• MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs · May 2007

    Dutch women's perceptions of childbirth in the Netherlands.

    • Taralyn R Johnson, Lynn Clark Callister, Donna S Freeborn, Renea L Beckstrand, and Katinka Huender.
    • Pediatric Care, Provo, UT, USA.
    • MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2007 May 1; 32 (3): 170-7.

    PurposeTo explore the lived experience of childbirth in Dutch women who had given birth at home in the Netherlands.MethodsQualitative study using audiotaped interviews with 14 women.ResultsThemes included the advantages of giving birth in the home, where the women felt more in control of their environment; the difficulty and normalcy of the pain associated with giving birth; the feelings of fulfillment and empowerment that come with childbirth and motherhood; and the importance of the supportive role of the midwife-caregiver.Nursing ImplicationsWomen in a culture different from that of the United States who gave birth at home felt fulfilled and empowered by the experience. These results can help U.S. nurses more fully understand the meaning of childbirth in a different culture and may help identify possible improvements in the design of care for women and newborns in the United States.

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