First-time mothers’ expectations of the unknown territory of childbirth: uncertainties, coping strategies and ‘going with the flow’

Objective. To explore first-time mothers’ expectations of labour and birth, coping strategies they adopt during pregnancy towards childbirth and coping strategies they expect to use during labour and birth. Design. A qualitative Straussian grounded theory methodology was adopted, with data collec...

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Main Authors: Borrelli, Sara E., Walsh, Denis, Spiby, Helen
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51510/