Experience of decision-making for home breech birth: An interpretive description.

ABSTRACT: Despite research and recommendations supporting shared decision-making and vaginal birth as a reasonable option for appropriately screened candidates with a term breech pregnancy, cesarean remains the only mode of birth available in most hospitals in the United States. Unable to find care for planned vaginal birth in a hospital setting, some individuals choose to pursue breech birth at home, potentially placing themselves and their infants at increased risk. Through this analysis of qualitative data gathered from a mixed methods study, we explored the experience of decision-making of 25 individuals who left the US hospital system to pursue a home breech birth. Data were gathered through open-ended survey responses (n = 25) and subsequent in-depth, semi-structured interviews (n = 23) and an

SUBMITTER: Schafer R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11556396 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature