When birth is not as expected: a systematic review of the impact of a mismatch between expectations and experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pregnancy and childbirth are significant events in women's lives and most women have expectations or plans for how they hope their labour and birth will go. It is possible that strong expectations about labour and birth lead to dissatisfaction or other negative outcomes if these expectations are not met, but it is not clear if this is the case. The aim was therefore to synthesise prospective studies in order to understand whether unmet birth expectations are associated with adverse outcomes for women, their partners and their infants.

Method

Searches were carried out in Academic Search Complete; CINAHL; Medline; PsycINFO, PsychArticles, PubMed, SCOPUS and Web of Science. Forward and backward searches were also completed. Studies were included if they reported pros

SUBMITTER: Webb R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8252193 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature