i am anderson cooper. while the u.s. is the most expensive country when it comes to tkgiving birth, it s also th safest. the statistics are more dire when it comes to giving birth for black women. the question is why do black women face more risks when they go to the hospital to give birth? that s the question that cnn anchor and new mom, abby phillip, has been asking since the birth of her daughter two years ago. abby made unconventional choices when it came to her own childbirth experience, and since then she has been surprised to meet so many other women that made the same choices that she did. over the next hour she takes us to hospitals and birthing centers around the country to show us why more and more black women are turning away from traditional health care and finding other options when it comes to giving birth. hi. hi, baby. reporter: this is the sound of new life being brought into the world. the e kind o of momement mosostt women drdream of.. yet t this is
ob/gyn say the dobbs decision has only worsened pregnancy related mortality. so, where we go from? here joining us now, allison europe, author of the new book birth control the insidious power of man over mother. motherhood, alison, tell me about the title of this. book how has it been historically true and how has it been uniquely true in a post docs america. as you, noted in the package before. birth in america is broken and it s not my opinion it s in the data the mortality rate is doubling. 45% of people describe their childbirth experience as traumatic and so what i wanted to do is i wanted to find out more about this so i asked 1300 women and people who ve given birth about their birth experiences. i asked experts and i looked everywhere and what i found is that the kind of medicine and care people are getting in the hospital, it s not based in evidence it s based in tradition. it s based on what s been done in obstetrics since obstructs
Background: Assessment of women’s childbirth experience is an important indicator in maternity services. Positive childbirth experiences improve mothers’ health, whereas negative childbirth experiences can cause psychological stresses and, in extreme cases, may lead to postpartum depression. Methods: In this cohort study, 204 women at 35–37 weeks of gestation were selected using cluster sampling from the health centers of Tabriz, Iran. Women were divided into three groups (68 women in each group) based on their attendance in childbirth preparation classes: (a) non-attenders (did not attend any sessions), (b) irregular attenders (attended 1–3 sessions), and (c) regular attendants (attended 4–8 sessions). Interviews were conducted at one month postpartum to complete the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). The general linear model (GLM) was used to identify associations between women’s attendance to the classes and either
Objective: to evaluate the perceptions of primiparous women about the effect of childbirth preparation classes on their childbirth experience. Design: descriptive qualitative study. Participants and setting: 13 Iranian women who participated in childbirth preparation classes and had a vaginal delivery were interviewed. Measurements: semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. Findings: six main themes were extracted from the data analysis: incentive and learning about pregnancy and childbirth; active participation in labour; sense of self-control; use of non- medical pain relief methods during labour; preferring vaginal birth to caesarean section; and positive childbirth experience. Key conclusions: women reported that participation in childbirth preparation classes prepared them well for a vaginal birth, and these classes were perceived to be associated with a positive childbirth experience. Implications for practice: attendance at childbirth preparation classes is perceived