who were interviewed postpartum, when compared with health of the baby ( 30,31).…”

Differences in the Valuation of Birth Outcomes Among Pregnant Women, Mothers, and Obstetricians

“…Pregnant women and mothers in our study attached surprisingly less importance to the mode of delivery than did the obstetricians. To some extent this is consistent with research in other countries that found the avoidance of forceps or cesarean section to be relatively unimportant to mothers who were interviewed postpartum, when compared with health of the baby ( 30,31).…”

Consumer demand for caesarean sections in Brazil: informed decision making, patient choice, or social inequality? A population based birth cohort study linking ethnographic and epidemiological methods

“…Several studies exploring underlying influences with open ended methods found similar results 20 21 22 23. Indeed, many of the factors influencing maternal behaviours, such as fear of pain, are meaningful precisely because they are understood to differ by socioeconomic status and to be embedded in discriminating practices.…”

Psychosocial outcomes of vaginal and cesarean births in Taiwanese primiparas

“…Also, mothers in the cesarean group more often reported psychosomatic symptoms during the first year after giving birth than mothers in the control group, indicating that having a cesarean delivery may place an increased physiological and psychological burden on mothers. In contrast, the findings of other studies indicate that the negative sequelae of cesarean birth may not be as profound (Culp & Osofsky, 1989;Durik, Hyde, & Clark, 2000;Sargent & Stark, 1987).…”

Differences in the Valuation of Birth Outcomes Among Pregnant Women, Mothers, and Obstetricians

“…Pregnant women and mothers in our study attached surprisingly less importance to the mode of delivery than did the obstetricians. To some extent this is consistent with research in other countries that found the avoidance of forceps or cesarean section to be relatively unimportant to mothers who were interviewed postpartum, when compared with health of the baby ( 30,31).…”

Consumer demand for caesarean sections in Brazil: informed decision making, patient choice, or social inequality? A population based birth cohort study linking ethnographic and epidemiological methods

“…Several studies exploring underlying influences with open ended methods found similar results 20 21 22 23. Indeed, many of the factors influencing maternal behaviours, such as fear of pain, are meaningful precisely because they are understood to differ by socioeconomic status and to be embedded in discriminating practices.…”

Psychosocial outcomes of vaginal and cesarean births in Taiwanese primiparas

“…Also, mothers in the cesarean group more often reported psychosomatic symptoms during the first year after giving birth than mothers in the control group, indicating that having a cesarean delivery may place an increased physiological and psychological burden on mothers. In contrast, the findings of other studies indicate that the negative sequelae of cesarean birth may not be as profound (Culp & Osofsky, 1989;Durik, Hyde, & Clark, 2000;Sargent & Stark, 1987).…”

Differences in the Valuation of Birth Outcomes Among Pregnant Women, Mothers, and Obstetricians

“…Pregnant women and mothers in our study attached surprisingly less importance to the mode of delivery than did the obstetricians. To some extent this is consistent with research in other countries that found the avoidance of forceps or cesarean section to be relatively unimportant to mothers who were interviewed postpartum, when compared with health of the baby ( 30,31).…”

Consumer demand for caesarean sections in Brazil: informed decision making, patient choice, or social inequality? A population based birth cohort study linking ethnographic and epidemiological methods

“…Several studies exploring underlying influences with open ended methods found similar results 20 21 22 23. Indeed, many of the factors influencing maternal behaviours, such as fear of pain, are meaningful precisely because they are understood to differ by socioeconomic status and to be embedded in discriminating practices.…”

Psychosocial outcomes of vaginal and cesarean births in Taiwanese primiparas

“…Also, mothers in the cesarean group more often reported psychosomatic symptoms during the first year after giving birth than mothers in the control group, indicating that having a cesarean delivery may place an increased physiological and psychological burden on mothers. In contrast, the findings of other studies indicate that the negative sequelae of cesarean birth may not be as profound (Culp & Osofsky, 1989;Durik, Hyde, & Clark, 2000;Sargent & Stark, 1987).…”