Abstract
Abstract Subjective delivery experiences, obstetrical outcomes and post-partum well-being were studied in 170 nulliparous women who participated in a prospective study on the transition to parenthood. All of the women initially received antenatal care by midwives. Women who gave birth at home and those who gave birth in hospital voluntarily without referral did not differ either with regard to objective outcomes or subjective delivery experiences. Negative experiences were related to referrals during labour; other subjective experiences seemed to be related to the duration of the first and second stages of labour. Variables measured during pregnancy hardly predicted these experiences. Post-partum well-being was strongly related to well-being at the start of pregnancy, subjective experiences showing a minor predictive capacity of only 4%. As far as mode of delivery is concerned, the least well-being 6 weeks post-partum was found in women who had an instrumental delivery; low well-being at 34 weeks' gestati...
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